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

World Ranger Day

World Ranger Day

World Ranger Day is celebrated across the world on July 31 every year to appreciate the contributions of the Forest Rangers

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

Avocado is actually a fruit! We kind of get to celebrate it twice a year. On July 31st for National Avocado Day and then again in September for National Guacamole 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 7 observances on this day.
This was 912 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

1999 - Discovery Program: Lunar Prospector - NASA intentionally crashes the spacecraft into the Moon, thus ending its mission to detect frozen water on the moon's surface.
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. La
1968 - Elvis Presley plays his first live gig in eight years, in Las Vegas. It's the first event of a four-week residency at the International Hotel in Las Vegas.
1938 - Archaeologists discover engraved gold and silver plates from King Darius the Great in Persepolis.
1938 - Bulgaria signs a non-aggression pact with Greece and other states of Balkan Antanti (Turkey, Romania, Yugoslavia).