Day Guide for Thursday August 11th 2016 What are the holidays on August 11th 2016?

This is our day guide for Thursday August 11th 2016 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 11th 2016

Japan: Mountain Day

A new holiday to take place for the first time in 2016, celebrating the nation's mountains

Zambia: Public Holiday

Public Holiday for general elections and referendum

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General Information for August 11th 2016
There are 2 public holidays today.
Day 224 of 2016
142 days left in 2016
Week 32 of the year
On this Day in History
2003 - NATO takes over command of the peacekeeping force in Afghanistan, marking its first major operation outside Europe in its 54-year-history.
1952 - Hussein bin Talal is proclaimed King of Jordan.
1942 - Actress Hedy Lamarr and composer George Antheil receive a patent for a Frequency-hopping spread spectrum communication system that later became the basis for modern technologies in wireless telephones and Wi-Fi.
490 - Battle of Adda: The Goths under Theodoric the Great and his ally Alaric II defeat the forces of Odoacer on the Adda River, near Milan.