Important Dates: July 2016 |
Days
1st International Reggae Day link
2nd World UFO Day link
4th Independence Day, USA link
10th Disability Awareness Day link
11th World Population Day link
14th Bastille Day, France link
15th First Night of the Proms link
18th Nelson Mandela International Day link
23rd National Day of the Cowboy (USA) link
28th World Hepatitis Day link
29th International Bog Day link
29th International Tiger Day link
30th International Day of Friendship link
31st World Ranger Day link
Weeks
27thJun-10thJul Wimbledon Tennis Tournament link
29thJun-3rd Henley Regatta link
2nd–24th Tour de France link
4th-10th Health Information Week link
5th-10th Hampton Court Flower Show link
19th-25th Two Left Feet Week link
23rd-7thAug National Marine Week link
25th-31st National Parks Week link
Months
Summer Reading Challenge in Libraries link
National Fishing Month (22ndJuly–29thAugust) link
Ethnic Minority Cancer Awareness Month link
July Religious Days
1st Lailat al Kadr (Islam)
7th-9th Eid-al-Fitr (Islam)
9th Martyrdom of the Bab (Bahai)
13th-15th Ulambana (Obon) (Buddhist)
15th St Swithin’s Day (Christian)
19th Asala Puja Day (Buddhist)
22nd St Mary Magdalene (Christian)
23rd Birthday of Haile Selassie I (Rastafarian)
24th Pioneer Day (Mormon)
July National Days
1st Canada
3rd Belarus
4th Independence Day USA
5th Venezuela
5th Isle of Man
6th Malawi
10th Bahamas
11th Mongolia
12th Spain
14th France
17th Iraq
20th Colombia
21st Belgium
23rd Egypt
26th Liberia
28th 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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