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Myanmar, officially the Republic of the Union of Myanmar and also referred to as Burma, is a country in northwest Southeast Asia. It is the largest country by area in Mainland Sout…
Women's Day (Myanmar)
Antoine Daniel was a French Jesuit missionary in North America, at Sainte-Marie among the Hurons, and one of the eight Canadian Martyrs.
Christian feast day: Antoine Daniel
The dog days or dog days of summer are the hot, sultry days of summer. They were historically the period following the heliacal rising of the star system Sirius, which Hellenistic …
The start of the Dog Days according to the Old Farmer's Almanac but not according to established meaning in most…
Andrew of Crete, also known as Andrew of Jerusalem, was an 8th-century bishop, theologian, homilist, and hymnographer. He is venerated as a saint in both the Eastern Orthodox Churc…
Christian feast day: Andrew of Crete
Bertha of Artois or Bertha of Blangy was a Frankish and Anglo-Saxon Abbess of noble blood.
Christian feast day: Bertha of Artois
Catherine Jarrige – known as Catinon Menette in her local dialect – was a French Roman Catholic and Dominican tertiary who was beatified in 1996.
Christian feast day: Blessed Catherine Jarrige
Józef Kowalski was a Polish Roman Catholic priest from the Salesian Society murdered at the Auschwitz concentration camp during World War II. He was beatified in Warsaw on 13 June …
Christian feast day: Blessed Józef Kowalski
Pier Giorgio Frassati was an Italian Catholic activist and a member of the Third Order of Saint Dominic. He was dedicated to social justice issues and joined several charitable org…
Christian feast day: Pier Giorgio Frassati
Elizabeth of Portugal, also known as Elizabeth of Aragon, was Queen of Portugal from 1282 to 1325 as the wife of King Denis. She is venerated as a saint in the Catholic Church, und…
Christian feast day: Elizabeth of Aragon (or of Portugal)
Oda the Good was a 10th-century Archbishop of Canterbury in England. The son of a Danish invader, Oda became Bishop of Ramsbury before 928. A number of stories were told about his …
Christian feast day: Oda of Canterbury
Ulrich of Augsburg, sometimes spelled Uodalric or Odalrici, was Prince-Bishop of Augsburg in the Holy Roman Empire. He was the first saint to be canonised not by a local authority …
Christian feast day: Ulrich of Augsburg
July 3 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - July 5
Christian feast day: July 4 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
The Treaty of Chaguaramas established the Caribbean Community and Common Market, popularly known as CARICOM. It was signed on 4 July 1973 in Chaguaramas, Trinidad and Tobago. It wa…
CARICOM Day
Independence Day, known colloquially as the Fourth of July, is a federal holiday in the United States which commemorates the adoption of the Declaration of Independence on July 4, …
Independence Day (United States)
Liberation Day is a day, often a public holiday, that marks the liberation of a place, similar to an independence day, but differing from it because it does not involve the origina…
Liberation Day (Northern Mariana Islands)
The Apatanis who inhabit a tranquil pine clad valley called Ziro at the core of Lower Subansiri District of Arunachal Pradesh, are famous for their unique practice of wet rice cult…
The first evening of Dree Festival, celebrated until July 7 (Apatani people, Arunachal Pradesh, India)
Liberation Day is a public holiday in Rwanda which is celebrated on 4 July. It commemorates the defeat and downfall of the Hutu-led regime in Rwanda by the Rwandan Patriotic Front …
Liberation Day (Rwanda)
Philippine Republic Day, also known as Philippine–American Friendship Day, is a commemoration in the Philippines held annually on July 4. It was formerly an official holiday design…
Republic Day (Philippines)
The 1934 West Coast waterfront strike began on May 9, 1934, when longshoremen in every U.S. West Coast port walked out. It lasted 83 days. Organized by the International Longshorem…
Bloody Thursday (International Longshore and Warehouse Union)
Anthony Maria Zaccaria, CRSP was an Italian Catholic priest and early leader of the Counter-Reformation. He was the founder of the Barnabites and a promoter of devotion to the Pass…
Christian feast day: Anthony Maria Zaccaria, priest (died 1539)
Cyril and Methodius were brothers, Byzantine Christian theologians and missionaries. For their work evangelizing the Early Slavs, they are known as the "Apostles to the Slavs".
Christian feast day: Cyril and Methodius (a public holiday in Czech Republic and Slovakia)
Saint Martha was the mother of Simeon Stylites the Younger. She is venerated in the Eastern Orthodox Church on July 4 and in the Catholic Church on July 5.
Christian feast day: Martha, mother of Simeon Stylites the Younger
Saint Zoe of Rome was a noblewoman, married to Nicostratus, a high Roman court official.
Christian feast day: Zoe of Rome (Roman Catholic Church)
July 4 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - July 6
Christian feast day: July 5 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)