This is our day guide for Sunday July 31st 2016 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 2016
Not a Public Holiday
Dominican Republic: Father's Day
Father's Day is a celebration that honours the role of fathers and forefathersRegional
India (regional): Martyrdom Day of Shaheed Udham Singh
Punjab. A revolutionary, best known for assassinating Michael O'Dwyer on 13 March 1940| Choose a Day |
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| General Information for July 31st 2016 | |
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| There are 2 public holidays today. | |
| Day 213 of 2016 | |
| 153 days left in 2016 | |
| Week 30 of the year | |
| On this Day in History | |
| 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. | |
| 1970 - Black Tot Day: the last day of the officially sanctioned rum ration in the British Royal Navy. | |
| 1964 - Ranger 7, one of the Apollo Pathfinders, returns to Earth with close-up photos of the lunar surface. | |
| 1498 - On his third voyage to the Western Hemisphere, Christopher Columbus becomes the first European to discover the island of Trinidad. |
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