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Not your everyday calendar, here you can find important events in literary history, authors' birthdays, and a variety of holidays, all with related activities and resources that make them more relevant to students. View by day, by week, or by month.

  July, 2020  

SUN	MON	TUE	WED	THU	FRI	SAT
			1 The first U.S. zoo opened in Philadelphia in 1874.	2	3	4 It's Independence Day! Or is it?
5 Annual fence-painting contests take place in Hannibal, Missouri.	6	7 Write letters that make things happen!	8	9 Nancy Farmer, three-time Newbery honoree, was born in 1941.	10 The Scopes Trial began today in 1925.	11 Children's author Patricia Polacco was born in 1944.   Author E.B. White was born on this day in 1899.
12 Henry David Thoreau was born in 1817.	13	14 Author Laura Joffe Numeroff was born in 1953.	15	16 African American journalist Ida B. Wells was born in 1862.	17 On the Road author Jack Kerouac embarked on his first cross-country road trip in 1947.	18 Celebrate Mandela Day today.
19 Children's publisher John Newbery was born in 1713.	20 In 1969, the first human walked on the moon.	21 Novelist Ernest Hemingway was born on this day in 1899.	22 The Pied Piper led the children out of Hamelin in 1376.	23	24	25
26 Jan Berenstain, co-author of the popular Berenstain Bears series of books, was born in 1923.	27	28 Author of Tuck Everlasting, Natalie Babbitt, was born in 1932.	29	30 Paperback books were first introduced in 1935.	31 J.K. Rowling and her Harry Potter celebrate birthdays today.

Types of Calendar Activities

• Authors & Texts

  Birthdays, publication dates, and more

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• Historical Figures & Events

  Notable people and happenings in history

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• Holidays & School Celebrations

  Special days and how to observe them

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• Literacy-Related Events

  Celebrations that promote and encourage literacy

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