This is our day guide for Wednesday August 24th 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 24th 2016
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India (regional): Janmashtami
The birthday of Lord Krishna, the reincarnation of Lord Vishnu who gave the message of the Bhagwat Gita
Ukraine: Independence Day
Commemoration of the Declaration of Independence from the USSR in August 1991.Go to Today | August 25th 2016
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| General Information for August 24th 2016 | |
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| There are 2 public holidays today. | |
| Day 237 of 2016 | |
| 129 days left in 2016 | |
| Week 34 of the year | |
| On this Day in History | |
| 1991 - Mikhail Gorbachev resigns as head of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union. | |
| 1957 - Comedian, Actor and Writer Stephen Fry is born in Hampstead, London. | |
| 1875 - Captain Matthew Webb became first person to swim the English Channel | |
| 1690 - Job Charnock of the East India Company establishes a factory in Calcutta, an event formerly considered the founding of the city (in 2003 the Calcutta High Court ruled that the city has no birthday). |
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