This is our day guide for Sunday July 16th 2017 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 16th 2017
Regional
Bolivia (regional): La Paz day
Commemorates the uprising against the Spanish that took place on this day in 1809.
Chile: Our Lady of Mount Carmel
Replaced Corpus Christi in 2007. Our Lady of Carmel is Mary, mother of Jesus. Carmel is a mountain in Northern Israel, where the Carmelite order was founded in the Twelfth century| Choose a Day |
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| General Information for July 16th 2017 | |
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| There are 2 public holidays today. | |
| Day 197 of 2017 | |
| 168 days left in 2017 | |
| Week 28 of the year | |
| On this Day in History | |
| 1958 - Michael Flatley, Irish-born US dancer of Riverdance fame, is born. | |
| 1921 - Australian Harry Hawker dies in an air crash while practising for the round-London Aerial Derby race when his plane catches fire for reasons that remain unknown. | |
| 1769 - Father Junipero Serra founds Mission San Diego de Alcalá, the first in California. It evolves into the city of San Diego. | |
| 622 - Start of the Muslim calendar; the day that Mohammed fled from Mecca to Medina. |
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