Day Guide for Sunday July 1st 2018 What are the holidays on July 1st 2018?

This is our day guide for Sunday July 1st 2018 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 1st 2018

International: Emancipation Day

Keti Koti marks the date when slavery was abolished in Suriname and the Dutch Antilles in 1863.

Botswana: Sir Seretse Khama Day

Seretse Khama founded the Botswana Democratic Party in 1962 and became Prime Minister in 1966

Burundi: Independence Day

Marks Burundi's independence from Belgium in 1962

Egypt: Revolution Day June 30

Anniversary of the protests against President Morsi in 2013

Ghana: Republic Day

On 1 July 1960, Prime Minister Kwame Nkrumah of Ghana proclaimed a republic and became its first president

Rwanda: Independence Day

Rwanda's National Day celebrates its independence from Belgium in July 1962

Somalia: Republic Day

Marks the unification of the former Italian and British Somalilands as the Somali Republic on July 1st 1960.

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General Information for July 1st 2018
There are 7 public holidays today.
Day 182 of 2018
183 days left in 2018
Week 26 of the year
On this Day in History
2006 - The Qinghai-Tibet railway opens in China.
1967 - On this date, a limited service of certain colour TV programmes begins in the UK.
1912 - Harriet Quimby, the first woman to die in an air crash, falls out of the cockpit of her Bleriot monoplane during a maneuver in an air show in Massachusetts, reportedly because she didn't put on seatbelts.
1863 - The first day of the Battle of Gettysburg; the fallen are later commemorated in The Gettysburg Address.