Day Guide for Saturday August 7th 2021

This is our day guide for Saturday August 7th 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 7th 2021

Mead Day

Alcohol
USA

Find out the dates, history and traditions of Mead Day

National Mustard Day

Food
USA

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

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

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General Information for August 7th 2021

There are 5 observances on this day.
This was 667 days ago.
Day 219 of 2021
146 days left in 2021
Week 31 of the year

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On this Day in History

1987 - Lynne Cox becomes first person to swim from the United States to the Soviet Union, crossing from Little Diomede Island in Alaska to Big Diomede in the Soviet Union
1947 - Thor Heyerdahl's balsa wood raft the Kon-Tiki, smashes into the reef at Raroia in the Tuamotu Islands after a 101-day, 7,000 kilometres (4,300 mi) journey across the Pacific Ocean in an attempt to prove that pre-historic peoples could have traveled
1819 - Simón Bolívar triumphs over Spain in the Battle of Boyacá.
1461 - The Ming Dynasty Chinese military general Cao Qin stages a coup against the Tianshun Emperor.
626 - The Avar and Slav armies leave the siege of Constantinople.