A.A. History in July

June 29-July 2

1995 - 56,000 attend 60^th Anniversary of AA in San Diego. What a party!

July 1-3

1960 - 8700 attend 25^th Anniversary of AA in Long Beach, CA

July 2

1960 - Father Ed Dowling dies.

965 - Best of Bill and pocket-sized 12 & 12; first sold.

1965 - First La Vigne, the Canadian version of the Grapevine, is published.

1993 - 50 years of AA celebrated in Canada.

July 2-3

1955 - 5000 attend 20^th Anniversary at our St Louis Convention; Bill W. turns "the fellowship over to the fellowship" at 4:00 PM

July 2-4

1965 - 10,000 attend 30^th Anniversary of AA in Toronto, our Responsibility Declaration is adopted.

July 4

1939 - First AA meeting in Flatbush, NY starts.

July 3-5

1970 - 10,900 attend 35^th Anniversary of AA in Miami; Bill W. gives his last talk to AA.

July 3-6

1980 - 22,500 attend 45^th Anniversary of AA in New Orleans; first true marathon meeting is held here.

July 4-6

1975 - 19,800 attend 40^th Anniversary of AA in Denver; worlds largest coffee server serves 1/2 million cups a day.

July 5

1985 - AA gives Ruth Hock 5,000,000^th Big Book during 50^th AA Anniversary in Montreal, Canada.

1990 - AA gives Nell Wing 10,000,000^th Big Book during 55^th AA Anniversary in Seattle, WA

July 3-6

1980 - Gay AA's have own program at 40^th AA Anniversary in New Orleans.

July 5-7

1985 - 45,000 attend 50^th Anniversary of AA in Montreal; House of Seagrams flies their flags at half mast for 3 days.

July 7

1940 - Bill attends first summer session at School of Alcohol Studies at Yale University

July 5-8

1990 - 48,000 attend 55^th Anniversary of AA in Seattle. 75 countries are represented as the former Soviet Union's members attend for the first time.

July 8

1940 - First AA group formed in Dayton, Ohio.

July 10

1941 - Texas newspaper publishes anonymous letter from founding member of Texas AA Group.

July 14

1939 - Blythewood Sanitarium; Dr Harry Tiebout gives Big Book to Marty M. who promptly throws it back at him.

1979 - Dr. Ernest Kurtz publishes Not God, a history of AA

July 16

1965 - Frank Amos AA Trustee dies.

July 20

1941 - First AA group forms in Seattle, Washington.

July 22

1877 - Willian Duncan Silkworth born in Brooklyn, NY.

July 22

1980 - Marty M. early AA woman and founder of Nationa Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependency (NCADD) dies.

July 23

1940 - Philly AA's send 10% of kitty to Alcoholic Foundation, setting precedent.

July 23

1943 - Esther C.'s sobriety date; she died sober Jan 15, 2005.

July 23

1943 - New Haven Register CT reports arrival of AA's to study with E.M.Jellinek.

July 24

1943 - L.A. press reports formation of all-Mexican AA Group.

July 28-30

1950 - First AA Convention celebrates 15^th anniversary of AA in Cleveland.

July 31

1972 - Rollie H., former baseball player, dies sober in Washington DC.

Thanks to Billy C. and Nancy O. for this list, used by permission.