| Almanac |
| 3 Jul | Dog days begin |
| 3 Jul | Franz Kafka born, 1883 |
| 3 Jul | Jim Morrison dies in Paris, 1971 |
| 4 Jul | Battles of Vicksburg and Gettysburg won by Union forces, 1863 |
| 4 Jul | Caribbean Day in Guyana |
| 4 Jul | Cloudy, 76 degrees, Philadelphia PA, 1776 |
| 4 Jul | Constitution Day in Cayman Islands |
| 4 Jul | Family Day in Lesotho |
| 4 Jul | Gandalf imprisoned by Saruman (LOTR) |
| 4 Jul | Heroes Day in Zambia |
| 4 Jul | Independence Day |
| 4 Jul | John Adams and Thomas Jefferson die on same day, 1826 |
| 4 Jul | Kadooment Day in Barbados |
| 4 Jul | Nathaniel Hawthorne born in Salem, Massachusetts, 1804 |
| 4 Jul | New York abstains on Declaration of Independence vote, 1776 |
| 4 Jul | Philippine-American Friendship Day in the Philippines |
| 4 Jul | Thoreau enters woods, 1845 |
| 4 Jul | Warriors Day (2 days) in Yugoslavia |
| 5 Jul | Day of Peace and Unity in Rwanda |
| 5 Jul | Independence Day in Algeria, Venezuela |
| 6 Jul | First `talkie' (talking motion picture) premiere in New York, 1928 |
| 6 Jul | John Paul Jones born, 1747 |
| 6 Jul | Lawrence of Arabia captures Aqaba, 1917 |
| 6 Jul | The Jefferson Airplane is formed in San Francisco, 1965 |