31st July

Today: Malaysian warrior's day - Hari Pahlawan | Hawaiian Flag Day - Ka Hae Hawai‘i

Famous Brithday: 1880 Munshi Premchand - great litterateur, writer, editor, journalist & headmaster | 1965 J. K. Rowling, British writer

Today in History: 1498 On his third voyage to the Western Hemisphere, Christopher Columbus becomes the first European to discover the island of Trinidad | 1951 Japan Airlines is established

30th July

Today: Independence Day - Vanuatu

Famous Brithday: 1863 Henry Ford - Founder Ford Motor Company

Today in History: 1954 Elvis Presley makes his debut as a public performer | 1932 Walt Disney's Flowers and Trees, the first Academy Award winning cartoon and first cartoon short to use Technicolor, premieres

29th July

Today: National Anthem Day in Romania

Famous Brithday: 1904 J. R. D. Tata, Indian industrialist | Sanjay Dutt, Indian Actor

Today in History: 1983 First Pilot-less Aeroplane of India was tested successfully by the Aeronautical Development Establishment near Kolar

28th July

Today: Independence Day - Peru

Famous Brithday: 1942 Jim Davis, American cartoonist (Garfield)

Today in History: 1586 First potato arrives in Britain

27th July

Today: National Sleepy Head Day - Finland | José Celso Barbosa Day - Puerto Rico

Famous Brithday: 1969 Jonty Rhodes, South African cricketer

Today in History: 1994 Parliament votes to ban tests for determining the sex of an unborn child, as these tests have resulted in thousands of aborted female fetuses

26th July

Today: VIJAY DIVAS - India | Independence Day - Liberia and Maldives

Famous Brithday: 1923 Mukeshchandra Mathur (MUKESH),Indian playback singer | 1964 Sandra Bullock, American actress

Today in History: 1993 Swami Chinmayananda is named 1992 Hindu of the Year for a lifetime of dynamic service to Sanatana Dharma worldwide

25th July

Today: National Day - Galicia (Spain) | Constitution Day - Puerto Rico

Famous Brithday: 1938 Gautam Kalicharan, famous Hindi poet

Today in History: 1920 First transatlantic two-way radio broadcast takes place | 1997 K.R. Narayanan is sworn-in as India's 10th president and the first Dalit

24th July

Today: Simón Bolívar Day - Ecuador |Pioneer Day - Utah

Famous Brithday: 1945 Azim Premji, Indian businessman | 1969 Jennifer Lopez, American actress and singer | Manoj Kumar, Indian Actor

Today in History: 1935 The world's first children's railway opens in Tbilisi, USSR

23rd July

Today: Revolution Day - Egypt

Famous Brithday: 1906 Chandrashekhar Azad, great freedom revolutionery and leader | 1856 Lokmanya Bal Gangadhar Tilak, scholar, mathematician, philosopher, militant nationalist Indian leader

Today in History: 1996 India's admission to Asian Regional Forum was endorsed by Foreign Ministers of the group at Jakarta

22nd July

Today: Ratcatcher's Day
(commemorates the Pied Piper of Hamelin)

Famous Brithday: 1875 Nandkishor Bal, Great Oria poet, Novelist and Critic

Today in History: 1981 India's first experimental geo-stationary communication satellite 'Apple' started working which was launched on June 19, 1981

21st July

Today: Racial Harmony Day - Singapore | National holiday - Belgium

Famous Brithday: 1930 Anand Bakshi, Indian Song writer | 1934 Chandrakant Gulabrao Borde, Indian Cricketer

Today in History: 1969 Neil A. Armstrong and Edwin Aldrin become the first men to walk on the Moon

20th July

Today: Día del Amigo (Friendship Day) - Argentina | Colombia - Independence Day

Famous Brithday: 1531 Mahakavi Saint Tulsidas | 1929 Rajendra Kumar, Indian actor | 1950 Naseeruddin Shah, Indian actor

Today in History: 1903 Ford Motor Company shipped its first car | 1969 Apollo 11 successfully lands the first man on the Moon | 2001 - The London Stock Exchange goes public

19th July

Today: Burmese Martyrs' Day - Myanmar

Famous Brithday: - 1827 Mangal Pandey, Indian freedom fighter

Today in History: 1976 Sagarmatha National Park in Nepal is created | 1983 The first three-dimensional reconstruction of a human head in a CT is published

18th July

Today: Constitution Day - Uruguay

Famous Brithday: - 1848 W. G. Grace, English cricketer | 1982 Priyanka Chopra, Indian actress and beauty queen

Today in History: 1947 Indian Independence Act, signed by King George VI, was proclaimed as Indian Freedom Act, 1947

17th July

Today: Constitution Day - South Korea

Famous Brithday: - 1952 David Hasselhoff, US Actor

Today in History: 1955 Disneyland televises its grand opening in Anaheim, California

16th July

Today: Our Lady of Mount Carmel

Famous Brithday: - 1968 Dhanraj Pillay, Indian field hockey player | 1984 Katrina Kaif, Indian Actress

Today in History: 1782 First performance of Mozart's opera The Abduction from the Seraglio | 1856 Ishwar Chand Vidyasagar, on the request of Governor Lord Canning, instituted a law announcing the right of Hindu widows for re-marriage

