| National Ice Cream Month | July |
| First U.S. Postage Stamp Issued | Jul 1, 1847 |
| Battle of Gettysburg | Jul 1, 1863 |
| First U.S. Zoo Opened in Philadelphia | Jul 1, 1874 |
| Diana, Princess of Wales' Birthday | Jul 1, 1961 |
| International Joke Day | Jul 1, 2009 |
| Canada Day | Jul 1, 2009 |
| Amelia Earhart's Disappearance | Jul 2, 1937 |
| American Revolution | Jul 4, 1776 |
| Walt Whitman Published First Edition of "Leaves of Grass" | Jul 4, 1855 |
| Thirteen Colonies Declare Independence from Britain | Jul 4, 1776 |
| Declaration of Independence | Jul 4, 1776 |
| Koko the Gorilla's Birthday | Jul 4, 1971 |
| Louisiana Purchase Announced | Jul 4, 1803 |
| Pathfinder Landed on Mars | Jul 4, 1997 |
| Independence Day | Jul 4, 2009 |
| Independence Day Fun | Jul 4, 2009 |
| Fireworks | Jul 4, 2009 |
| Tour de France | Jul 4-26, 2009 |
| Phineas T. Barnum's Birthday | Jul 5, 1810 |
| Elvis Presley Recorded First Album | Jul 5, 1954 |
| John Lennon meets Paul McCartney | Jul 6, 1957 |
| Ringo Starr's Birthday | Jul 7, 1940 |
| Paula Danziger Died | Jul 8, 2004 |
| Fourth Harry Potter Book Released | Jul 8, 2000 |
| Lituya Bay Tsunami | Jul 9, 1958 |
| E.B. White's Birthday | Jul 11, 1899 |
| "To Kill a Mockingbird" Published | Jul 11, 1960 |
| Etch-a-Sketch®, Released | Jul 12, 1960 |
| Family Feud Premieres | Jul 12, 1976 |
| John Adams' Sedition Act Approved | Jul 14, 1798 |
| Billy the Kid is Shot and Killed by Sheriff Pat Garrett | Jul 14, 1881 |
Bastille Fortress is Stormed
by Angry Parisians | Jul 14, 1789 |
| Rembrandt's Birthday | Jul 15, 1606 |
| Sixth Harry Potter Book Released | Jul 16, 2005 |
| Disneyland Opens | Jul 17, 1955 |
| Korea Constitution Day | Jul 17, 1948 |
| John Newbery's Birthday | Jul 19, 1713 |
| U.S. Air Force Began Training Tuskegee Airmen | Jul 19, 1941 |
| National Ice Cream Day | Jul 19, 2009 |
| Women's Rights Convention Held at Seneca Falls, NY | Jul 19-20, 1848 |
| Man Walks on the Moon | Jul 20, 1969 |
| Moon Day | Jul 20, 2009 |
| Seventh Harry Potter Book Released | Jul 21, 2007 |
| Annular Solar Eclipse | Jul 22, 2009 |
| Pi Approximation Day | Jul 22, 2009 |
| Total Solar Eclipse | Jul 22, 2009 |
| Amelia Earhart's Birthday | Jul 24, 1897 |
| US Scrabble Open | Jul 25-30, 2008 |
President Truman Issues Executive Order
That Desegregates the Military | Jul 26, 1948 |
| Korean War Ceasefire Signed | Jul 27, 1953 |
| US Virgin Islands: Hurricane Supplication Day | Jul 27, 2009 |
| Beatrix Potter's Birthday | Jul 28, 1866 |
| Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis' Birthday | Jul 28, 1929 |
| Fellowship of the Ring Published | Jul 29, 1954 |
| Harry Potter's Birthday | Jul 31, 1980 |
| J.K. Rowling's Birthday | Jul 31, 1965 |
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