Educators' Calendar: United States

July 2020

28th June

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29th June

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30th June

30

1st July

1

2nd July

2

3rd July

3

4th July

4

28th June

29th June

30th June

1st July

Battle of Gettysburg (1863)

Canada Day (1867)

First U.S. Zoo Opened (1874)

ZIP Codes Introduced (1963)

2nd July

Pres. James Garfield Shot (1881)

Aviator Amelia Earhart Disappeared (1937)

Civil Rights Act of 1964 Became Law (1964)

3rd July

Compliment Your Mirror Day

Stay Out of the Sun Day

Idaho Admission Day (1890)

U.S. Veterans Administration Created (1930)

4th July

Independence Day (1776)

Thoreau Moved to Walden Pond (1845)

Statue of Liberty Presented (1884)

5th July

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6th July

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7th July

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8th July

8

9th July

9

10th July

10

11th July

11

5th July

P. T. Barnum's Birthday (1810)

Larry Doby Signed with Cleveland Indians (1946)

First Cloned Sheep (Dolly) Born (1996)

6th July

Republican Party Formed (1854)

Pres. George W. Bush's Birthday (1946)

7th July

Pinocchio Published (1883)

Hawaii Annexed by U.S. (1898)

London Terrorist Bombing (2005)

8th July

First Public Reading of Declaration of Independence (1776)

Vermont Abolished Slavery (1777)

9th July

Sugar Cookie Day

10th July

Don't Step on a Bee Day

Wyoming Admission Day (1890)

11th July

World Population Day

Pres. John Quincy Adams's Birthday (1767)

Babe Ruth Debuted in Major League Baseball (1914)

Author Patricia Polacco's Birthday (1944)

12th July

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13th July

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14th July

14

15th July

15

16th July

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17th July

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18th July

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12th July

Etch-a-Sketch Introduced (1960)

Geraldine Ferraro Named First Female Vice-Presidential Candidate (1984)

13th July

First World Cup Soccer Tournament (1930)

25-hour Blackout in New York City (1977)

14th July

Bastille Day in France (1789)

Nazis Became Sole Political Party in Germany (1933)

$100 Bill Became Largest U.S. Currency (1969)

15th July

Howard Hughes Set New Speed Record (1938)

First International Manned Spaceflight (1975)

16th July

National Ice Cream Day

District of Columbia Established (1790)

Last Russian Czar Executed (1918)

First Parking Meters (1935)

17th July

Potsdam Conference (1945)

Disneyland Opened (1955)

18th July

Mein Kampf Published (1925)

Gymnast Nadia Comaneci Scored First Perfect 10 (1976)

19th July

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20th July

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21st July

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22nd July

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23rd July

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24th July

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25th July

25

19th July

First Women's Rights Convention Held (1848)

First East to West Rowing of the Atlantic (1969)

20th July

First Special Olympics (1968)

First Moon Landing (1969)

21st July

Author Ernest Hemingway's Birthday (1899)

Scopes Found Guilty in "Monkey Trial" (1925)

Stateswoman Janet Reno's Birthday (1938)

22nd July

Pied Piper Arrived in Hamelin (1264)

23rd July

Parents' Day

Pneumatic Tires Invented (1888)

Hale-Bopp Comet Discovered (1995)

24th July

Summer Olympics Begin

Apollo 11 Astronauts Safely Return to Earth (1969)

25th July

Puerto Rico Became U.S. Commonwealth (1952)

First Test-Tube Baby Born (1978)

26th July

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27th July

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28th July

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29th July

29

30th July

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31st July

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1st August

1

26th July

New York Admission Day (1788)

Liberia Became Africa's First Republic (1847)

FBI Created (1908)

Hillary R. Clinton Named First Female Presidential Nominee (2016)

27th July

Korean War Veterans' Armistice Day

Bugs Bunny Debuted (1940)

Bombing at Olympic Games in Atlanta (1996)

28th July

Author Beatrix Potter's Birthday (1866)

14th Amendment Ratified (Citizenship Rights) (1868)

World War I Began (1914)

29th July

Author Sharon Creech's Birthday (1945)

NASA Established (1958)

Prince Charles Married Lady Diana Spencer (1981)

30th July

Author Emily Brontë's Birthday (1818)

Industrialist Henry Ford's Birthday (1863)

In God We Trust Made U.S. Motto (1956)

31st July

Columbus Arrived in Trinidad (1498)

Author J.K. Rowling's Birthday (1965)

1st August

Month-Long Holidays and Events

Hot Dog Month

Read an Almanac Month

Blueberries Month

Recreation and Parks Month