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Today was when America starting recapturing Japanese previously held Guam in 1944 in the second World War.

Today is the national day of Belgium, celebrating the anniversary of the investiture of the country’s first ever monarch King Leopold I.

20th July is when the Columbian Declaration of Independence was signed in 1810 in Santa Fe de Bogota. It resulted in the establishment of a Junta de Santa Fe that day, and resulted in the creation of the Republic of Columbia.

Nelson Mandela Day is celebrating the life of Nelson Mandela on 18th July each year. The day was officially declared by the United Nations in November 2009. Nelson Mandela was an influential figure in South Africa. The website for the day is here.

Today is the day the South Korea proclaimed its constitution in 1948, the date being deliberately chosen to be on the same date as the founding of the Joseon dynasty.

Today marks the anniversary of the declaration of the independence for Slovakia in 1992.

World Emoji Day is an unofficial holiday celebrating emojis set up by Jeremy Burge in 2014.

On this day in 1931 the first modern constitution for Ethopia was implemented, replacing the Fetha Nagast, which had been the supreme law there since the middle ages. It was introduced in a lavish ceremony in the presence of Emperor Haile Selassie, who had wanted to proclaim one for his country.

St. Swithin’s Day is on 15th July, which is also called St Swithun’s Day. This day, according to folkore, determines what the weather for the next 40 days will be. If it rains on this day, then 40 days of rain will follow, while a fair day indicates 40 days of fine weather. This followsContinue reading “St Swithin’s Day”

Today marks Bastille Day, the anniversary of the Storming of the Bastille back on 14th July 1789, an important date in the French Revolution. Tensions rose beforehand between reformist and conservative factions as the country struggled to resolve an economic crisis. On 11th July that year, the finance minister of King Louis XVI was dismissedContinue reading “Bastille Day”