“Traditionally, we have called July’s full Moon the “Full Buck Moon.” This name comes from our Native American and Colonial past when the Moon was used to track the seasons. Bucks are growing new antlers at this time.
July’s Full Moon was also known as the Thunder Moon, because thunderstorms are so frequent during this month.”
Born
John Calvin(theologian)–
Camille Pissarro(painter)–
Jan Neruda(poet)–
James McNeill Whistler(painter)–
Adolphus Busch(brewery executive)–
Marcel Proust(novelist)–
Carl Orff(composer)–
Mildred Wirt Benson(original author, under the pen name Carolyn Keene, of the Nancy Drew mystery books)–
Joe Shuster(cartoonist, co-creator of Superman comic)–
David Brinkley(reporter & commentator)–
Eunice Kennedy Shriver–
Jake LaMotta(boxer)–
Fred Gwynne(actor)–
Arthur Ashe(tennis player)–
Virginia Wade(tennis player)–
Arlo Guthrie(folk singer)–
Roger Craig(football player)–
Jessica Simpson(singer)–
Adam Petty(NASCAR driver)–
Died
Henry II of France–
Jelly Roll Morton(jazz musician)–
Arthur Fiedler(orchestra conductor)–
Mel Blanc(voice of Bugs Bunny and other characters)–
Aaron Lapin(businessman)–
Omar Sharif(actor)–
Roger Rees(actor)–
Events
Vice President Millard Fillmore was inaugurated as the 13th President of the United States following the death of Zachary Taylor–
Wyoming admitted into the Union as the 44th state–
His Master’s Voice trademark (showing the dog Nipper and a gramophone) was registered in the United States–
George Hodgson became Canada’s first double Olympic gold medalist for swimming–
Howard Hughes set a new record by completing a 91 hour airplane flight around the world–
Telstar, an experimental communications satellite privately owned and developed by AT&T, was launched from Cape Canaveral, FL–
The Bahamas gained full independence within the British Commonwealth–
At a Sotheby’s auction, Peter Paul Rubens’ painting The Massacre of the Innocents sold for $76.2 million–
Weather
Greenland Ranch, Death Valley, California, recorded a temperature of 134 degrees F–
Thunderstorms brought severe weather to Bullfrog, Utah, where 3 boats sank on Lake Powell–
The northeastern U.S. was hit by 17 tornadoes–
Homer, Alaska, experienced a record high temperature of 81 degrees F due to offshore winds–
