Educators' Calendar: Canada

July 2020

28th June

28

29th June

29

30th June

30

1st July

1

2nd July

2

3rd July

3

4th July

4

28th June

29th June

30th June

1st July

Canada Day

Wartime Sugar Rationing Began (1942)

2nd July

Aviator Amelia Earhart Disappeared (1937)

Fishing Factories Closed (1992)

3rd July

Stay Out of the Sun Day

Compliment Your Mirror Day

Pugwash Conference (1957)

4th July

U.S. Independence Day

5th July

5

6th July

6

7th July

7

8th July

8

9th July

9

10th July

10

11th July

11

5th July

Yellow Grass Reached Highest Temperature (1937)

First Cloned Sheep (Dolly) Born (1996)

6th July

Huge Hailstone Fell (1975)

Jul. 6-13
Spain's Running of the Bulls

7th July

Chocolate Day

Pinocchio First Printed (1883)

Terrorist Bombing in London Killed 52 (2005)

8th July

Vermont Abolished Slavery (1777)

Great Fire in St. John's (1892)

9th July

National Sugar Cookie Day

Boy Went over Niagara Falls (1960)

10th July

Don't Step on a Bee Day

First Home Phones Went on Sale (1877)

11th July

World Population Day

Wilfred Laurier Sworn in as Prime Minister (1896)

Babe Ruth Debuted in Major League Baseball (1914)

12th July

12

13th July

13

14th July

14

15th July

15

16th July

16

17th July

17

18th July

18

12th July

Americans Invaded Canada (1812)

Author Pierre Berton's Birthday (1920)

13th July

First World Cup Soccer Tournament (1930)

Montreal Hosted First All-Star Baseball Game (1982)

Jul. 13-16
Back to Batoche Days

14th July

Bastille Day (French)

Nazis Became Sole Political Party in Germany (1933)

Aviator Howard Hughes Set New Speed Record (1938)

Death Penalty Abolished in Canada (1976)

15th July

Cow Appreciation Day

Canada's Parks Day

First International Manned Spaceflight (1975)

16th July

First Canadian Woman Doctor (1880)

135 Whales Died on Newfoundland Shore (1979)

Yoho Park Named World Heritage Site (1981)

17th July

Potsdam Conference (1945)

Disneyland Opened (1955)

Montreal Olympics Opened (1976)

18th July

Mein Kampf Published (1925)

Author Margaret Laurence's Birthday (1926)

Gymnast Nadia Comaneci Scored First Perfect 10 (1976)

19th July

19

20th July

20

21st July

21

22nd July

22

23rd July

23

24th July

24

25th July

25

19th July

Bank Offered First Bilingual Currency (1937)

First East to West Atlantic Rowing (1969)

20th July

First Special Olympics (1968)

First Moon Landing (1969)

21st July

Canadian Multicultural Act (1988)

Fergie Jenkins Became First Canadian Baseball Hall of Famer (1991)

22nd July

Pied Piper Arrived in Hamelin (1264)

Wiley Post Made First Solo Flight Around the World (1933)

23rd July

Pneumatic Tires Invented (1888)

Hale-Bopp Comet Discovered (1995)

24th July

9-year-old Flew Across Canada (1988)

25th July

First Test-Tube Baby Born (1978)

26th July

26

27th July

27

28th July

28

29th July

29

30th July

30

31st July

31

1st August

1

26th July

Vimy Ridge Monument Unveiled (1935)

27th July

Bugs Bunny Debuted (1940)

28th July

Author Beatrix Potter's Birthday (1866)

World War I Began (1914)

Athlete Terry Fox's Birthday (1958)

29th July

NASA Established (1958)

Bluenose II Given to Nova Scotia (1971)

Prince Charles Married Lady Diana Spencer (1981)

30th July

Author Emily Brontë's Birthday (1818)

Industrialist Henry Ford's Birthday (1863)

Rolling Stones Hosted SARS Concert (2003)

31st July

Columbus Arrived in Trinidad (1498)

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

1st August

Month-Long Holidays and Events

Kids' Vision and Learning Month

Happiness Happens Month