Important Dates: July 2014

Days

2^nd     World UFO Day  link

4^th     Independence Day, USA  link

11^th     World Population Day  link

13^th     Disability Awareness Day  link

13^th     World Cup 2014 Final

14^th     Bastille Day, France  link

14^th     Orange Men’s Day (Northern Ireland)  link

18^th     First Night of the Proms  link

18^th     Nelson Mandela International Day  link

18^th     Moon Day

26^th     National Day of the Cowboy (USA)  link

28^th     World Hepatitis Day  link

29^th     International Bog Day  link

30^th     International Day of Friendship  link

31^st     World Ranger Day  link

Weeks

23^rd Jun-6^th Jul – Wimbledon Tennis Tournament  link

2^nd-6^th    Henley Regatta  link

5^th–27^th  Tour de France  link

8^th–13^th  Hampton Court Flower Show  link

Months

Summer Reading Challenge in Libraries  link

National Fishing Month (18^th July – 31^st  August)  link

Ethnic Minority Cancer Awareness Month  link

July Religious Days   

5th     Birthday of Guru Hargobind (Sikh -Nanakshahi calendar)

9th     Martyrdom of the Bab (Bahai)

12th    Asala – Dharma Day (Buddhist)

15th    St Swithin’s Day (Christian)

19th    Jamshedi Noruz (Qadimi) Zoroastrian

22nd   St Mary Magdalene (Christian)

23rd    Birthday of Guru Har Krishen (Sikh- Nanakshahi calendar)

23rd    Birthday of Haile Selassie I (Rastafarian)

24th    Pioneer Day (Mormon)

24th    Khordad Sal (Qadimi)  (Zoroastrian)

24th    Lailat al Qadr (Muslim)

28th    Eid-Ul-Fitr (Muslim)

July National Days

1^st       Canada

3^rd      Belarus

4^th      Independence Day USA

5^th      Venezuela

5^th      Isle of Man

6^th      Malawi

10^th     Bahamas

11^th     Mongolia

12^th     Spain

14^th     France

17^th     Iraq

20^th     Colombia

21^st     Belgium

23^rd     Egypt

26^th     Liberia

28^th     Peru

July This Day in History

1st      First day of the Battle of the Somme (1916)

Hong Kong (given to Britain on 99 year lease 1898) returns to China (1997)

Virginia Wade wins women’s singles Wimbledon (1977)

2nd     Factory act in Britain bans employment of children under 9 (1819)

3rd     End of food rationing in Britain (1954)

4th     United States declares independence (1776)

Beginning of National Health Service in Britain (1948)

5th     Arthur Ashe becomes first black tennis champion at Wimbledon (1975)

6th     Battle of Sedgemoor (1685)

8th     NSPCC founded in Britain (1884)

12th    Julius Caesar born (100BC)

13th    First World Cup starts in Uruguay (1930)

14th    Beginning of French Revolution (1789)

16th    Mohammed travels Mecca to Medina (622)

17th    Disneyland, California opens (1955)

18th    Secret voting in ballot boxes in Britain (1872)

20th    Neil Armstrong first man on moon (1969)

First FA Cup competition (1871)

25th    Louise Brown (first test tube baby) born (1978)

Louis Bleriot – first flight across channel (1909)

George Stephenson’s steam engine (1814)

James VI Scotland becomes James I England (1603)

27th    Steve Cram sets 3m46.2s mile (1985)

28th    Britain bans slavery throughout Empire (1833)

29th    Spanish Armada defeated (1588)

30th    England wins World Cup (1966)

31st    UK’s first self service supermarket (Sainsbury’s) opens in London (1950)

Boy Scout Movement founded officially by Robert Baden-Powell (1908)

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Mike Hutchins is the founder of Good Morning Children, an on-line company that provides engaging and mentally stimulating resources for primary school children of all ages. Mike started Good Morning Children in 2006 with the aim of the company being to help children develop key thinking and reasoning skills. His qualifications include B.Sc (Engineering) and a PGCE in primary education.

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