Constitution Day in the Cook Islands

National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Children’s Day

Jeans for Genes Day

Garma Festival begins (until 7 August) – Arnhem Land

Edinburgh Fringe Festival begins (until 28 August)

Barack Obama Day in Illinois, where the former US prez launched his political career

International Beer Day

Birthdays for Tim Winton (1960), Barack Obama (1961), Meghan Markle (1981), Jessica Mauboy (1989), and Dylan and Cole Sprouse (1992)

Anniversary of:
• the invention of Champagne by Dom Pérignon (1693)
• the arrest of Anne Frank following a tip-off (1944)
• Prince’s Purple Rain album going to #1, where it would stay for 24 weeks (1984)
• the Beirut blast, which killed 207 people (2020)