July Holidays – Monthly Celebrations
- Cell Phone Courtesy Month
- Dog Days of Summer – July 3 – August 11
- National Blueberry Month
- National Anti-Boredom Month
- Unlucky Month for weddings
- National Cell Phone Courtesy Month
- National Grilling Month
- National Hot Dog Month
- National Ice Cream Month
- National Park and Recreation Month
- National Picnic Month
- National Watermelon Month
July Weekly Events
- Week 2 – Nude Recreation Week
- Week 3 – Capture the Sunset Week Third full week in July
July 31, 2023
* 7/14 eve to 8/19 eve (7/28 peak): Delta Aquarid Meteor Showers.
* 7/20 to 8/2: Old Egyptian festival marking the return to Egypt of Neteret Isis, Neter Osiris, and the rains that inundate the Nile River.
* 7/29 eve to 8/17 eve (8/12 peak): Perseid Meteor Showers.
* 7/31 eve to 8/2 eve: Lughnasadh–Old Celtic/Irish Feast of Goddess Tailtiu and God Lugh (Deities of Sustenance and Light).
* 7/31 eve to 8/7 eve: Mid-Summer/First Harvest/Lammas–Festival of thanksgiving for the first of the grain harvest; celebrated by offering the first fruits of the grain harvest and prayers for sustenance for all.
July 30, 2023
* 7/14 eve to 8/19 eve (7/28 peak): Delta Aquarid Meteor Showers.
* 7/20 to 8/2: Old Egyptian festival marking the return to Egypt of Neteret Isis, Neter Osiris, and the rains that inundate the Nile River.
* 7/29 eve to 8/17 eve (8/12 peak): Perseid Meteor Showers.
* 7/30: Friendship Day.
International Day of Friendship
July 29, 2023
* 7/14 eve to 8/19 eve (7/28 peak): Delta Aquarid Meteor Showers.
* 7/20 to 8/2: Old Egyptian festival marking the return to Egypt of Neteret Isis, Neter Osiris, and the rains that inundate the Nile River.
* 7/29 eve to 8/17 eve (8/12 peak): Perseid Meteor Showers.
National Day of the Cowboy – fourth Saturday in July
July 28, 2023
* 7/14 eve to 8/19 eve (7/28 peak): Delta Aquarid Meteor Showers.
* 7/20 to 8/2: Old Egyptian festival marking the return to Egypt of Neteret Isis, Neter Osiris, and the rains that inundate the Nile River.
* 7/28: Day the U.S. Constitution’s 14th Amendment went into effect, guaranteeing due process and equal protection of the law to all (1868).
System Administrator Appreciation Day – last Friday in July
July 27, 2023
* 7/14 eve to 8/19 eve (7/28 peak): Delta Aquarid Meteor Showers.
* 7/17 eve to 7/27 eve: Muharram/Islamic New Year (Year 1445) & A’ashurah. The Five Pillars of Islam are confession, prayer, alms-giving, fasting, and pilgrimage. Muharram Truce (through A’ashurah).
* 7/20 to 8/2: Old Egyptian festival marking the return to Egypt of Neteret Isis, Neter Osiris, and the rains that inundate the Nile River.
* 7/26 eve to 7/27 eve: Tish’a B’Av–Jewish fast day mourning the destruction of the Temples in Jerusalem dedicated to Elohim.
* 7/27: Vigil for true peace on the Korean peninsula.
Take Your Houseplants for a Walk
Take Your Pants for a Walk Day
July 26, 2023
* 7/14 eve to 8/19 eve (7/28 peak): Delta Aquarid Meteor Showers.
* 7/17 eve to 7/27 eve: Muharram/Islamic New Year (Year 1445) & A’ashurah. The Five Pillars of Islam are confession, prayer, alms-giving, fasting, and pilgrimage. Muharram Truce (through A’ashurah).
* 7/20 to 8/2: Old Egyptian festival marking the return to Egypt of Neteret Isis, Neter Osiris, and the rains that inundate the Nile River.
* 7/26: Day Tibetan Buddhists meditate on and emulate Bodhisattva Goddess Red Tara’s conquest of fear and anger.
* 7/26: Christian feast of St. Anna, mother of Blessed Mary and grandmother of Blessed Jesus; guide of grandmothers and elderly women.
