This is our day guide for Wednesday August 31st 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?
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| General Information for August 31st 2016 | |
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| There are 3 public holidays today. | |
| Day 244 of 2016 | |
| 122 days left in 2016 | |
| Week 35 of the year | |
| On this Day in History | |
| 2005 - The record for the most number of penalty kicks (40) taken in a Penalty shootout in a football match was set during an FA Cup Preliminary Round Replay match between Tunbridge Wells and Littlehampton Town at the Culverden Stadium in England. | |
| 1980 - After two weeks of nationwide strikes, the Polish government was forced to sign the Gdansk Agreement, allowing for the creation of the trade union Solidarity. | |
| 1895 - German Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin patents his Navigable Balloon. | |
| 1876 - Ottoman Sultan Murat V is deposed and succeeded by his brother Abd-ul-Hamid II. |