17 July - The Gion Festival (Gion Matsuri)

The Gion Festival (Gion Matsuri) takes place annually in Kyoto and is one of the most famous festivals in Japan. Gion Matsuri is one of the largest festivals in Japan for purification and pacification of disease causing entities. It takes place in the month of July on the 17th and 24th.There are many ceremonies held during the festival, but it is best known for its parade, the Yamaboko Junkō The festival takes place at the Yasaka Shrine and the festival gets its name from the Gion district of the city.

17 July - Constitution Day South Korea

Constitution Day (Korean: 제헌절) in South Korea is observed on 17 July, the day that the South Korean constitution was proclaimed in 1948. The date was deliberately chosen to match the founding date of 17 July of the Joseon dynasty.

Although the Korean Peninsula was liberated from Imperial Japanese rule by the Allies at the end of World War II on 15 August 1945, it was caught in the middle of a Cold War power struggle between the Soviet Union and the United States. 

It took until 1948 for a democratic election for National Assembly members to be held in South Korea. The elected assembly members set upon creating a constitution, and decided upon a presidential and unicameral system. The constitution was formally adopted and promulgated by South Korean President Syngman Rhee on 17 July 1948.

16 July - World Snake Day

World Snake Day is celebrated on July 16 of every year. World Snake Day is a day to know and understand much information about carnivorous reptiles, which are on the way to extinction largely because of the myths and superstitions surrounding them. The first reaction to finding a snake for most lay-people remains fear and they want to kill it. World Snake Day is a day to educate and inform people about how to handle snakes, whom to call, resources available to them and much more.

16 July - Trygve Halvdan Lie born in 1896

Trygve Halvdan Lie (16 July 1896 – 30 December 1968) was a Norwegian politician, labour leader, government official and author. He served as Norwegian foreign minister during the critical years of the Norwegian government in exile in London from 1940 to 1945. From 1946 to 1952 he was the first Secretary-General of the United Nations. Lie earned a reputation as a pragmatic, determined politician.

Lie died on 30 December 1968 of a heart attack in Geilo, Norway. He was 72 years old.

16 July - Fresh Spinach Day

Fresh Spinach Day is observed on July 16 of every year. Fresh Spinach Day reminds everyone to adopt spinach in their diet and to begin with a healthy lifestyle. Like the cartoon character, Popeye said spinach makes people stronger, healthier and sharper. Often spinach is assumed to taste bad and are disliked by many, but many recipes of spinach are delicious to have. Fresh spinach has high nutrition value than the cooked ones. This leafy vegetable has low fat, high water content, high fibre, and variety vitamins. It is one of the best sources of iron, and other vitamins like calcium, folic acid, fibre, protein, calcium and vitamins A, C and K. Spinach is second primarily produced in the United States after China. Fresh Spinach Day encourages people to eat more of healthy and good food like the fresh spinach.

16 July - Apollo 11 launched in 1969

On July 16, 1969, Apollo 11 was launched by a Saturn V rocket from Kennedy Space Center in Merritt Island, Florida. Apollo 11 was the fifth manned mission of NASA's Apollo program and it was the spaceflight that landed the first humans on the Moon, Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin, on July 20, 1969. Armstrong became the first to step onto the lunar surface on July 21, 1969.

The Apollo spacecraft had three parts: a Command Module (CM) with a cabin for the three astronauts, which was the only part which landed back on Earth; a Service Module (SM), which supported the Command Module with propulsion, electrical power, oxygen, and water; and a Lunar Module (LM) for landing on the Moon.

15 July - Anton Pavlovich Chekhov died in 1904

Anton Pavlovich Chekhov (29 January 1860 – 15 July 1904) was a Russian playwright and short-story writer who is considered to be among the greatest writers of short fiction in history. His career as a playwright produced four classics, and his best short stories are held in high esteem by writers and critics.Along with Henrik Ibsen and August Strindberg, Chekhov is often referred to as one of the three seminal figures in the birth of early modernism in the theatre.Chekhov practiced as a medical doctor throughout most of his literary career: "Medicine is my lawful wife", he once said, "and literature is my mistress."

15 July - Rememberence Maraimalai Adigal

Maraimalai Adigal (15 July 1876 – 15 September 1950) was a Tamil orator and writer and father of Pure Tamil movement, who fervently followed Saivam. He wrote more than 100 books, including works on original poems tand dramas, but most famous are his books on his research into Tamil literature. Most of his literary works were on Saivism. He founded a Saivite institution called Podhunilaik Kazhagam. He was an exponent of the Pure Tamil movement and hence considered to be the father of Tamil linguistic purism. He advocated the use of Tamil devoid of Sanskrit words and hence changed his birth name Vedhachalam to Maraimalai.

14 July - Shark Awareness Day

Shark Awareness Day is observed on July 14 of every year. Sharks are at more risks from humans than the vice verse. Survival of many shark species is at high risk due to hunting, pollution, and climatic changes. Shark Awareness Day was created to spread awareness about the danger of sharks. Shark kills lesser humans than humans to sharks. There are around 400 species of sharks around the world and ranges from 8 inches to 50 feet in size. Sharks can detect the even small drop of blood in the ocean from a long distance, and they are the significant predator in the food chain which makes them a fascinating creature. Most species of sharks are carnivorous, feeding on fishes, crustaceans and even on seals and dolphins. Sharks are cunning hunters, but they are not picky in their eating habit. In spite of their strength and aggressiveness sharks population are continually declining due to various threats mainly because of humans. Sharks play a critical role in maintaining the food chain by removing all weak animals from the ocean and keeping the sea population healthy, and fit.

14 July - S.B.Chavan birth anniversary

Shankarrao Bhavrao Chavan (14 July 1920 – 26 February 2004) was an Indian politician who served twice as Chief Minister of Maharashtra from 1975 until 1977 and from 13 March 1986 until 24 June 1988. He was Finance Minister of India from 1987 to 1990 and served as Home Minister of India in the P. V. Narasimha Rao cabinet from 21 June 1991 to 16 May 1996. He served as Home Minister of India in the Rajiv Gandhi cabinet 31 December 1984 to 12 March 1986.