* 7/26: Birthday of Dr. Carl Gustav Jung (1875), founder of archetypal psychology, which explores universal concepts of Deity and their relation to the individual psyche.
* 7/26: Day discrimination against the disabled was prohibited in public accommodations and employment (1990); day to celebrate empowerment of the disabled.
* 7/26: Day to mourn the legacy of the anti-Hispanic xenophobic rhetoric and actions of the Trump administration.
* 7/26 eve to 7/27 eve: Tish’a B’Av–Jewish fast day mourning the destruction of the Temples in Jerusalem dedicated to Elohim.
Summer Olympics Begin – Not until 2024
July 25, 2023
* 7/14 to 7/25 (I 7/20): Old Norse/Icelandic Mid-Summer Althingi–Community gathering for democratic decision making. Forseti and Tyr, Gods of Justice and Self-Sacrifice, were honored.
* 7/14 eve to 8/19 eve (7/28 peak): Delta Aquarid Meteor Showers.
* 7/17 eve to 7/27 eve: Muharram/Islamic New Year (Year 1445) & A’ashurah. The Five Pillars of Islam are confession, prayer, alms-giving, fasting, and pilgrimage. Muharram Truce (through A’ashurah).
* 7/20 to 8/2: Old Egyptian festival marking the return to Egypt of Neteret Isis, Neter Osiris, and the rains that inundate the Nile River.
July 24, 2023
* 7/14 to 7/25 (I 7/20): Old Norse/Icelandic Mid-Summer Althingi–Community gathering for democratic decision making. Forseti and Tyr, Gods of Justice and Self-Sacrifice, were honored.
* 7/14 eve to 8/19 eve (7/28 peak): Delta Aquarid Meteor Showers.
* 7/17 eve to 7/27 eve: Muharram/Islamic New Year (Year 1445) & A’ashurah. The Five Pillars of Islam are confession, prayer, alms-giving, fasting, and pilgrimage. Muharram Truce (through A’ashurah).
* 7/20 to 8/2: Old Egyptian festival marking the return to Egypt of Neteret Isis, Neter Osiris, and the rains that inundate the Nile River.
* 7/24: Day that aggressive war was outlawed and the right to defend victims of aggression was recognized world-wide (1929).
July 23, 2023
* 7/14 to 7/25 (I 7/20): Old Norse/Icelandic Mid-Summer Althingi–Community gathering for democratic decision making. Forseti and Tyr, Gods of Justice and Self-Sacrifice, were honored.
* 7/14 eve to 8/19 eve (7/28 peak): Delta Aquarid Meteor Showers.
* 7/17 to 7/23: Iroquois Green Corn Ceremony–in thanksgiving for the maize harvest.
* 7/17 eve to 7/27 eve: Muharram/Islamic New Year (Year 1445) & A’ashurah. The Five Pillars of Islam are confession, prayer, alms-giving, fasting, and pilgrimage. Muharram Truce (through A’ashurah).
* 7/20 to 8/2: Old Egyptian festival marking the return to Egypt of Neteret Isis, Neter Osiris, and the rains that inundate the Nile River.
* 7/23: Beginning of Leo (the Lion/Lioness).
* 7/23: Mayan Sun Festival–honoring Sun God Ahau Kin; celebrated with devotional offerings of food, song, prayer, and a ritual procession that symbolically travels to the four quarters of the Universe.
* 7/23: Vigil for democratic government, freedom of religion, and respect for the human rights of all in Egypt.
Parent’s Day – fourth Sunday in July
July 22, 2023
* 7/14 to 7/25 (I 7/20): Old Norse/Icelandic Mid-Summer Althingi–Community gathering for democratic decision making. Forseti and Tyr, Gods of Justice and Self-Sacrifice, were honored.
* 7/14 eve to 8/19 eve (7/28 peak): Delta Aquarid Meteor Showers.
* 7/17 to 7/23: Iroquois Green Corn Ceremony–in thanksgiving for the maize harvest.
* 7/17 eve to 7/27 eve: Muharram/Islamic New Year (Year 1445) & A’ashurah. The Five Pillars of Islam are confession, prayer, alms-giving, fasting, and pilgrimage. Muharram Truce (through A’ashurah).
* 7/20 to 8/2: Old Egyptian festival marking the return to Egypt of Neteret Isis, Neter Osiris, and the rains that inundate the Nile River.
