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2010 July

MONTH-LONG OBSERVANCES

Air-Conditioning Appreciation Days
Bereaved Parents Awareness Month
Cell Phone Courtesy Month
Cord Blood Awareness Month
Dog Days of Summer Month
Eye Injury Prevention Month
Family Golf Month
Family Reunion Month
Fireworks Safety Month
Freedom from Fear of Speaking Month
Herbal Prescription Awareness Month
Hitchhiking Month
International Blondie/Deborah Harry Month
International Group B Strep Awareness Month
Juvenile Arthritis Awareness Month
National Anti-Boredom Month
National Baked Bean Month
National Bikini Month
National Black Family Month
National Blueberry Month
National Child-Centered Divorce Month
National Culinary Arts Month
National Doghouse Repairs Month
National Grilling Month
National Home Inspector Month
National Horseradish Month
National Hot Dog Month
National Ice Cream Month
National Make A Difference to A Child Month
National Picnic Month
National Recreation and Parks Month
National Share a Sunset with your Lover Month
National Wheelchair Beautification Month
Read an Almanac Month
Sandwich Generation Month
Smart Irrigation Month
Social Wellness Month
Tour de France Month
Unlucky Month for Weddings
UV Safety Month
Women’s Motorcycle Month
 
WEEK-LONG OBSERVANCES
First Week
Freedom From Fear of Speaking Week
National Unassisted Home Birth Week
 
Second Week
Be Nice to New Jersey Week
National Therapeutic Recreation Week
Nude Recreation Week
 
Third Week
Hug Week
International Chicken Wing Month
International Massage Week
National Farrier’s Month
National Make Someone Smile Week
National Parenting Gifted Children Week
National Rabbit Week
National Ventriloquism Week
Sports Cliche Week
 
Fourth Week
Lumberjack Week
Moby Dick Week
National Independent Retailers Week
National Salad Week
Scrabble Week
World Hackysack Week
 
July 1st
Battle of Gettysburg Started in 1863
Build a Scarecrow Day
Creative Ice Cream Flavors Day
Canada Day
Financial Freedom Day
International Joke Day
Jean Marsh’s Birthday (1934)
Leslie Caron’s Birthday (1931)
National Postal Worker Day
Olivia DeHavilland’s Birthday (1916)
Popeye’s Birthday
Princess Diana’s Birthday (1961)
US Postage Stamp Day
Zip Code Day
 
July 2nd
First Zeppelin flew (1900)
Halfway Point Day
I Forgot Day
International Chicken Wing Day
US Army Air Corps Established (1926)
Violin Lovers Day
Visitation of the Virgin Mary
World UFO Day
 
July 3rd
Air-Conditioning Appreciation Day
Compliment Your Mirror Day
Disobedience Day
Dog Days Begin
Eat Beans Day
Franz Kafka’s Birthday (1883)
George M. Cohan’s Birthday (1878)
International Day of Cooperatives
Sandra Lee’s Birthday (1966)
Stay Out of the Sun Day
 
July 4th
American Independence Day
Boom Box Day
Buffalo Bill Day
Independence From Meat Day
Indivisible Day
International Drive your Studebaker Day
Mitch Miller’s Birthday (1911)
Nathaniel Hawthorne’s Birthday (1804)
National Country Music Day
Sidewalk Egg Frying Day
Stephen Foster’s Birthday (1826)
Tom Sawyer Fence Painting Day
 
July 5th
Alice in Wonderland Day
Anniversary of the Bikini (1946)
Build a Scarecrow Day
Cherry Pit Spitting Day
P.T. Barnum’s Birthday (1810)
Work-a-Holics Day
 
July 6th
Caribbean Day
Dalai Lama’s Birthday (1935)
First Picture Postcard Made
Fill an Aquarium Day
Frido Kahlo’s Birthday (1907)
George W. Bush’s Birthday (1946)
Jennifer Saunders’ Birthday (1958) – Absolutely Fabulous
John Paul Jones’ Birthday (1747)
National Fried Chicken Day
Republican Day
Sebastian Cabot’s Birthday (1918) Family Affair
Take Your Webmaster to Lunch Day
 
