Day Guide for Friday July 31st 2020 What are the holidays on July 31st 2020?

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Holidays on July 31st 2020

International: Kurban Bairam

Eid al-Adha, the Feast of Sacrifice is the most important feast in the Muslim calendar. It celebrates the willingness of the Prophet Ibrahim to sacrifice his son Ishmael in submission to Allah's command, before he was stopped by Allah.

International: Hari Raya Haji

This festival is celebrated throughout the Muslim world as a commemoration of Prophet Abrahams willingness to sacrifice everything for God

Bermuda: Mary Prince Day

The Friday before the first Monday in August honours a once enslaved Bermudian who became a hero of the abolitionist movement in Britain.

Regional

India (regional): Martyrdom Day of Shaheed Udham Singh

A revolutionary, best known for assassinating Michael O'Dwyer on March 13th 1940

Vanuatu: 40th Independence Anniversary

Additional public holidays to mark the 40th anniversary of independence from British and French colonial rule.

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General Information for July 31st 2020
There are 5 public holidays today.
Day 213 of 2020
153 days left in 2020
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.
1954 - First ascent of K2, by an Italian expedition led by Ardito Desio.
1741 - Charles Albert of Bavaria invades Upper Austria and Bohemia.
1588 - Anglo-Spanish War: Battle of Gravelines - English naval forces under the command of Lord Charles Howard and Sir Francis Drake defeat the Spanish Armada off the coast of Gravelines, France.