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July 23
July 23, the 204th day of the year: Austria-Hungary's 1914 ultimatum to Serbia, Telstar's 1962 first transatlantic TV signal, the 1967 Detroit riot (43 deaths), Grant's death in 1885, Cleveland's Guardians announcement in 2021, and Egypt's Revolution Day.
July 24
July 24, the 205th day of the year (Pioneer Day in Utah), is marked by Apollo 11's 1969 Pacific splashdown, the 1911 Machu Picchu rediscovery, the 1847 Salt Lake arrival, the 1915 Eastland disaster (844 dead), and the births of Simón Bolívar and Amelia Earhart.
July 25
July 25 is the 206th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar, when Constantine was proclaimed Roman emperor in 306 and the first IVF baby was born in 1978.
July 26
July 26, the 207th day of the Gregorian year, marks Liberia's 1847 independence, the 1953 Moncada Barracks attack, the 1956 Suez Canal nationalization, the 1990 ADA signing, and India's Kargil Vijay Diwas.
July 27
July 27, the 208th day of the Gregorian year, is best known for the 1953 Korean Armistice Agreement, the 1921 isolation of insulin, the 1794 fall of Robespierre, and the 1974 first Nixon impeachment vote.
July 28
July 28, the 209th day of the Gregorian year, is Peru's Independence Day, World Hepatitis Day, and Thailand's King's Birthday; in 1914 Austria-Hungary declared war on Serbia, starting World War I.
July 29
July 29, the 210th day of the Gregorian year, marked by the 1836 Arc de Triomphe inauguration, 1957 IAEA founding, 1958 NASA creation, 1967 USS Forrestal fire, and 1981 Charles-Diana wedding.
July 3
July 3, the 184th day of a common year, is the eve of US Independence Day; Gettysburg ended there in 1863 and Washington took army command in 1775.
July 30
July 30, the 211th day of the year, marks the 1619 Jamestown House of Burgesses, the 1965 Medicare signing, Apollo 15's 1971 Moon landing, the 1980 Jerusalem Law and Vanuatu independence, and UN Friendship and Anti-Trafficking days.
July 31
July 31, the 212th day of the Gregorian year, is a calendar date marked by events including the first U.S. patent (1790), the Battle of Passchendaele's start (1917), Göring's Final Solution order (1941), START I signing (1991), and World Ranger Day.
July 6
July 6 is the 187th day of the year. It marks the 1054 Great Schism excommunication, Jan Hus's 1415 execution, Gibson's 1957 Wimbledon win, Malawi and Comoros independence, and Kahlo's birth.
July 7
July 7, the 188th day of the Gregorian year: date of the Marco Polo Bridge Incident, Hawaii's 1898 annexation, Hoover Dam construction start, O'Connor's 1981 Supreme Court nomination, the 2005 London bombings, World Chocolate Day, and Tanabata.
July 8
July 8, the 189th day of the Gregorian year (190th in leap years), marked by Vasco da Gama's 1497 departure, the 1776 first public reading of the Declaration of Independence, Poltava 1709, the 1889 Wall Street Journal debut, and the 2011 final shuttle launch.
July 9
July 9 is the 190th day of the year, also called the Ninth of July. Key facts: ratification of the 14th Amendment (1868), Argentina's Independence Day (1816), South Sudan independence (2011), and the 1958 Lituya Bay megatsunami.
July Crisis
The July Crisis (Julikrise, 1914): the five-week diplomatic crisis from Franz Ferdinand's Sarajevo assassination on 28 June 1914, through Germany's 'blank cheque' to Austria-Hungary and the 23 July ultimatum, to general European war by 4 August.
July Crisis and Russian general mobilization
The July Crisis and Russian general mobilization (Июльский кризис 1914 года) covers Tsar Nicholas II's 30 July 1914 general mobilization order, followed by Germany's declaration of war.
July Days
The July Days (Июльские дни) were armed demonstrations by soldiers, workers, and sailors in Petrograd on 3–5 July 1917, ending dual power in favor of the Provisional Government.
July massacre
July Massacre (জুলাই গণহত্যা): killings of protesters in Bangladesh's July-August 2024 quota-reform uprising; up to 1,400 estimated dead, mostly shot by security forces, ending Sheikh Hasina's 15-year rule.
July Mateo "Rasputín"
July Mateo "Rasputín" (Julio César Mateo Bautista, 1955–2018) was a Dominican merengue singer, trumpeter, and orchestra director whose version of "Viejo año" became the perennial Dominican New Year's farewell anthem.
July Monarchy
The July Monarchy (monarchie de Juillet) was France's constitutional monarchy, 1830–1848, under Louis-Philippe I of Orléans, founded after the Trois Glorieuses overthrew Charles X and ended by the February 1848 Revolution.
July Putsch
The July Putsch (German: Juliputsch) was a failed coup attempt by Austrian National Socialists on 25 July 1934, in which SS men seized the Vienna Chancellery and murdered Chancellor Engelbert Dollfuß.
July Revolt of 1927
The July Revolt of 1927, also called the Justizpalast fire, was a workers' uprising in Vienna on 15 July 1927 in which 89 people died.
July Revolution
July Revolution (Révolution de Juillet, les Trois Glorieuses), 27–29 July 1830: Parisian insurrection against Charles X's July Ordinances that ended the Restoration and installed Louis-Philippe as King of the French, founding the July Monarchy.
July Talk
July Talk is a Toronto alternative rock band fronted by Peter Dreimanis and Leah Fay Goldstein, formed around 2010–2012, with gold-certified debut, Juno-winning albums Touch, Pray for It, and Remember Never Before, and a famed theatrical live show.
July Uprising (জুলাই গণঅভ্যুত্থান)
July Uprising (জুলাই গণঅভ্যুত্থান), or July Revolution, was Bangladesh's 2024 student-led anti-quota movement that escalated into mass protests toppling Sheikh Hasina on 5 August 2024 after 15 years of rule; deaths estimated at 819 to 1,400.
July's People
July's People is a 1981 novel by Nadine Gordimer imagining a revolution that ends apartheid in South Africa, and a white family who flee to their servant's village.
Juma Al Majid
Juma Al Majid is a Dubai businessman, born 1930, who founded the family-held Juma Al Majid Holding Group in 1950 and leads it as chairman.
Juma Al Majid Holding Group
Juma Al Majid Holding Group (مجموعة جمعة الماجد القابضة) is a family-owned conglomerate in Dubai, founded in 1950 and best known as the UAE's Hyundai and Kia distributor.
Juma Bah
Abdulai Juma Bah (born 2006, Freetown) is a Sierra Leonean centre-back, 1.95 m, signed by Manchester City from Real Valladolid in January 2025 via a 6 million euro release clause, since loaned to Lens, Nice, and Augsburg.
Jumaane Williams
Jumaane D. Williams is an American politician serving as New York City Public Advocate since 2019, after representing Brooklyn's 45th Council District and sponsoring the Community Safety Act.