Tuesday 3rd August 2021 | There is a Day for that!

This is our day guide for Tuesday August 3rd 2021 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 3rd 2021

National Grab Some Nuts Day

Food
USA

Grabbing a handful of nuts is a tasty treat and a healthy one!

National Watermelon Day 🍉

Food
USA

Find out the dates, history and traditions of National Watermelon Day

National Night Out Day

Action
USA

An annual community-building campaign that promotes police-community partnerships and neighborhood camaraderie

Flag Day

Find out the dates, history and traditions of Venezuelan Flag Day.

Carnival Tuesday

Antigua and Barbuda

Second day of public holidays for the Carnival in Antigua and Barbuda

Barbados Emancipation Day

Barbados

Slavery was finally abolished throughout the British Empire by the Slavery Abolition Act 1833, which came into effect on 1 August 1834

Emancipation Festival

British Virgin Islands

Emancipation Festival in the British Virgin Islands marks three-days of public holidays

Freedom Day

Equatorial Guinea

Marks the date in 1979 when Teodoro Obiang deposed Macías Nguema

Pidjiguiti Day

Guinea-Bissau

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.