This is our day guide for Saturday August 29th 2015 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?
Holidays on August 29th 2015
Regional
India (regional): Raksha Bandhan
Raksha Bandhan is a Hindu festival that celebrates the love and duty between brothers and sisters.
Slovakia: Slovak National Uprising Day
Commemorates August 29th 1944, which was the start of an uprising against the pro-Nazi government of the time
Sri Lanka: Nikini Full Moon Poya
Marks the retreat of the Bhikkhus following the Buddha's death, commemorated by a period of fasting and of retreat for the monastic communitiesGo to Today | August 30th 2015
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| General Information for August 29th 2015 | |
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| There are 3 public holidays today. | |
| Day 241 of 2015 | |
| 124 days left in 2015 | |
| Week 35 of the year | |
| On this Day in History | |
| 1911 - Ishi, considered the last Native American to make contact with European Americans, emerges from the wilderness of northeastern California. | |
| 1842 - Treaty of Nanking signing ends the First Opium War. | |
| 1533 - Spaniard Francisco Pizarro executes Atahualpa, the last Sapa Inca (sovereign emperor) of the Inca Empire. | |
| 1261 - Pope Urban IV succeeds Pope Alexander IV as the 182nd pope. |
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