Under an ultraviolet "black light," the quinine in tonic water makes the water fluoresce a brilliant, bright blue (even though only a relatively small amount of quinine is dissolved in the water.) So bunkies if you are zapping your innards with ultraviolet lights to kill Coronavirus, some of the liquid sloshing around might be glowing. (Don't try that at home.)
According to the Gregorian calendar, July is the seventh month. On the Roman calendar, it was the fifth month and it was called 'Quintilis', meaning 'fifth'. Julius Caesar gave the month 31 days in 46 B.C.
July is usually the hottest month of the year in the Northern Hemisphere. July is one of the winter months in the Southern Hemisphere. The climate is mild in most of the Southern Hemisphere, with the exception of the COLD Antarctica, and the cold, rainy part of South America.
During July, when there isn't much rain, the grass often loses it's greenness. Some flowers are abundant in July, because they strive on the heat. Also, insects are abundant as well - life is striving in July (in the Northern Hemisphere anyway)!
Independence Day is observed in the United States on July 4. On that day in 1776, the Continental Congress adopted the Declaration of Independence. In France, a similar holiday, Bastille Day, occurs on July 14 (although they did not adopt the Declaration of Independence.) Several other countries celebrate national independence in July. Independence Day is celebrated in Venezuela on July 5; in Argentina, July 9; in Belgium, July 21; and in Peru, July 28.
In my home, July 12th is a national holiday.
July is chock-a-block of celebrations
The Ruby is the gem for July.
The water lily is the flower for the month of July.
Here are some of the causes recognized in July:
Baked Bean Month
Ah, the musical fruit, once again, I didn't go with the Mel Brooks clip though.
Fireworks Safety Month
July is National Tennis Month.
maybe extreme tennis isn't your thing.
Hitchhiking Month
Remember, if you're in a national park, the bears are not like Yogi, don't let them into your car.
July is National Hot Dog Month - National Hot Dog Day is July 23.
Remember don't look too closely into the bit end of your hot dog
Smart Irrigation Month
Wait a minute, maybe they didn't mean this type of irrigation.
National Hyperhidrosis Education Month
For those not in the know, it's excessive sweating.
Peach Month (There seems to be some confusion on whether National Peach Month is in July or August.
So Dammit, dare to eat the peach!!!)
Read An Almanac Month
Which is what I celebrate all the time. (One of our favorite Bunkies suggested reading, Poor H. Allen Smith's Almanac, which is a fun read, in fact.)
July 1, 1953 -
The Howard Hawk musical comedy (?), Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, starring Jane Russell and Marilyn Monroe premiered in Atlantic City on this date.
According to Marni Nixon, the studio initially wanted Marilyn Monroe's entire voice dubbed, as they thought her voice was silly. Nixon thought that was "awful", as she felt Monroe's voice suited her persona so beautifully. Nixon told The New York Times in March 2007 that she ended up only dubbing the operatic "no, no, nos" at the beginning of the song and the phrase "these rocks don't lose their shape".
July 1, 1956 -
Columbia Pictures released the classic sci-fi movie, Earth vs The Flying Saucers, featuring special effects by Ray Harryhausen, on this date.
The supposed satellite launches are actually stock footage of Viking rockets, high-altitude probes that were the predecessors of the Vanguard, intended to be the first satellite launcher. The later shots of rockets crashing at takeoff are really German V-2s, since none of the first 12 Vikings ever failed. Ironically, the 13th Viking, now called Vanguard, blew up on the launch pad, just like in the movie.
July 1, 1965 -
Paramount Pictures released the film The Sons of Katie Elder, starring John Wayne and Dean Martin on this date.
