This is our day guide for Friday July 31st 2015 which shows you at a glance what's happening on this day around the world. Using the calendar on this page, you can look at a day guide for any day. Why not look up your birthday to see which holidays you share it with?
Holidays on July 31st 2015
Myanmar: Full Moon Day of Waso
Marks the start of Buddhist lent and the anniversary of Buddha's first sermon on the Four Noble Truths
Sri Lanka: Esala Full Moon Poya
Celebrates the Buddha's first sermon and the arrival of the Tooth Relic in Sri Lanka
Thailand: Buddhist Lent
Marks the start of the three month period when Monks have to stay in the place| Choose a Day |
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| General Information for July 31st 2015 | |
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| There are 3 public holidays today. | |
| Day 212 of 2015 | |
| 153 days left in 2015 | |
| Week 31 of the year | |
| On this Day in History | |
| 1999 - Discovery Program: Lunar Prospector - NASA intentionally crashes the spacecraft into the Moon, thus ending its mission to detect frozen water on the moon's surface. | |
| 1972 - The Troubles: In Operation Motorman, the British Army re-takes the urban no-go areas of Northern Ireland. It is the biggest British military operation since the Suez Crisis of 1956, and the biggest in Ireland since the Irish War of Independence. Later that day, nine civilians are killed by car bombs in the village of Claudy. | |
| 1965 - Author JK Rowling is born. | |
| 1741 - Charles Albert of Bavaria invades Upper Austria and Bohemia. |
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