This is our day guide for Wednesday July 31st 2024 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?
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| General Information for July 31st 2024 | |
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| There are 1 public holidays today. | |
| Day 213 of 2024 | |
| 153 days left in 2024 | |
| Week 31 of the year | |
| On this Day in History | |
| 2006 - Fidel Castro hands over power to brother Raúl Castro. | |
| 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. | |
| 1930 - The radio mystery program The Shadow airs for the first time. | |
| 1715 - A Spanish treasure fleet seven days after 12 ships left Havana, Cuba for Spain, 11 of them sink in a storm off the coast of Florida. A few centuries later, treasure is salvaged from these wrecks. |