| July
1 |
Walter
White born in Georgia, 1893
David
Brower born in California, 1912
Lady
Diana Spencer, Princess of Wales born in England, 1961
Stockholm
International Peace Research Institute established, 1966
Medicare,
US health plan for senior citizens, went into effect, 1968
National
Holiday of Canada, Burundi, Rwanda
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| July
2 |
Hans
Bethe born in Alsace-Lorraine,
1906
Thurgood
Marshall born in Maryland, 1908
First
Pugwash Conference of Scientists to discuss social responsibility
and disarmament, Canada, 1957, founded by Josef
Rotblat
Civil
Rights Act of 1964 signed by President Lyndon Johnson prohibiting
discrimination
|
| July
3 |
Inga
Thorsson born in Sweden, 1915
National
Holiday of Belarus
|
| July
4 |
Ron
Kovic born in Wisconsin, 1946
Birsel
Lemke born in Turkey, 1950
Peacekeeping
in Yemen unified country, 1963
National
Holiday of United States
|
| July
5 |
Myles
Horton born in Tennessee, 1905
National
Holiday of Cape Verde, Venezuela
|
| July
6 |
The
Dalai Lama born in Tibet, 1935
Inge
Genefke born in Denmark, 1938
First
nation to ratify UN charter, Nicaragua 1945
National
Holiday of Comoros, Malawi
*
International Day
of Cooperatives [first Saturday
in July]
|
| July
7 |
National
Holiday of Solomon Islands
Convention
on Political Rights of Women came into force 1954
|
| July
8 |
Käthe
Kollwitz born in 1867 in Germany
Faye
Wattleton born in Missouri, 1943
Marianne
Wiliamson born in Texas, 1952
Kevin
Bacon born in Pennsylvania, 1958
The
International Court of Justice (ICJ) advisory opinion that use
of nuclear weapons is illegal, 1996
|
| July
9 |
June
Jordan born in New York, 1936
14th
Amendment ratified, prohibiting any state from abridging the rights
of any citizen, 1868
World
Youth Assembly opened New York, 1970
|
| July
10 |
Mary
McLeod Bethune born in South Carolina, 1875
Toyohiko
Kagawa born in Japan, 1888
Eunice
Kennedy Shriver born in Massachusetts, 1921
Cindy
Sheehan born in California, 1957
National
Holiday of Bahamas
|
| July
11 |
*
World
Population Day
E.
B. White born in New York, 1899
UN
Agreement on use and control of the moon 1984
World
population reached 5 billion, 1987
National
Holiday of Mongolia
|
| July
12 |
Simplicity
Day
Henry
David Thoreau born in Massachusetts, 1817
R.
Buckminster Fuller born in Massachusetts, 1895
Bill
Cosby born in Pennsylvania, 1937
Cheyenne
Jackson born in Washington, 1975
National
Holiday of Sao Tome and Principe, Kiribati
|
| July
13 |
Harrison
Ford born in Illinois, 1942
Live
Aid benefit concert took place in London, Philadelphia, Moscow
and Sydney.
|
| July
14 |
Emmeline
Pankhusrt born in England, 1857
Woody
Guthrie born in Oklahoma, 1912
Robert
Jensen born in 1958
National
Holiday of France
|
| July
15 |
Arianna
Huffington born in Greece, 1950
Jimmy
Carter delivered "malaise" speech, where he described the nation's
biggest threat was "this crisis in the growing doubt about the
meaning of our own lives and in the loss of a unity of purpose
for our nation," 1979
Third
World Conference on Women began in Kenya, 1985
|
| July
16 |
Clara
Shortridge Foltz born in Indiana, 1849
Ida
B. Wells born in Mississippi, 1862
Trygve
Lie born in Norway, 1896
Barbara
Lee born in Texas, 1946
|
| July
17 |
Justice
Day
National
Holiday of Iraq
|
| July
18 |
*
Nelson Mandela International Day
Peace Pilgrim
born in New Jersey, 1908
Nelson
Mandela born in South Africa, 1918
Richard
Branson born in England, 1950
|
| July
19 |
George
McGovern born in South Dakota, 1922
Women's
Rights Convention at Seneca Falls, NY, 1848, starting US women's
rights movement
|
| July
20 |
Carlos
Santana born in Mexico, 1947
Geneva
Accords for cessation of fighting between Vietnam and France,
1954
National
Holiday of Colombia
|
| July
21 |
Paul
Wellstone born in Virginia, 1944
Yusuf
Islam/Cat Stevens born in England, 1948
Robin
Williams born in Illinois, 1951
National
Women's Hall Of Fame founded in Seneca Falls, NY, 1979
National
Holiday of Belgium
|
| July
22 |
Raul
Yzaguirre was born in Texas, 1939
Danny
Glover was born in California, 1946
Rufus
Wainwright was born in NewYork, 1973
|
| July
23 |
Barbara
Deming born in New York, 1917
First
post-World War II summit on disarmament, Geneva 1955
National
Holiday of Egypt
|
| July
24 |
Bella
Abzug born in New York, 1920
William
Ruckelshaus born in Indiana, 1932
|
| July
25 |
UN
Convention on Refugees, 1951 |
| July
26 |
George
Bernard Shaw born in Ireland, 1856
Eberhard
Arnold born in East Prussia, 1883
Aldous
Huxley born in England, 1894
Americans
With Disabilities Act signed, 1990
National
Holiday of Liberia, Maldives
|
| July
27 |
Martin
Ennals born in England, 1927
UN
Peace accord between North and South Korea signed at Panmunjom,
1953
Parents'
Day
[4th Sunday]
|
| July
28 |
*
World Hepatitis Day
Ballington
Booth born in England, 1857
Beatrix
Potter born in England, 1866
Bill
Bradley born in Missouri, 1943
Terry
Fox born in Canada, 1958
USA
Senate approved UN Charter 1945
National
Holiday of Peru
|
| July
29 |
Dag
Hammarskjöld born in Sweden, 1905
Clarence
Jordan born in Georgia, 1912
|
| July
30 |
*
International Day of Friendship
Major
General Smedley Butler born in Pennsylvania, 1881
Jean
Dominique born in Haiti, 1930
Pat
Schroeder born in Oregon, 1940
Famous
letter this date from Einstein
to Freud probing human instincts for war or peace. Potsdam 1932
National
Holiday of Vanuatu
|
| July
31 |
Whitney
Young born in Kentucky, 1921
Peter
Benenson born in England, 1921
Deadline
for President's Environmental Youth Award National Competition
(www.epa.gov/enviroed)
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