Day Guide for Wednesday August 31st 2016 What are the holidays on August 31st 2016?

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
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.