Monday 3rd August 2026 | There is a Day for that!

This is our day guide for Monday August 3rd 2026 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 2026

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

Flag Day

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

Emancipation Day

International

Marks the end of Slavery across the British Empire on August 1st 1834

August Monday

Anguilla

August Monday is the focal day of the Anguillan Carnival and the island's biggest holiday

Carnival Monday

Antigua and Barbuda

A colourful spectacle on the early-morning on the Monday is the J'ouvert, a street party that mimics the celebrations that took place on August 1st 1834 when slavery was abolished.

Picnic Day

Australia

Originally declared a public holiday to enable Darwin's railway workers to go to Adelaide River for a picnic.

Kadooment Day

Barbados

First Monday in August. Climax of a carnival to mark the end of the sugar cane harvest

Alberta Heritage Day

Canada

An optional general holiday observed by most companies to celebrate the heritage of Alberta

Civic Day

Canada

Throughout Canada, the first Monday in August is generally a holiday though it is known by different names in different areas

Civic Holiday

Canada

The first Monday in August in Ontario is a statutory holiday that is widely observed by many employers

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.

Commerce Day

Iceland

This holiday was first observed Thursday September 13th 1894. The date is known as it was agreed on at a meeting of unions and managers from the larger shops in Reykjavík