July 7th
Bonza Bottler Day (7/7)
Chocolate Day
Father-Daughter Take a Walk Day
Ice Cream Day
Macaroni Day
Marc Chagall’s Birthday (1887)
National Strawberry Sundae Day
Pierre Cardin’s Birthday (1922)
SCUD Day (Savor the Comic, Unplug the Drama) Day
Tell the Truth Day
 
July 8th
Kevin Bacon’s Birthday (1958)
Liberty Bell cracks in 1835 while being rung at John Marshall’s funeral
Raffi’s Birthday (1948)
Savor the Comic, Unplug the Drama Day
Toby Keith’s Birthday (1961)
Video Games Day
Wolfgang Puck’s Birthday (1949)
Zigfield Follies Day
 
July 9th
Fred Savage’s Birthday (1976)
National Sugar Cookie Day
Rock N Roll Day
Tom Hanks’ Birthday (1956)
 
July 10th
Clerihew Day
Don’t Step on a Bee Day
Hop a Park Day
James Whistler’s Birthday (1834)
Maurice Proust’s Birthday (1871)
Smile Power Day
Teddy Bear’s Picnic Day
 
July 11th
Bowdler’s Day
Chicken Day
E.B. White’s Birthday (1899)
Georgio Armani’s Birthday (1936)
National Cheer Up the Lonely Day
Try Caviar Day
World Population Day
 
July 12th
Andrew Wyeth’s Birthday (1917)
Battle of the Boyne
Christine McVie’s Birthday (1943)
Different Colored Eyes Day
George Eastman’s Birthday (1854)
Henry David Thoreau’s Birthday (1817)
International Town Crier Day
Julius Caesar’s Birthday (100 BC)
National Pecan Pie Day
Oscar Hammerstein’s Birthday (1895)
Paper Bag Day
Pecan Pie Day
 
July 13th
Barbershop Music Appreciation Day
Barn Day
Bison Lovers Day
Disgruntled Workers Day
Embrace Your Geekness Day
Erno Rubik’s (Rubik’s Cube Inventor) Birthday (1944)
Fool’s Paradise Day
Go West Day
Gruntled Workers Day
Harrison Ford’s Birthday (1942)
National French Fries Day
Northwest Ordinance Enacted (1787)
July 14th
Bastille Day
Harry Dean Stanton’s Birthday (1926)
National Nude Day
Pandemonium Day
Peggy Parish’s Birthday (1927) Amelia Bedelia
Pick Blueberries Day
William Hanna’s Birthday (1910)
Woody Guthrie’s Birthday (1912)
 
July 15th
Baby Food Day
Clement C. Moore’s Birthday (1777)
Cow Appreciation Day
First Boeing 707 Flew (1954)
Get to Know Your Customers Day
Gummi Worm Day
Iris Murdoch’s Birthday (1919)
Rembrandt Van Rijn’s Birthday (1606)
St. Frances Xavier Cabrini Birthday (1850) (1st American Saint)
St. Swithin’s Day
Tapioca Pudding Day
Winnie the Pooh Day
 
July 16th
Apollo 11 lifts off on its voyage to the moon (1969)
Fresh Spinach Day
Guy Laroche (1921)
Hot Dog Night
Michael Flatley’s Birthday (1958)
National Personal Chef Day
Will Ferrell’s Birthday (1967)
 
July 17th
Cow Appreciation Day
Disneyland Opens (1955)
Farmer’s Almanac Day
John Jacob Astor’s Birthday (1763)
National Hot Dog Day
National Peach Ice Cream Day
National Woodie Wagon Day
Sewing Machine Patented (1790)
Toss Away The Could Haves and Should Haves Day
Wrong-Way Corrigan Day
Yellow Pig Day
 
