This is our day guide for Friday August 3rd 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 August 3rd 2018
Bermuda: Somers Day
Admiral Sir George Somers was the founder of the English colony of Bermuda, which were also known as the Somers Isles
Equatorial Guinea: Freedom Day
Marks the date in 1979 when Teodoro Obiang deposed Macías Nguema
Guinea-Bissau: Pidjiguiti Day
Anniversary of the Pindjiguiti massacre in 1959, when the Portuguese colonial police repressed a protest of Bissau-Guinean workers, causing the death of at least 50 people.
Niger: Independence Day
Commemoration of Niger's independence from France on August 3rd 1960
Rwanda: Umuganura Day
A Thanksgiving festival to mark the start of the harvest and one of the key celebrations in Rwanda| Choose a Day |
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| General Information for August 3rd 2018 | |
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| There are 5 public holidays today. | |
| Day 215 of 2018 | |
| 150 days left in 2018 | |
| Week 31 of the year | |
| On this Day in History | |
| 1997 - Oued El-Had and Mezouara massacre in Algeria; a total of 116 villagers killed, 40 in Oued El-Had and 76 in Mezouara. | |
| 1903 - Macedonian rebels in Kruševo proclaim the Kruševo Republic, which exists only for 10 days before Ottoman Turks lay waste to the town. | |
| 1527 - The first known letter from North America is sent by John Rut while at St. John's, Newfoundland. | |
| 1031 - Olaf II of Norway is canonized as Saint Olaf by Grimketel, the English Bishop of Selsey. |
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