Important Dates: July 2016

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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