This is our day guide for Friday August 7th 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 August 7th 2015
Colombia: Battle of Boyacá
The 1819 battle in which Colombia acquired its definitive independence from Spanish Monarchy
Singapore: Public Holiday Holiday
An extra holiday has been declared on the Friday before National Day to celebrate 50 years of sovereignty.| Choose a Day |
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| General Information for August 7th 2015 | |
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| There are 2 public holidays today. | |
| Day 219 of 2015 | |
| 146 days left in 2015 | |
| Week 32 of the year | |
| On this Day in History | |
| 1944 - IBM dedicates the first program-controlled calculator, the Automatic Sequence Controlled Calculator (known best as the Harvard Mark I). | |
| 1942 - World War II: the Battle of Guadalcanal begins - United States Marines initiate the first American offensive of the war with landings on Guadalcanal and Tulagi in the Solomon Islands. | |
| 1858 - Australian rules football was founded and the first match was played between Melbourne Football Club and Scotch Grammar. The Melbourne Football Club (the oldest remaining sporting club in the world), was also founded on this day. | |
| 626 - The Avar and Slav armies leave the siege of Constantinople. |
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