Author Archives: Rob Burroughs

Yorkshire Day Yorkshire Day is to promote the county of Yorkshire in England. It was celebrated in 1975, by the Yorkshire Ridings Society as a protest movement against the local government re-organisation of 1974. This date was already the Battle of Minden, and also the anniversary of the emancipation of slaves in the British EmpireContinue reading “Three holidays on 1st August”

World Ranger Day is celebrated worldwide each year on 31st Jul to commemorate Rangers killed or injured in the line of duty and to celebrate the work Rangers do to protect the planet’s natural treasures and cultural heritage.

Happy Eid-al Adha to all Muslims! It honours the willingness of Ibrahim (Abraham) to scarifice his son Ismael as an act of obedience to God’s command. But before Ibrahim could sacrifice his son, God provided a lamb to sacrifice instead. In commemoration of this, an animal, normally a sheep, is sacrificed ritually. One third ofContinue reading “Happy Eid-al Adha!”

International Friendship Day This celebration occurs on different dates in different countries, but the first date proposed was 30th July 1958 by the World Friendship Crusade. On 27th April 2011 the General Assembly of the United Nations declared 30th July as official International Friendship Day after may years of lobbying by the World Friendship Crusade.Continue reading “Two holidays on 30th July”

Olavsoka Olavsoka is the biggest Summer festival in the Faroe Islands, and considered the national holiday of the country along with Flagday. It is celebrated for several days but the day itself is on 29th July. The literal meaning of the day is Saint Olaf’s Wake, which is from Saint Olaf’s death at teh BattleContinue reading “Holidays on 29th July”

World Nature Conservation Day The main aim of this day is to come together and support and conserve nature rather than exploit it. It is to remind us of the importance of nature in our lives and why we need to look after it. Fiestas Patrias (Peru) The Fiestas Patrias peruanas are celebrations of Peru’sContinue reading “28th July Holidays”

The 26th July sees two countries have their Independence Days. Liberia signed their Declaration of Independence on this day in 1847 to announce that the Commonwealth of Liberia, a colony founded and controlled by America, was to become an independent state. The Maldives had their independence agreed in 1965 from the United Kingdom. An agreementContinue reading “Two Independence Days on 26th July”

Today celebrates the constitution of Puerto Rico which was approved on 3rd July 1952 and signed into law by Governor Luis Munoz Marin in the same year. The government of Puerto Rico hold a commemoration every year.

Today is Revolution Day in Egypt, which marks the anniversary of the Egyptian Revolution in 1952, which led to the declaration of the modern republic of Egypt. It is considered the national day of Egypt. Annual celebrations begin on the evening before, and involve military parades and televised concerts.

Belgian National Day Today is the national day of Belgium, celebrating the anniversary of the investiture of the country’s first ever monarch King Leopold I. Guam Liberation Day Today was when America starting recapturing Japanese previously held Guam in 1944 in the second World War.