This is our day guide for Sunday August 21st 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 21st 2016
Morocco: Youth Day
Youth Day is celebrated on the birthday of the reigning monarch, Mohammed VI
Philippines: Ninoy Aquino Day
The holiday commemorates the assassination of former Senator Benigno 'Ninoy' Aquino, Jr. on 21 August 1983Go to Today | August 22nd 2016
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| General Information for August 21st 2016 | |
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| There are 2 public holidays today. | |
| Day 234 of 2016 | |
| 132 days left in 2016 | |
| Week 33 of the year | |
| On this Day in History | |
| 1954 - First Indochina War: The Geneva Conference partitions Vietnam into North Vietnam and South Vietnam. | |
| 1918 - World War I: The Second Battle of the Somme begins. | |
| 1888 - The first successful adding machine in the United States is patented by William Seward Burroughs. | |
| 1831 - Nat Turner leads black slaves and free blacks in a rebellion. |
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