* 7/22: Christian feast of St. Mary Magdalene, disciple and priestess–Savior Jesus made her His priestess by purifying her seven times; she anointed Him in preparation for His sacrifice and witnessed His torture, death, and resurrection.
July 21, 2023
* 7/14 to 7/25 (I 7/20): Old Norse/Icelandic Mid-Summer Althingi–Community gathering for democratic decision making. Forseti and Tyr, Gods of Justice and Self-Sacrifice, were honored.
* 7/14 eve to 8/19 eve (7/28 peak): Delta Aquarid Meteor Showers.
* 7/17 to 7/23: Iroquois Green Corn Ceremony–in thanksgiving for the maize harvest.
* 7/17 eve to 7/27 eve: Muharram/Islamic New Year (Year 1445) & A’ashurah. The Five Pillars of Islam are confession, prayer, alms-giving, fasting, and pilgrimage. Muharram Truce (through A’ashurah).
* 7/20 to 8/2: Old Egyptian festival marking the return to Egypt of Neteret Isis, Neter Osiris, and the rains that inundate the Nile River.
* 7/21: Chokhor Duchen–Tibetan Buddhist celebration of the Buddha’s first teaching. The Buddha taught an Eightfold Path to enlightenment – right understanding, right thought, right speech, right action, right livelihood, right effort, right mindfulness, and right concentration.
July 20, 2023
* 7/14 to 7/25 (I 7/20): Old Norse/Icelandic Mid-Summer Althingi–Community gathering for democratic decision making. Forseti and Tyr, Gods of Justice and Self-Sacrifice, were honored.
* 7/14 eve to 8/19 eve (7/28 peak): Delta Aquarid Meteor Showers.
* 7/17 to 7/23: Iroquois Green Corn Ceremony–in thanksgiving for the maize harvest.
* 7/17 eve to 7/27 eve: Muharram/Islamic New Year (Year 1445) & A’ashurah. The Five Pillars of Islam are confession, prayer, alms-giving, fasting, and pilgrimage. Muharram Truce (through A’ashurah).
* 7/20 to 8/2: Old Egyptian festival marking the return to Egypt of Neteret Isis, Neter Osiris, and the rains that inundate the Nile River.
Ugly Truck Day- it’s a “guy” thing
July 19, 2023
* 7/14 to 7/25 (I 7/20): Old Norse/Icelandic Mid-Summer Althingi–Community gathering for democratic decision making. Forseti and Tyr, Gods of Justice and Self-Sacrifice, were honored.
* 7/14 eve to 8/19 eve (7/28 peak): Delta Aquarid Meteor Showers.
* 7/17 to 7/23: Iroquois Green Corn Ceremony–in thanksgiving for the maize harvest.
* 7/17 eve to 7/27 eve: Muharram/Islamic New Year (Year 1445) & A’ashurah. The Five Pillars of Islam are confession, prayer, alms-giving, fasting, and pilgrimage. Muharram Truce (through A’ashurah).
* 7/19: Day women demanded recognition of their equality to men in the legal, political, economic, religious, and domestic spheres (Seneca Falls, New York 1848).
National Hot Dog Day – third Wednesday in July
July 18, 2023
* 7/14 to 7/25 (I 7/20): Old Norse/Icelandic Mid-Summer Althingi–Community gathering for democratic decision making. Forseti and Tyr, Gods of Justice and Self-Sacrifice, were honored.
* 7/14 eve to 8/19 eve (7/28 peak): Delta Aquarid Meteor Showers.
* 7/17 to 7/23: Iroquois Green Corn Ceremony–in thanksgiving for the maize harvest.
* 7/17 eve to 7/18 eve: Hekatombaion Noumenia/Old Athenian New Year–Old Greek festival honoring all the Gods and Goddesses.
* 7/17 eve to 7/27 eve: Muharram/Islamic New Year (Year 1445) & A’ashurah. The Five Pillars of Islam are confession, prayer, alms-giving, fasting, and pilgrimage. Muharram Truce (through A’ashurah).
* 7/18: Day South Africa’s apartheid was internationally outlawed (1976); birthday of Nelson Mandela, non-violent anti-apartheid activist (1918).
