Throne Day - July 30th in Morocco, celebrates the the current King on the throne. Benin National Day- August 1st in Benin, celebrates Benin's independence from France. Te Maeva Nui- August 4th on the Cook Islands celebrates culture and self government.

Pioneer Day celebrates LDS church members reaching the Salt Lake Valley. Santiago Day celebrates Saint James in a community in Spain.

Rivera Day celebrates a politician from Puerto Rico. National Belgium Day is Belgium's celebrates the day King Leopold became Belgium's first king as an independent country.

French National Day, or Bastille Day, celebrates the storming of the Bastille! The Bastille was a political prison. This is a turning point in the French Revolution!

The Chariot Festival is a pilgrimage in India. Lord Jagannath, Goddess Subhadra, and Lord Balabhadra travel from the Jagannath Temple to the Gundicha Temple in elaborate chariots.