The gun battle was loosely based on the real-life story of the five Marlow brothers. These were five brothers whose parents had established a homestead in Oklahoma territory, The father was a doctor and the sons raised horses that they sold to the army. Four of the brothers were falsely accused of horse theft, were arrested and brought to Graham, Texas. The remaining brother arrived in hope of proving their innocence, but he was arrested too. After several attempts by a mob to lynch them, they were chained together and were being transported to Weatherford, Texas for trial. At Dry Creek, at the edge of the town of Graham, the mob attacked them. The brothers took the deputies' guns and a battle ensued, much as was portrayed in this film. Two of the brothers were killed. The others escaped. One was later poisoned and then shot in an attempt to make it seem he was shot avoiding capture. The killer was himself charged with murder. In 1891, during the trial of members of the mob, the judge had high praise for the Marlows for their courage and boldness, saying that it would be remembered in story and song. The remaining two brothers moved to Colorado and became well-respected lawmen.
July 1, 1968 -
The Band releasd their debut album, Music from Big Pink, on this date.
The album title came from the big pink house in upstate New York they rented and used as a recording studio. The Band was Bob Dylan's backup band, and they moved there to be near Dylan while he was recovering from a motorcycle accident. Dylan offered to help with this album, but The Band refused because they wanted to make a mark on their own.
July 1, 1982 -
Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five release the early rap classic The Message, on this date. It's the first hip-hop hit with lyrics about struggle in the inner city.
Unlike many early hip-hop hits, like Sugarhill Gang's Rapper's Delight or Kurtis Blow's The Breaks, which turned on thumping, up-tempo disco tracks, composers Ed "Duke Bootee" Fletcher and MC Melle Mel based The Message on a slow groove and a reverberated synthesizer hook. Fletcher, a Sugarhill Records session player and aspiring producer, created most of the background music and all but one of the verses himself. (Note that Grandmaster Flash actually had very little involvement on the track.) As Fletcher admitted later, he'd been moved to write something in the spirit of Zapp's More Bounce to the Ounce or Tom Tom Club's Genius Of Love, both of which utilized synthesizer hooks over an amped-up funk bass.
The ACME Eagle Hand Soap Radio Hour's special Salute to Canada
Today in History:
Canada celebrates Canada Day (Canadian for "Fourth of July") today.
Hey, when your neighbor has a party, you don't ask why, you pick up a case of Labatt Blue's and a couple of rib-eye steaks.
July 1, 1200 -
Another bar bet winner - Sunglasses were invented in China on this date. Ancient documents describe the use of flat panes of smoky quartz sunglasses by judges in ancient Chinese courts to conceal their facial expressions while questioning witnesses.
July 1, 1874 -
After many delays and set-backs, the Philadelphia Zoo, the first zoological gardens in the United States opens to the public on the grounds of Solitude, the last estate in the area owned by the Penn family, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
July 1, 1893 -
President Grover Cleveland underwent a secret oral surgery aboard the yacht Oneida for a cancerous growth in his upper palate on this date.
The cancer operation remained a secret until July 1, 1917, when the doctor who performed the operation revealed the story.
July 1, 1912 -
Drama critic Harriet Quimby took a passenger up in her new Blériot monoplane from Boston to fly over Dorchester Bay at the Harvard-Boston Aviation Meet. As she descended for landing, the plane went into a dive and, without seat belts, she and her passenger were thrown out into the shallow water of the bay, where they struck the muddy bottom and were crushed to death.
Quimby was the first American to receive a pilot's license (1911) and was the first woman to solo across the English Channel (1912).
Kids, put on the damn seat belt.
July 1, 1961 -
The Honorable Diana Spencer, a direct descendant of Charles II, was born on this date. She married the Prince of Wales, Charles, in 1981 while more than 750 million people watched. Diana was 20 and her husband was 33 years old at the time.
She was killed in a car crash in 1997 when she was just 36 years old. Her televised funeral gathered 2.5 billion viewers.
Such are the vagaries of life.
July 1, 1979 -
The Sony Corporation revolutionized the music industry on this date when the first Walkman was sold. The Walkman, the first portable personal audio cassette player, allowed people to take music with them anywhere.
The first sale - a blue-and-silver model (TPS-L2), was made in Japan.
Bonus points - in the U.S., it was first marketed as the Soundabout.
And so it goes.
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