Day Guide for Wednesday August 7th 2019

This is our day guide for Wednesday August 7th 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?

Observances on August 7th 2019

Qixi Festival

Folk
International

The seventh day of the seventh month is the most romantic day in the Chinese calendar.

National Lighthouse Day

General
USA

Even in these days of GPS, Lighthouses play an important role in keeping shipping safe round our coast.

National Raspberries N’ Cream Day

Food
USA

Find out the dates, history and traditions of National Raspberries N’ Cream Day

Purple Heart Day

General
USA

Find out the dates, history and traditions of Purple Heart Day

Playday

Playday is the national day for play, traditionally held on the first Wednesday in August.

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General Information for August 7th 2019

There are 5 observances on this day.
This was 2115 days ago.
Day 219 of 2019
146 days left in 2019
Week 32 of the year

Moon phase

On this Day in History

1960 - Côte d'Ivoire becomes independent from France.
1944 - IBM dedicates the first program-controlled calculator, the Automatic Sequence Controlled Calculator (known best as the Harvard Mark I).
1876 - Margaret Zelle is born in Germany. Better known as the dancer, courtesan and spy 'Mata Hari', her life was dramatised in a film starring Greta Garbo.
1858 - Australian rules football was founded and the first match was played between Melbourne Football Club and Scotch Grammar. The Melbourne Football Club (the oldest remaining sporting club in the world), was also founded on this day.
1606 - The first documented performance of Macbeth takes place in the Great Hall at Hampton Court, UK.