National Caviar Day– something’s fishy here
July 17, 2023
* 7/14 to 7/25 (I 7/20): Old Norse/Icelandic Mid-Summer Althingi–Community gathering for democratic decision making. Forseti and Tyr, Gods of Justice and Self-Sacrifice, were honored.
* 7/14 eve to 8/19 eve (7/28 peak): Delta Aquarid Meteor Showers.
* 7/17 (2:32 p.m. EDT): New Moon.
* 7/17: Old Egyptian birthday feast of Neteret Isis – partner and true love of Osiris, and mother of Horus; guide of all wives, mothers, healers, advocates, and teachers.
* 7/17: Day to mourn racism in law enforcement and the excessive use of force by police officers.
* 7/17 to 7/23: Iroquois Green Corn Ceremony–in thanksgiving for the maize harvest.
* 7/17 eve to 7/18 eve: Hekatombaion Noumenia/Old Athenian New Year–Old Greek festival honoring all the Gods and Goddesses.
* 7/17 eve to 7/27 eve: Muharram/Islamic New Year (Year 1445) & A’ashurah. The Five Pillars of Islam are confession, prayer, alms-giving, fasting, and pilgrimage. Muharram Truce (through A’ashurah).
July 16, 2023
* 7/14 to 7/25 (I 7/20): Old Norse/Icelandic Mid-Summer Althingi–Community gathering for democratic decision making. Forseti and Tyr, Gods of Justice and Self-Sacrifice, were honored.
* 7/14 eve to 8/19 eve (7/28 peak): Delta Aquarid Meteor Showers.
* 7/16: Secular Humanism Day–Day to celebrate all life-affirming humanist, rationalist, and scientific belief systems.
* 7/16: Birthday of Mary Baker Eddy (1821), founder of Christian Science, who honored Deity as Father-Mother God.
National Ice Cream Day – third Sunday of the month
July 15, 2023
* 7/13 to 7/15: Obon–Zen Buddhist festival honoring departed ancestors.
* 7/14 to 7/25 (I 7/20): Old Norse/Icelandic Mid-Summer Althingi–Community gathering for democratic decision making. Forseti and Tyr, Gods of Justice and Self-Sacrifice, were honored.
* 7/14 eve to 8/19 eve (7/28 peak): Delta Aquarid Meteor Showers.
Cow Appreciation Day– Go out and give a cow a hug
National Give Something Away Day
July 14, 2023
* 7/13 to 7/15: Obon–Zen Buddhist festival honoring departed ancestors.
* 7/14: Old Egyptian birthday feast of Neter Osiris – partner and true love of Isis, and father of Horus; guide of all husbands, fathers, and judges.
* 7/14 to 7/25 (I 7/20): Old Norse/Icelandic Mid-Summer Althingi–Community gathering for democratic decision making. Forseti and Tyr, Gods of Justice and Self-Sacrifice, were honored.
* 7/14 eve to 8/19 eve (7/28 peak): Delta Aquarid Meteor Showers.
National Macaroni and Cheese Day
National Motorcycle Day – second Friday in July
July 13, 2023
* 7/13: Baha’i feast honoring the one Deity as Kalimat – Sacred Words.
* 7/13: Day the #BlackLivesMatter movement began (2013). Black Lives Matter protests against race-based violence against African Americans.
* 7/13 to 7/15: Obon–Zen Buddhist festival honoring departed ancestors.
Barbershop Music Appreciation Day
National Nitrogen Ice Cream Day
July 12, 2023
* 7/12: Day to meditate on the social costs of climate change.
* 7/12: Anniversary of the Battle of the Boyne (1690); vigil for religious tolerance and equal rights for all in Northern Ireland.
* 7/12: Birthday of Henry David Thoreau (1817), Transcendentalist and naturalist who believed in individualism and living simply in harmony with Nature.
July 11, 2023
* 7/11: World Population Day–Day to meditate on the social and environmental costs of overpopulation.
* 7/11: Day Srebrenica, Bosnia, fell to attacking Serbs (1995), beginning a massacre of thousands of civilians because of their ethnicity and religion; vigil for religious tolerance and respect for the human rights of all in the Balkans.
National Blueberry Muffins Day
July 10, 2023
* 7/10: Day the World Union for Progressive Judaism was founded to promote progressive values within Judaism (1926).