July 18th
Anne Hutchinson Memorial Day
Chrysanthemum Day
Mandela Day
National Caviar Day
National Get Out of the Doghouse Day
National Hug Your Kids Day
National Ice Cream Day
Sidewalk Frying Days
Steve Forbes’ Birthday (1947)
 
July 19th
Edgar Degas’ Birthday (1834)
Flitch Day
John Newberry’s Birthday (1713)
National Raspberry Cake Day
Stick Your Tongue Out Day
 
July 20th
Chess Day
Cormac McCarthy’s Birthday (1933)
Gregor Mendel’s Birthday (1822)
Moon Day (Armstrong and Aldrin land on moon in 1969)
National Ice Cream Soda Day
National Lollipop Day
Sir Edmund Hillary’s Birthday (1919) (first to reach Mt. Everest)
Tapioca Pudding Day
Ugly Truck Day
 
July 21st
Don Knotts’ Birthday (1924)
Ernest Hemingway’s Birthday (1899)
Legal Drinking Age Day
National Junk Food Day
National Tug of War Tournament Day
Robin Williams’ Birthday (1952)
 
July 22nd
Bobby Sherman’s Birthday (1943)
Hammock Day
Health & Happiness with Hypnosis Day
Lion’s Share Day
National Penuche Fudge Day
Oscar de La Renta’s Birthday (1932)
Pied Piper of Hamelin Day
Spooners Day
Willem Dafoe’s Birthday (1955)
 
July 23rd
All-American Soap Box Derby Day
Daniel Radcliffe’s Birthday (1989)
Gorgeous Grandma Day
Hot Enough for Ya Day
Ice Cream Cone Introduced (1904)
Maple Syrup Day
Mosquito Day
National Hot Dog Day
National Vanilla Ice Cream Day
Slash’s Birthday (1965)
 
July 24th
Alexander Dumas’ Birthday (1802)
Amelia Earhart’s Birthday (1897)
Cousin’s Day
Marvin the Martian’s Birthday
National Cowboy Day
National Drive-Thru Day
Tell an Old Joke Day
 
July 25th
Buck Moon
Culinarians Day
Maxfield Parrish’s Birthday (1870)
Parents’ DayPipe Dreams Day
System Adminstrator Day
Thomas Eakins’ Birthday (1844)
Threading the Needle Day
 
July 26th
All or Nothing Day
Aunt and Uncle Day
Dorothy Hamill’s Birthday (1956)
George Bernard Shaw’s Birthday (1856)
Helen Mirren’s Birthday (1945)
Kate Beckinsale’s Birthday (1973)
Mick Jagger’s Birthday (1943)
One Voice
Sandra Bullock’s Birthday (1964)
Sugar Cane Day
Thomas Eakins’ Birthday (1814)
Vivian Vance’s Birthday (1912)
 
July 27th
Alexander Dumas’ Birthday (1824)
Barbie in a Blender Day
Bugs Bunny’s Birthday
Take Your Plants for a Walk Day
Walk on Stilts Day
 
July 28th
Accountant’s Day
Beatrix Potter’s Birthday (1866)
Cheese Lovers Day
First Fingerprint Taken
First Telegram Sent
Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis’ Birthday (1929)
National Milk Chocolate Day
Peggy Fleming’s Birthday (1948)
Singing Telegram Day
 
July 29th
Cheese Sacrifice Purchase Day
Country Music Day
NASA Anniversary
National Chili Dog Day
National Lasagna Day
Rain Day
Tim Gunn’s Birthday (1953)
 
July 30th
Alton Brown’s Birthday (1962)
Antonio Benedetto Puccini’s Birthday (1747)
Deviled Eggs Day
Emily Bronte’s Birthday (1818)
Father-in-Law Day
Henry Ford’s Birthday (1863)
National Cheesecake Day
National Talk in an Elevator Day
System Administrator Appreciation Day
 
July 31st
Cotton Candy Day
First US Patent Issued – Granted to Samuel Hopkins in 1790
J.K. Rowling’s Birthday (1965)
Milton Friedman’s Birthday (1912)
Mutt’s Day

Robert Kimmel Smith’s Birthday (1930)