50: Price in cents of a hot dog at the Kansas City T-Bones game on National Hot Dog Day.
42,000: Size in square feet of the image of the world’s most famous female airplane pilot, Amelia Earhart (born July 24, 1897), depicted in Stan Herd’s earthwork at Warnock Lake, Atchison, KS.
13: Date of the new moon and the best night to observe faint objects in space, such as galaxies and star clusters.
1933: Year Stroud’s, now famous as KC’s best fried chicken restaurant, opened. First chicken dinner at the eatery cost $0.35! July 6 is National Fried Chicken Day.
1.75: Weight in pounds of world’s largest solid Chupa Chups lollipop, sold at It’Sugar on the Country Club Plaza. It’s the perfect treat on National Lollipop Day, July 20.
25: Threading the Needle Day. Visit the 22-foot needle and thread statue in KC’s Garment District at 404 8th St.
1985: The year Belfonte gave Kansas City its first locally-owned ice cream and cultured dairy products production plant. July is National Ice Cream Month—celebrate with a scoop of your favorite flavor.
7: Date in 1906 of the birth of Satchel Paige, famous pitcher for the Kansas City Monarchs and member of the National Baseball Hall of Fame.
88.8° F: Average daytime temperature in Kansas City in July, the warmest month of the year in our area.
1900: Year Kansas City hosted the Democratic Convention at Convention Hall the week of July 4, nominating William Jennings Bryan.