July

July 1
Holy Blessing of 2,075 Couples (1982)
Declaration of God’s Eternal Blessing (1991)
Dedication Ceremony of Jardim, Brazil Education Center for Ideal Families and World Peace (1998)
True Father holds a 23.5-hour Hoon Dok Hwe (2010)

July 3
Holy Blessing of 1,440,000 Second Generation Christian Youth and World Religious Youth (2002)

July 4
U.S. Independence Day (1776)
True Father arrested in Ewha Womans University incident (1955)
True Father transferred from Danbury to Phoenix House (1985)
“A Cloud of Witnesses” published in U.S. newspapers (2002)

July 5
First one hundred-day workshop in Japan (1973)
Cross-Cultural Marriage Blessing Ceremony in the Sacred Reign of Peace (2007)

July 6
True Father publicly declares messiahship (1992)

July 7
First car purchased for True Parents (1958)

July 8
Convention to Proclaim the Embodiment of God’s Word and the Era of the Parents of Heaven, Earth and Humankind (2010)

July 10
Street lecturing begins at Pagoda Park, Seoul (1959)
True Mother’s “Completed Testament Age” speaking tour in the U.S. begins (1993)

July 11
Kyung Yu Moon, True Father’s father, born (1893)
First Korean Professors’ World Tour and Seminar (July 11-24, 1987)

July 12
Archbishop Milingo returns, begins married priest ministry (2006)

July 13
Universal Ballet Company established (1984)
True Father invited to speak at Korea’s National Assembly (2001)
Fourth phase of the International Marriage Blessing Ceremony of 400 Million Couples (2003)
God’s Hope for America pilgrimage reaches halfway point (2014)

July 15
First successful Unification missionary arrives in Japan (1958)
First Peace Cup Soccer Tournament begins (2003)
True Parents meet Nigerian president (2011)

July 16
True Father sentenced to prison in the United States (1981)
Establishment Rally for the Abel Women UN (2012)

July 19
True Parents survive helicopter crash (2008)

July 20
40-day pioneer witnessing tradition begins (1957)
True Father enters Danbury Federal Correctional Institution (1984)

July 22
Leaders Rally to Build True Families tour begins (1997)
Second Aloha workshop begins (2014)
3-day fast and vigil at the U.S. Capitol for the Watergate Crisis (July 22-24, 1974)

July 24
124 couples Holy Blessing (1963)
Second Convention to Proclaim the Word that Firmly Establishes the True Parents of Heaven, Earth and Humankind (2010)

July 26
Fifth phase of the 400,000 Couples Holy Marriage Blessing Ceremony (2004)

July 27
National Parents’ Day proclaimed (1993)
Original Holy Ground consecration ceremony in Brazil (1999)

July 28
True Mother speaks on Capitol Hill (1993)

July 30
Family Federation for World Peace established (1996)