International observance days, weeks, and months for July 1, 2027. Plus historical events and birthdays.
July 1, 2027 celebrates International Joke Day, plus 2 more. International Joke Day falls at the halfway point in the year on July 1st. The day encourages laughter. What better way to start the second half of the year than by chuckling and with a smile?
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On July 1, Canadian's everywhere celebrate Canada Day to commemorate the day three provinces (Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, and the Canada Province) became one country through the Constitution Act on July 1, 1867.
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July 1 celebrates International Reggae Day to honor reggae culture and the influence reggae has on Jamaican music and the world!
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Founder of Clemson University in South Carolina.
Painter of landscape illustrations and watercolors. Most of his works featured Pueblo tribes, but also captured the working-class and rural areas of his time.
Grammarian (someone who analyzes and studies language) and author who created The Elements of Style (a guide to writing).
Considered to be one of the most successful con men of all time. He is said to have stolen more than $8 million during his lifetime.
Co-founder of Estée Lauder.
Events that occurred on July 1 throughout history
The Battle of Gettysburg begins. The military battle claimed over 50,000 Union and Confederate casualties.
President Ulysses S. Grant signs legislation creating the U.S. Department of Justice. The law centralized federal legal authority under the Attorney General and created the Office of the Solicitor General.
The first zoo opens in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The zoo featured 1,000 rare and endangered animals and had a 25-cents admission fee.
The first commercially successful typewriter (Sholes and Glidden typewriter) goes on sale. The typewriter was the first to have the QWERTY keyboard layout.
Los Angeles becomes the first city to introduce the a coin operated ice vending machines. Residents could purchase a 25-pound block of ice, making refrigeration and food preservation more accessible.
WWII: Allied forces invade Sicily, leading to the downfall of Mussolini.
"Pay-as-you-go" becomes the first tax withholding from a paycheck is implemented in the U.S. to help remedy the wartime revenue crisis. The tax model required employers to automatically deduct income taxes directly from employee paychecks.
Zone Improvement Plan (ZIP) codes are introduced for United States mail to help sort mail more efficiently.
President Lyndon B. Johnson enacted an amendment to the Social Security Act, it established Part A (Hospital Insurance) and Part B (Medical Insurance). The amendment allowed Medicare to take effect. Former President Harry S. Truman was issued the first Medicare card during the 1965 bill signing ceremony.
The CIA's Phoenix Program is officially established as "a set of programs that sought to attack and destroy the political infrastructure of the Viet Cong." The program was designed to identify and destroy the Viet Cong (VC) "via infiltration, assassination, torture, capture, counter-terrorism, and interrogation."
WFAN in New York City becomes the world's first all-sports radio station.