Important Dates: July 2017

Days

1^st International Reggae Day link

2^nd World UFO Day link

4^th Independence Day, (USA)  link

10^th Don’t Step on a Bee Day Link

11^th World Population Day link

14^th Bastille Day, France link

14^th First Night of the Proms link

15^th World Youth Skills Day Link

16^th Disability Awareness Day Link

17^th World Day for International Justice Link

18^th Nelson Mandela International Day

22^nd National Day of the Cowboy (USA) link

28^th World Hepatitis Day link

29^th International Bog Snorkelling Day link

29^th International Tiger Day link

30^th International Day of Friendship link

31^st World Ranger Day link

Weeks

28^thJun-2^ndHenley Regatta link

1^st–23^rd Tour de France link

3^rd-9^th Health Information Week link

3^rd-9^th Sarcoma Awareness Week Link

3^rd-16^thJul Wimbledon Tennis Tournament link

4^th-9^th Hampton Court Flower Show link

15^th-30^th Festival of Archaeology Link

16^th-23^rd Two Left Feet Week link

24^th-30^th National Parks Week  link

Months

Summer Reading Challenge in Libraries link

National Fishing Month (21^st July–3^rd Sep) link

Ethnic Minority Cancer Awareness Month link

July Religious Days   

4^th Chaturmas (Hindu) (Jain)

5^th Birthday of Guru Hargobind Sahib Ji (Sikh)

8^th Dharma/ Asalha Puja Day (Buddhist)

9^th Martyrdom of the Bab (Baha’i)

13^th Ullambana (Obon) (Buddhist)

13^th-15^th Obon (Shinto)

15^th St Swithin’s Day (Christian)

22^nd St Mary Magdalene (Christian)

23^rd Khordad Sal (Birth of Prophet Zaranthushtra) – Zoroastrian

23^rd Birthday of Haile Selassie I (Rastafarian)

23^rd Birthday of Guru Har Krishan Sahib Ji (Sikh)

24^th Pioneer Day (Mormon)

30^th Oharai-tasai (Shinto)

31^st Kamal (Baha’i)

31^st Tisha B’Av (Judaism)

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

1^st 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)

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

3^rd End of food rationing in Britain (1954)

4^th United States declares independence (1776)

Beginning of National Health Service in Britain (1948)

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

6^th Battle of Sedgemoor (1685)

8^th NSPCC founded in Britain (1884)

12^th Julius Caesar born (100BC)

13^th First World Cup starts in Uruguay (1930)

14^th Beginning of French Revolution (1789)

16^th Mohammed travels Mecca to Medina (622)

17^th Disneyland, California opens (1955)

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

20^th Neil Armstrong first man on moon (1969)

First FA Cup competition (1871)

25^th 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)

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

28^th Britain bans slavery throughout Empire (1833)

29^th Spanish Armada defeated (1588)

30^th England wins World Cup (1966)

31^st 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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