This is our day guide for Wednesday August 3rd 2022 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 2022
British Virgin Islands: Emancipation Wednesday
Emancipation Festival in the British Virgin Islands marks three-days of public holidays
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 1960August 2nd 2022 | Go to Today | August 4th 2022
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| General Information for August 3rd 2022 | |
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| There are 4 public holidays today. | |
| Day 215 of 2022 | |
| 150 days left in 2022 | |
| Week 31 of the year | |
| On this Day in History | |
| 2005 - President Maaouya Ould Sid'Ahmed Taya of Mauritania is overthrown in a military coup while attending the funeral of King Fahd in Saudi Arabia. | |
| 1958 - The nuclear submarine USS Nautilus travels beneath the Arctic ice cap. | |
| 1936 - Jesse Owens wins the 100 meter dash, defeating Ralph Metcalfe, at the Berlin Olympics. | |
| 1492 - Every American schoolchild knows that In 1492, Columbus sailed the ocean blue. On this date Christopher Columbus set sail from Palos, Spain on his first voyage. |
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