July Get it Together Events Calendar

National Recreation & Parks Month   National Picnic Month     National Hot Dog Month   National Baked Bean Month   National Ice Cream Month National Grilling Month           National Blueberry Month   Roots and Branches Month   UV Safety Month Fireworks Safety Month     Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday 1  Build a Scarecrow Day   National Postal Workers Day   Canada Day   International Joke Day   First U.S. postage stamp issued, 1847   First income tax bill signed, 1862   Battle of Gettysburg began, 1863   First U.S. zoo opened in Philadelphia, 1874   Grover Cleveland underwent cancer surgery in secret, 1893       2  Halfway Point of the year   Special Recreation for the disabled Day (Special Recreation Week)   Freedom From Fear of Speaking Day   Zeppelin first launched, 1900   Continental Congress adopts Lee’s independence resolution, 1776   Vermont abolishes slavery, 1777   James A. Garfield shot, 1881   U.S. Constitution initial ratification announced, 1788   Riot in St. Louis, 1917   U.S. Army Air Corps, 1926    Amelia Earhart disappeared, 1937   Civil Rights Act of 1964   Thurgood Marshall, 1908 3  Begin Dog Days of Summer    Eat Beans Day   Automobile birthday   Color TV birthday     Idaho Admission Day, 1890   George Washington took command of Continental Army, 1775     103 hostages rescued from Air France airliner in Uganda, 1976   Iran Air Flight 655 shot down in error, 1988   4  Independence Day Declaration of Independence approved by Continental Congress, 1776   Yankee Doodle Dandy Day    Tom Sawyer Fence Painting Day   Alice in Wonderland Day    National Country Music Day   First Rodeo, 1883   Thomas Jefferson and John Adams died, 1826     Vicksburg surrendered, 1863   Last Great Buffalo Hunt, 1882   Leaves of Grass published, 1885   Pathfinder lands on Mars, 1997   Nathaniel Hawthorne, 1804   Stephen Foster, 1826   Calvin Coolidge, 1872   Koko, 1971 5  Caribbean Day   Graham Cracker Day       National Day- Venezuela   Olive Branch Petition adopted, 1775   DiMaggio’s first grand slam, 1937   Tour de France 2007   David Farragut, 1801   P.T. Barnum, 1810   Cecil J. Rhodes, 1853 6  National Air Traffic Controller Day   National Fried Chicken Day   National Day- Malawi   Republican Day (party formed, 1854)   First picture postcard made   Louis Pasteur gave first successful anti-rabies inoculation, 1885   Air Force Cross created, 1960   John Paul Jones, 1747   Nancy Reagan, 1921    George W. Bush, 1946   7  Aphelion Day    Macaroni Day   Father-Daughter Take A Walk Together Day   Ice Cream Cone Day   National Strawberry Sundae Day   Chocolate Day   Comic book birthday   Star Festival- Japan     Hawaiian Island Kingdom annexed by United States, 1898   Pinocchio first printed, 1883   Chocolate introduced in Europe, 1550   Camillo Golgi, 1843   Leroy R. (Satchel) Paige, 1906 8  Liberty Bell Day Liberty bell cracked, 1835    Be a Kid Again Day   Barn Day     Vasco da Gama set sail, 1497      First public reading of the Declaration of Independence, 1776   First American Passport issued, 1796     Jean Moulin died, 1943   Nelson Rockefeller, 1908 9  Sugar Cookie Day   Independence Day- Argentina     14th Amendment ratified, 1868   Australian colonies united as Commonwealth of Australia, 1900   Army Distinguished Service Medal created, 1981   Nancy Farmer, 1941   Wyland, 1956 10  Teddy Bear Picnic Day  Teddy Bear Picnic lyrics   Don’t Step on a Bee Day   Wyoming Admission Day, 1890   Begin National Youth Sports Week   Central Pacific Railway opened, 1862   Scopes Trial began, 1925   Allied invasion of Italy, 1943   Bahamas gain independence, 1973   Boris Yeltsin sworn as Russia’s first President, 1991   Camille Pissarro, 1830   James Whistler, 1834   Marcel Proust, 1871   Arthur Ashe, 1943 11  World Population Day   Vegetarian Food Day   Cheer up the Lonely Day   International Town Criers Day   First 7-11 opened, 1927   Skylab fell to earth, 1979   World population crosses 5,000,000,000 point (1987)     John Quincy Adams, 1767     E.B. White, 1899      Patricia Polacco, 1944 12  Paper Bag Day   Swimming Pool Day   National Blueberry Muffin Day   National Pecan Pie Day   Battle of the Boyne Day (Ireland), 1690   Battle of Kursk largest tank battle in history, 1943   Etch-a-Sketch introduced, 1960   Paper bag manufacturing machine patented   German ends ban on sending fighting troops outside the country, 1994   Julius Caesar, 102 B.C.   Josiah Wedgwood, 1730   Samuel de Champlain   Henry David Thoreau, 1817   R. Buckminster Fuller, 1895   Bill Cosby 13  International Puzzle Day   Go West Day   Bon Fest & Feast of Lanterns-Japan   Northwest Ordinance enacted, 1787   Queen Victoria moved into Buckingham Palace, 1837 14 Pick Blueberries Day   Tape Measure Day   Corkboard Day   Bastille Day- France Fall of Bastille, 1789   Birmingham riot, 1791   Hank Aaron hit 500th home run, 1968   Woodie Guthrie, 1912   Gerald Ford, 1913   Erno Rubik, 1944   Laura Joffe Numeroff, 1953     New Moon 15  National Ice Cream Day   I Love Horses Day     Shark Awareness Day   Pike’s Expedition began, 1806   2nd Battle of Marne (WWI) triggered German final retreat, 1918     Howard Hughes set new speed record, 1938   First Boeing 707 flown, 1954   Rembrandt Van Rijn, 1606   Frances Xavier Cabrini, 1850 16  Fresh Spinach Day   National Hot Dog Day   International Juggling Day