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Friday, June 30, 2017

Happy July Birthday 2017

It's July folks and we have a couple of birthdays in our family. Sarah, our niece, and Jason, Kelly's grandson. We want to wish them a very Happy Birthday!! And if you or a loved one has a birthday in July, we wish you all a Happy Birthday too!!
They get to share their birthday with the birth of our Nation which is pretty fabulous, don't you think??
Here's the latest YouTube video wishing everyone a Happy Birthday!!!



Famous birthdays and facts
The 7th month of the year brings us Independence Day and Canada Day.
In the Georgian calendar, the calendar that most of the world uses, July is the seventh month. However, on the Roman calendar, it was actually the fifth month and was call Quintilis, which meant fifth. Later in 46 B.C., Caesar gave 31 days and the Roman Senates named the month Julius in honor of Caesar. In northern hemisphere, July is usually the hottest month of the year when it is actually a winter time in southern hemisphere. It gets very cold in Antarctica and cold and rainy in South America. Because there isn't much rain in July, the grass loses its greenness. Moreover, the abundance of flowers and insects occur in July.

Below are some fun facts about July:

  1. The birthstone for July is the Ruby.
  2. The zodiac signs for July are Cancer (June 21 - July 22) and Leo (July 23 - August 22)
  3. The birth flower for July is the water lily.
  4. The month of July was named after Julius Caesar.
  5. On July 1, 1867, the Dominion of Canada was established due to the British North America Act.
  6. On July 1, 1898, the San Juan Hill was occupied by the American troops during the Spanish-American War.
  7. During World War I on July 1, 1916, the Battle of Somme began.
  8. On July 2, 1881, President James Garfield was killed by Charles Guiteau.
  9. On July 2, 1890, the Sherman Antitrust Act (an Act to prohibit trusts) was passed by the United States Congress.
  10. On July 5, 1971, Amendment 26 was proclaimed which set the voting age at 18 in the United States.
  11. On July 6, 1854, the Republican Party held its first state convention at Jackson, Michigan.
  12. On July 11, 1804, during a duel between Aaron Burr and Alexander Hamilton, Hamilton was killed.
  13. The 38th President of the United States, Gerald R. Ford, was born on July 1, 1913.
  14. On July 16, 1790, District of Columbia was established.
  15. The first atomic bomb was set off by scientists in Alamogordo, New Mexico on July 16, 1945.
  16. National Blueberry Month
  17. National Ice Cream Month
  18. National Hot Dog Month
  19. July 1 - Canada Day
  20. July 4 - Independence Day

Here are a few famous people that have July Birthdays:
  1. 50 Cent
  2. Selena Gomez
  3. Tom Hanks
  4. Arnold Schwarzenegger
  5. George W. Bush
  6. Tom Cruise
  7. Sylvester Stallone
  8. Harrison Ford
  9. Fred Savage
  10. Luke Bryan
  11. Vin Diesel
  12. Jennifer Lopez

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