This is our day guide for Thursday September 1st 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 September 1st 2016 | |
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| There are 1 public holidays today. | |
| Day 245 of 2016 | |
| 121 days left in 2016 | |
| Week 35 of the year | |
| On this Day in History | |
| 1980 - Major General Chun Doo-hwan becomes President of South Korea, following the resignation of Choi Kyu-hah. | |
| 1961 - The Eritrean War of Independence officially begins with the shooting of the Ethiopian police by Hamid Idris Awate. | |
| 1952 - The Old Man and the Sea, the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel by Ernest Hemingway, is first published. | |
| 1604 - Adi Granth, now known as Guru Granth Sahib, the holy scripture of Sikhs, was first installed at Harmandir Sahib. |