15th July

Today: Festival of Castor and Pollux - Rome | Festival of Santa Rosalia - Palermo, Sicily

Famous Brithday: - 1783 Sir Jamsetjee Jeejeebhoy, great Indian Merchant, Industrialist and philanthrophist

Today in History: 1904 The first Buddhist temple in the U.S. was established in Los Angeles, CA

14th July

Today: France and all French dependencies 'Bastille Day'

Famous Brithday: - 1656 Guru Har Kishan, the eight Sikh

Today in History: 1998 India is elected chairperson of the World Intellectual Property Organisation's standing panel on information technology in relation to Intellectual Property Rights

13th July

Today: Mongolia 'Naadam Holiday'

Famous Brithday: - 1939 Prakash Mehra, film Producer, Director & lyric writer

Today in History: 1923 The Hollywood Sign is officially dedicated in the hills above Hollywood, Los Angeles. It originally reads "Hollywoodland " but the four last letters are dropped after renovation in 1949

12th July

Today: Northern Ireland Battle of the Boyne Day 'Orangemen's Day'

Famous Brithday: - 1909 Vimal Rai, film producer and director

Today in History: 1823 First Indian Steam Engine Ship "Diana-a-Gunboat" sailed in a sea near Kolkata

11th July

Today: World Population Day | China - China National Maritime Day

Famous Brithday: - 100 BC Julius Caesar, Roman military and political leader

Today in History: 1955 - The phrase In God We Trust is added to all US currency | 1922 Hollywood Bowl opens

10th July

Today: Bahamas - Independence Day | Silence Day celebrated by followers of Meher Baba

Famous Brithday: - 1949 Sunil Manohar Gavaskar, Indian cricketer

Today in History: 1991 South African cricket team readmitted into the International Cricket Council, (ICC) following the end of Apartheid | 1965 First NCC (National Cadet Corps) College for training girls started at Gwalior

9th July

Today: Argentina 'Independence Day' | Roman festival 'Caprotinia'

Famous Brithday: - 1925 Guru Dutt Legendary Bollywood Director, Producer and Actor | 1938 Sanjeev Kumar, famous Hindi film actor

Today in History: 1969 India accepted 'Royal Bengal Tiger' as its National Animal, as recommended by the Indian Wild life Board | 1746 French sailor's fleet reached at the bank of Pondichery in India

8th July

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Famous Brithday: - 1972 Sourav Ganguly, Indian cricketer

Today in History: 1497 Vasco da Gama sets sail on first direct European voyage to India | 1889 - The first issue of the Wall Street Journal is published | 1996 U.N. says India is leading in HIV infections

7th July

Today: Tanzania: Saba Saba Day

Famous Brithday: - 1981 Mahendra Singh Dhoni, Indian cricketer

Today in History: 1910 `Bharat History Research Mandal' was established | 1763 Britishers declared Mir Jafer as Nawab of Bengal

6th July

Today: Comoros - Independence Day | Czech Republic - Jan Hus Day

Famous Brithday: - 1946 Sylvester Stallone, American Movie actor |

Today in History: 1998 Hong Kong's Kai Tak Airport is closed and the new Hong Kong International Airport at Chek Lap Kok becomes operational | 1892 Dadabhai Naoroji elected as first Indian Member of Parliament in Britain

5th July

Today: Independence Day - Venezuela, Algeria, Cape Verde

Famous Brithday: - 1901 B. N. Sircar, producer and founder of International Film Craft and New Theaters Ltd., Kolkata | 1954 John Wright, New Zealand cricketer | 1980 Eva Green, French actress

Today in History: 1916 Indian Women's University was established at Hingne near Poona by Dr. Dhondo Keshav Karve with just four students | 1994 Kiran Bedi, Delhi IG, wins Magsaysay Award | 1946 The bikini is introduced in Paris, France

4th July

Today: United States - Independence Day | Filipino-American Friendship Day

Famous Brithday: - n/a

Today in History: 1865 Alice's Adventures in Wonderland is published | 1789 British East India Company signed a treaty with the Nizam of Hydrabad and Peshwa of Pune against Tipu Sultan, King of Mysore

3rd July

Today: Independence Day in Belarus | Start of the Dog Days

Famous Brithday: - 1962 Tom Cruise, American actor | 1951 Richard Hadlee, New Zealand cricketer

Today in History: 1884 Dow Jones published its 1st stock average | 1819 The first savings bank in the United States (The Bank of Savings in New York City) opens | 1979 Construction of the main second Howrah Bridge named Vidyasagar Setu started

2nd July

Today: Palio di Provenzano in Siena, Italy

Famous Brithday: - 1986 Lindsay Lohan, American actress and singer

Today in History: 1940 Indian independence leader Subhas Chandra Bose arrested and detained in Calcutta | 1962 The first Wal-Mart store opens for business in Rogers, Arkansas

1st July

Today: Canada Day - The national holiday of Canada

Famous Brithday: - 1961 Diana, Princess of Wales (died 1997) | 1961 Kalpana Chawla, Indian-American astronaut

Today in History: 1921 Communist Party of China was founded | 1963 ZIP Codes are introduced for United States mail | 1966 First colour television transmission in Canada, from Toronto