Today is a special day for the month as Julius Caesar was born. And July is named after him so, you know, big deal. In case you didn’t know, his son, Augustus, is the inspiration for August. Summer of Roman greats, I guess. Anyway,

People:

100 BC Julius Caesar (Roman leader)

1940 Patrick Stewart (Actor played Captain Picard on Star Trek)

1942 Harrison Ford (Actor)

1944 Erno Rubik (Invented the Rubik’s Cube)

1957 Cameron Crowe (Director)

1963 Spud Webb (Basketball player)

Events:

1908 For the first time in the modern Olympics, women compete.

1923 The Hollywood Sign is officially dedicated. It originally reads “Hollywoodland ” but the four last letters are dropped after renovation in 1949.

1930 The first FIFA World Cup begins in Uruguay.

1977 The New York City Blackout of 1977 lasts for 25 hours

Holidays:

Barbershop Appreciation Day: A day to listen to Sweet Adelines, or at least a barbershop quartet. I mean, if you can find one…

Embrace Your Geekness Day: Are you a geek? Feel proud of yourself! But, we all have a little geekness in us. So try to do something geeky today.

-DALANEL