Day Guide for Friday July 31st 2020

This is our day guide for Friday July 31st 2020 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 July 31st 2020

Eid Al Adha

Eid Al Adha 🕋

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.

National System Administrators Appreciation Day

National System Administrators Appreciation Day

Have you tried switching it off and on again?

National Talk in an Elevator Day

National Talk in an Elevator Day

Action
USA

This holiday is going up in the world. And down again.

National Mutt Day

National Mutt Day

Pets
USA

Did you know that 80% of dogs in shelters are mixed breeds?

National Raspberry Cake Day

National Raspberry Cake Day

Food
USA

Find out the dates, history and traditions of National Raspberry Cake Day

National Avocado Day

National Avocado Day

Food
USA

Find out the dates, history and traditions of National Avocado Day.

Public Holidays on July 31st 2020

Eid Al Adha

Eid Al Adha

International

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.

Mary Prince Day

Mary Prince Day

Bermuda

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

Martyrdom Day of Shaheed Udham Singh

Martyrdom Day of Shaheed Udham Singh

India

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

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General Information for July 31st 2020

There are 6 observances on this day.
This was 421 days ago.
Day 213 of 2020
153 days left in 2020
Week 31 of the year

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On this Day in History

2007 - Operation Banner, the presence of the British Army in Northern Ireland, and the longest-running British Army operation ever, comes to an end.
1964 - Soft-voiced Country and Western singer Jim Reeves dies in an air crash ten miles south of Nashville, Tennessee.
1919 - German national assembly adopts the Weimar Constitution, which comes into force on August 14.
1865 - The first narrow gauge mainline railway in the world opens at Grandchester, Queensland, Australia.
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.