This is our day guide for Tuesday August 29th 2017 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 29th 2017
International: Eid Al Adha Holiday
Eid al-Adha, the Feast of Sacrifice is the most important feast in the Muslim calendar. It celebrates the willingness of the Prophet Ibrahim to sacrifice his son Ishmael in submission to Allah's command, before he was stopped by Allah.
Slovakia: Slovak National Uprising Day
Commemorates August 29th 1944, which was the start of an uprising against the pro-Nazi government of the time
Turkiye: Public Holiday (bridge day)
Marks the victory in the Battle of Dumlupınar in 1922, a key battle in the War of IndependenceGo to Today | August 30th 2017
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| General Information for August 29th 2017 | |
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| There are 3 public holidays today. | |
| Day 241 of 2017 | |
| 124 days left in 2017 | |
| Week 35 of the year | |
| On this Day in History | |
| 1911 - Ishi, considered the last Native American to make contact with European Americans, emerges from the wilderness of northeastern California. | |
| 1885 - Gottlieb Daimler patents the world's first internal combustion motorcycle, the Reitwagen. | |
| 1831 - Michael Faraday discovers electromagnetic induction. | |
| 1261 - Pope Urban IV succeeds Pope Alexander IV as the 182nd pope. |
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