July 01 Holidays & National Days & Fun Days | July 01 Calendar
July 1st Daily Holidays include:
- American Zoo Day
- Blink-182 Day – July 1, 2023 (182nd Day of the Year)
- Canada Day
- Creative Ice Cream Flavor Day
- Devotion to Duty Day
- Early Bird Day
- Estee Lauder Day
- Hop a Park Day – July 1, 2023 (First Saturday in July)
- International Cherry Pit Spitting Day – July 1, 2023 (First Saturday in July)
- International Day of Cooperatives – July 1, 2023 (First Saturday in July)
- International Joke Day
- International Reggae Day
- National Deep Fried Clams Day – (also November 1)
- National Financial Freedom Day
- National Gingersnap Day
- National GSA Employee Day – (GSA = U.S. General Services Administration)
- National Play Outside Day – July 1, 2023 (First Saturday in Every Month)
- National Postal Workers Day
- National Television Heritage Day
- Resolution Renewal Day
- Second Half of the Year Day – (Leap Years)
- U.S. Postage Stamp Day
- Zip Code Day
July 01: Famous Birthdays
- July 01, 1807 – Thomas Green Clemson, American politician, educator, mining engineer, founder of Clemson University (d. 1888)
- July 01, 1899 – Thomas A. Dorsey, American composer and pianist who was known as the Father of black gospel music (d. 1993)
- July 01, 1906 – Estée Lauder, American businesswoman who co-founded Estée Lauder Companies (cosmetics) (d. 2004)
- July 01, 1912 – David Brower, American environmentalist who founded the Sierra Club Foundation (d. 2000)
- July 01, 1916 – Olivia de Havilland, Japanese-American actress (Melanie Hamilton in Gone With the Wind)
- July 01, 1934 – Jamie Farr, American actor and screenwriter (Corporal Klinger on MAS*H)
- July 01, 1934 – Sydney Pollack, American actor, director, and producer (Tootsie) (d. 2008)
- July 01, 1945 – Debbie Harry, American singer, songwriter and actress (Blondie)
- July 01, 1952 – Dan Aykroyd, Canadian actor, comedian, screenwriter and producer (Saturday Night Live)
- July 01, 1961 – Dianna Spencer, Princess of Wales (d. 1997)
- July 01, 1977 – Liv Tyler, American actress and model (Armageddon)
July 01: Historical Events
- July 01, 1837 – A system of civil registration of births, marriages, and deaths is set up in England and Wales
- July 01, 1862 – The Russian State Library is founded as the Library of the Moscow Public Museum
- July 01, 1863 – The Battle of Gettysburg begins
- July 01, 1870 – The United States Department of Justice is formed
- July 01, 1879 – The first edition of the religious magazine The Watchtower is published
- July 01, 1885 – The U.S. terminates reciprocity and fishery agreement with Canada
- July 01, 1890 – Canada and Bermuda are linked by telegraph cable
- July 01, 1908 – SOS is adopted as the international distress signal
- July 01, 1922 – The Great Railroad Strike of 1922 begins in the U.S.
- July 01, 1923 – The Canadian Parliament suspends all Chinese immigration
- July 01, 1931 – United Airlines begins services initially as Boeing Air Transport
- July 01, 1931 – Wiley Post and Harold Gatty become the first to circumnavigate the globe in a single engined monoplane aircraft
- July 01, 1932 – The Australian Broadcasting Corporation is formed
- July 01, 1942 – State Income Tax is abolished in Australia
- July 01, 1947 – The Philippine Air Force is established
- July 01, 1958 – Flooding of Canada’s Saint Lawrence Seaway begins
- July 01, 1960 – Somalia gains their independence
- July 01, 1962 – Rwanda and Burundi gain their independence
- July 01, 1963 – Zip codes are introduced for United States mail
- July 01, 1984 – The MPAA introduces the PG-13 rating system
- July 01, 2007 – England bans smoking in all public indoor spaces
- July 01, 2013 – Croatia becomes the 28th member of the European Union
- July 01, 2020 – NAFTA is replaced by the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement
July 01: Music Events
- July 01, 1956 – Elvis Presley sings Hound Dog to a basset hound on the Steve Allen Show to keep the song PG
- July 01, 1963 – She Loves You by the Beatles is released
- July 01, 1973 – After 711 performances, the Broadway production of Jesus Christ Superstar closes
- July 01, 1978 – Aerosmith, Van Halen, Journey and Ted Nugent perform at the Texxas Jam in Dallas, Texas
- July 01, 1979 – Sony introduces the Walkman in Japan that makes music portable
- July 01, 2009 – Michael Jackson holds the top nine spots on Billboard’s Top Pop Catalog Albums chart after his death on June 25. He also becomes the first act to sell more than 1 million song downloads in a week
July 01: Astrological Sign
The Astrological Sign for July 01 is Cancer.
July Birthstone:
What is the July Birthstone? Ruby
Ruby is the July birthstone – and it’s one of the most coveted of gems. The name is derived from the Latin word ruber, meaning “red” – the color of love and passion. Few things catch the eye like the ruby birthstone.
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