July Holidays and Activities

Listed below are interesting holidays, celebrations, important dates, and events for July. Icons indicate an activity from one of Toolbox Training’s 100 Activities series of books. Hover over the icon for specific references to exact activities. You can also click on links for additional information on dates. Many of these connect directly to activities on the Toolbox Training blog, but some are off-site links.

1	Canada Day, aka Dominion Day (1868) First U.S. zoo opens (1874) U.S. Stamp Anniversary Creative Ice Cream Flavor Day Joke Day Build a Scarecrow Day Sunglasses invented in China (1200) Silly putty trademarked (1952)
2	Halfway Point of the Year I Forgot Day Violin Lovers Day
3	Birth of the automobile (1886) Birth of color TV (1928) Watermelon Day First bank in U.S. (1819) Stay Out of the Sun Day
4	Independence Day Big Brothers/Big Sisters Day (1903) Country Music Day Barbeque Day Sidewalk Egg Frying Day Tom Sawyer Fence Painting Day First bus built (1829) Birth of the rodeo (1869)
5	Family Day Caribbean Day Graham Cracker Day
6	Fried Chicken Day The dollar is chosen as the U.S. monetary unit (1785)
7	Postal Worker Day Macaroni Day Birth of the comic book (1802)
8	Sundae Day Be a Kid Day
9	Rock 'n' Roll Day Fashion Day Recreation Day Air Conditioning Appreciation Day Sugar Cookie Day
10	Teddy Bear's Picnic Day Smile Power Day Don't Step on a Bee Day
11	Cheer Up the Lonely Day Swimming Pool Day Blueberry Muffin Day Vegetarian Food Day
12	Different Colored Eyes Day Pecan Pie Day
13	Go West Day French Fries Day Beans and Franks Day
14	Pandemonium Day Cow Appreciation Day Comedy Celebration Day
15	First Boeing 707 flew (1954) Be a Dork Day I Love Horses Day
16	Artist Rembrandt’s Birthday (1606) Hot Dog Day
17	Disneyland opened (1955) Sewing machine patented (1790) Wrong Way Day
18	Chrysanthemum Day Railroad Day
19	Woman's Day New Friends Day Stick Out Your Tongue Day
20	Moon Day - first landing on the moon (1969) Chess Day Lollipop Day Nap Day Ugly Truck Day
21	Junk Food Day Ice Cream Soda Day Tug-of-War Tournament Day
22	Summer Leisure Day Spoonerism Day Birth of Fruit Loops (1963) Maple Syrup Day
23	Ice Cream Cone Day – ice cream cone introduced in St. Louis, MO (1904) Mosquito Day Lamp patented (1872)
24	Aviator Amelia Earhart’s Birthday (1897) Cousins' Day Pioneer Day
25	Birthday of the Birthday Cake - Greeks were first to put candles on a cake celebrating someone's birthday (55 B.C.) Act Like a Caveman Day Threading the Needle Day
26	Aunts and Uncles Day All or Nothing Day U.S. Postal Service began ( 1775)
27	World Youth Day Hula Hoop Day Take a Plant for a Walk Day Bugs Bunny debuted in animated short A Wild Hare (1940)
28	First fingerprint taken (year?) Birth of wiffle ball (1957)
29	Rain Day Rocket Day Lasagna Day Lipstick Day
30	Comedy Day Cheesecake Day Monopoly board game trademarked (1933)
31	Always Live Better Than Yesterday Harry Potter author JK Rowling's Birthday (1965)

Floating Holidays: Baseball's All-Star Game (2nd Tuesday) Parents' Day (4th Sunday) Specialty Weeks: 1st week (1st full week): Canned Luncheon Meat Week Freedom Week Great Circus Parade Week 2nd week: Laughter Week 3rd week: Space Week World Hug Week 4th week: Equal Parent's Week Don't Eat Meat Week (Monday to Monday) Specialty Months: Anti-Boredom Month Baked Bean Month Bison Month Blackberry Month Blueberry Month Cell Phone Month Fireworks Safety Month Graduation Month Hotdog Month Ice Cream Month Outdoor Month Peach Month Picnic Month Purposeful Parenting Month Raspberry Month Read an Almanac Month Recreation and Parks Month Red, White and Blue Month Tennis Month Wild about Wildlife Month

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