* 7/10: Day Pope John Paul II acknowledged the evil of sexism and apologized for the Catholic Church’s past oppression of women (1995); day to mourn the continued subordination of women by the Church.
July 9, 2023
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July 7, 2023
* 7/7: Tanabata–Shinto rite honoring the Kami of the Stars.
Global Forgiveness Day, also called “World” or “National”
Father-Daughter Take a Walk Together Day
National Strawberry Sundae Day
July 6, 2023
* 6/29 to 7/6: Chinese Buddhist festival of Kuan Yin, Supreme Goddess of Nature and Perfect Buddha of many emanations; celebrates Her enlightenment and Her bodhisattva vow to help all sentient beings.
* 7/6 (4:07 p.m. EDT): Earth Aphelion–when the Earth is farthest from the Sun.
* 7/6: Birthday of Tenzin Gyatso, the 14th Dalai Lama.
July 5, 2023
* 6/29 to 7/6: Chinese Buddhist festival of Kuan Yin, Supreme Goddess of Nature and Perfect Buddha of many emanations; celebrates Her enlightenment and Her bodhisattva vow to help all sentient beings.
Work-a-holics Day – even though just about everyone is on the 4th of July holiday
July 4, 2023
* 6/29 to 7/6: Chinese Buddhist festival of Kuan Yin, Supreme Goddess of Nature and Perfect Buddha of many emanations; celebrates Her enlightenment and Her bodhisattva vow to help all sentient beings.
* 7/4: U.S. Independence Day–Day to celebrate the right of all peoples to exercise peaceful, democratic self-determination.
* 7/4: Death day of Thomas Jefferson (1826), who ensured that the U.S. Constitution would protect basic rights and liberties. A Deist, he practiced a religion that was based on Nature, reason, and ethics.
Sidewalk Egg Frying Day– Hmmmm, I wonder why!?!
July 3, 2023
* 6/29 to 7/3: Zoroastrian celebration of Divine Spirit Haurvatat, creator and protector of water.
* 6/29 to 7/6: Chinese Buddhist festival of Kuan Yin, Supreme Goddess of Nature and Perfect Buddha of many emanations; celebrates Her enlightenment and Her bodhisattva vow to help all sentient beings.
* 7/3 (7:39 a.m. EDT): Full Moon (Red/Mother Moon) (Cancer Full Moon).
* 7/3: Day Tibetan Buddhists do good deeds and chant the name of Buddha God Amitabha to gain entry to His Pure Land and aid in attaining nirvana.
July 2, 2023
* 6/29 to 7/3: Zoroastrian celebration of Divine Spirit Haurvatat, creator and protector of water.
* 6/29 to 7/6: Chinese Buddhist festival of Kuan Yin, Supreme Goddess of Nature and Perfect Buddha of many emanations; celebrates Her enlightenment and Her bodhisattva vow to help all sentient beings.
* 7/2: Visitation Day–Christian feast marking St. Elizabeth’s recognition of Blessed Mary’s divine destiny as catalyst for human liberation and redemption.
* 7/2: Day discrimination on the basis of ethnicity, gender, and religion was prohibited in public accommodations, employment, and education (1964).
Build A Scarecrow Day – first Sunday in month
July 1, 2023
* 6/29 to 7/3: Zoroastrian celebration of Divine Spirit Haurvatat, creator and protector of water.
* 6/29 to 7/6: Chinese Buddhist festival of Kuan Yin, Supreme Goddess of Nature and Perfect Buddha of many emanations; celebrates Her enlightenment and Her bodhisattva vow to help all sentient beings.
* 7/1: Mindfulness Day–Zen Buddhist day for being mindful that alienation and hunger for possessions results from ignorance of interconnectedness.
* 7/1: Day the world’s nations committed to stop proliferation of nuclear weapons (1968); vigil to protest the production and use of all nuclear weapons world-wide.
* 7/1: Day endangered species became internationally protected (1975); day to celebrate all the world’s creatures.
* 7/1: Day the International Criminal Court came into being to prosecute those who commit acts of genocide, crimes against humanity, international terrorism, and war crimes (2002).
Canada Day / Dominion Day – observed the following day, if July 1 falls on a Sunday
Creative Ice Cream Flavors Day
International Cherry Pit Spitting Day – first Saturday of the month
International Chicken Wing Day
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