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?
Holidays on August 31st 2016
Malaysia: National Day
31st August marks Malaysia's Independence Day. Also known as Merdeka Day
Moldova: Romanian Language Day
Marks the demonstrations of 1989 that made Moldova adopt the its language laws
Trinidad and Tobago: Independence Day
Commemorates the independence of Trinidad and Tobago from the United Kingdom in 1962Go to Today | September 1st 2016
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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. | |
| 1943 - The USS Harmon, the first U.S. Navy ship to be named after a black person, is commissioned. | |
| 1218 - Al-Kamil becomes Sultan of Egypt, Syria and northern Mesopotamia on the death of his father Al-Adil. | |
| 1056 - After a sudden illness a few days previously, Byzantine Empress Theodora dies childless, thus ending the Macedonian dynasty. |
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