This is our day guide for Wednesday July 31st 2019 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 2019
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India (regional): Martyrdom Day of Shaheed Udham Singh
A revolutionary, best known for assassinating Michael O'Dwyer on March 13th 1940Regional
India (regional): Karkidaka Vavu
Karkidaka Vavu is a ritual dedicated to dead ancestors performed by Hindus in Kerala.Regional
Malaysia (regional): Birthday of the Sultan of Pahang
This holiday has been moved by one day as it falls on the King's Coronation DayObservances on July 31st 2019
USA: National Mutt Day
Did you know that 80% of dogs in shelters are mixed breeds?
USA: National Raspberry Cake Day
Find out the dates, history and traditions of National Raspberry Cake Day
USA: National Avocado Day
Avocado is actually a fruit! We kind of get to celebrate it twice a year. On July 31st for National Avocado Day and then again in September for National Guacamole Day!
International: World Ranger Day
World Ranger Day is celebrated across the world on July 31 every year to appreciate the contributions of the Forest RangersJuly 30th 2019 | Go to Today | August 1st 2019
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| General Information for July 31st 2019 | |
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| There are 3 public holidays today. | |
| Day 212 of 2019 | |
| 153 days left in 2019 | |
| Week 31 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. | |
| 1965 - Author JK Rowling is born. | |
| 1931 - New York, New York experimental television station W2XAB (now known as WCBS) begins broadcasts. | |
| 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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