2023 Daily Holidays that fall on July 21, include:
Department of Veterans Administration Created
Invite an Alien to Live With You Day
Legal Drinking Age Day
Lowest Recorded Temperature Day - (-128.6 F in Antarctica)
Monkey Day - July 21 (Re: Court Case about Evolution)
National Be Someone Day
National Craft for Your Local Shelters Day
National Junk Food Day
National Lamington Day
National Tug of War Tournament Day
No Pet Store Puppies Day
Take a Monkey to Lunch Day
2023 Weekly Holidays that include July 21, are:
Air Conditioning Appreciation Days - July 3 - August 15
Captive Nations Week - July 16-22, 2023 (Third Week in July)
Every Body Deserves a Massage Week - July 16-22, 2023 (Third Full Week in July)
National Baby Food Week - July 16-22, 2023 (Third Week of July)
National Independent Retailers Week - July 16-22, 2023 (Third Week in July with July 21st in it)
National Parenting Gifted Children Week - July 21-23, 2023 (Third Friday-Sunday Weekend in July)
National Triathlon Week - July 17-23, 2023 (7 Days Starting the Third Monday in July)
National Zookeeper Week - July 16-22, 2023 (Third Week in July)
Perseid Meteor Showers - July 17 - August 24, 2023, will peak on the nights between August 12-13, 2023)
Rabbit Week - July 15-21
Restless Leg Syndrome Education & Awareness Week - July 18-25
World Lumberjack Championships - July 20-22, 2023
2023 Monthly Holidays that include July 21, are:
There are too many monthly holidays to include here, so please check out our July Holidays page to see all of the holidays that are celebrated the entire month of July.
NOTE:
A page on each holiday will be coming soon and linked above.
If a date is a movable holiday, that is different every year, I'll include the year as well as the date rule above. Otherwise, the holiday falls on the same date each year.
World Festivals and Events (Date Order)
Tour de France - July 1-23, 2023 - this is the world's most high profile bicycle race.
Comic Con International - July 20-23, 2023
Astrological Sign
The Astrological Sign for July 21 is Cancer.
Birth Flower of the Month
The Birth Flower(s) for the Month of July are:
Larkspur - Levity and lightness. Strong bonds of Love are represented by Larkspur.
Waterlily
Delphinium
Waterlilies
Birthstone
The Birthstone(s) for July is:
Rubies which are said to guarantee health, wisdom, wealth, and success in love
Famous Birthdays
1816 - Paul Reuter, German-English journalist who founded Reuters (d. 1899)
1899 - Ernest Hemingway, American novelist, short story writer and journalist (d. 1961)
1948 - Cat Stevens, English singer, and songwriter
1948 - Garry Trudeau, American cartoonist (Doonsebury)
1951 - Robin Williams, American actor, singer, and producer (d. 2014)
Famous Deaths
1998 - Alan Shepard, American admiral, pilot and astronaut. In 1961 he became the first American to travel to space, and in 1971 he walked on the Moon. (b. 1923)
2017 - John Heard, American actor (Home Alone Movies) (b. 1946)
Famous Weddings and Divorces
1942 - Mae West, actress divorces Frank Wallace, vaudeville performer
1945 - Groucho Marx marries Kay Marvis
Quote of the Day
July 21st is Legal Drinking Age Day! May your enjoy a nice glass of wine with your friends today!
Recipe of the Day or a Healthy Diet Habit Tip of the Day
Are non organic foods as healthy as the more expensive organic foods? What is the difference? To involve yourself in this debate, it is helpful to understand what exactly a non-organic food can be. From here you can decide if purchasing non-organic foods is a healthy diet habit for your family!
Non Organic Foods could contain any number of chemicals from pesticides, herbicides, hormones, and antibiotics and even be grown in contaminated sewage sludge! Good choice?
Find out more about non organic foods from Kerry's Healthy Diet Habits website!
This Day in History
356 BC - One of the Seven Wonders of the World, the Temple of Artemis in Ephesus is destroyed by arson
1861 - The first major battle of the American Civil War begins at Manassas Junction, Virginia with a win for the Confederate Army
1865 - The first western showdown occurs in Springfield, Missouri when Wild Bill Hickok shoots and kills Davis Tutt
1873 - The first successful train robbery occurs in Adair, Iowa when Jesse James and the James-Younger Gain rob the train
1907 - The passenger steamer SS Columbia collides with the steam schooner San Pedro off Shelter Cove, CA and sinks killing 88 people
1944 - During World War II, American troops land on Guam and start a battle that will go on under August 10th
1949 - The U.S. Senate ratifies the North Atlantic Treaty
1952 - A 7.3 mw earthquake hits Kern County in Southern California killing 12 and injuring hundreds
1959 - The first nuclear-powered cargo passenger ship, the NS Savannah is launched
1969 - Astronaut Neil Armstrong becomes the first person to walk on the Moon
1970 - The Aswan High Dam in Egypt is completed after 11 years of construction
1972 - 22 bombs are detonated by the Provisional IRA in Belfast, Northern Ireland, killing nine and injuring 130
1983 - The world's lowest temperature is recorded at Vostok Station, Antarctica at -128.6 degrees F
This Day in Music
1987 - Don't Get Around Much Anymore, Ain't That a Shame, and Crackin' Up are recorded by Paul McCartney
1997 - Jewel appears on the cover of Time Magazine
1999 - Charley Pride receives a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame
2001 - Lauryn Hill tapes her MTV Unplugged Special
Foolish Games by Jewel
This Day in Sports
1925 Malcolm Campbell becomes the first man to exceed 150 mph on land at Pendine Sands in Wales
1959 - Elijah Jerry Green becomes the first African-American to play for the Boston Red Sox
2012 - Erden Eruc finished the first solo human-powered circumnavigation of the world
Word of the Day from Wiktionary
Mither (verb)
1. (intransitive, Northern England) To make an unnecessary fuss, moan, bother. 2. (transitive) To pester or irritate someone. Usually directed at children.
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