Day Guide for Thursday August 31st 2017 What are the holidays on August 31st 2017?

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Holidays on August 31st 2017

International: Day of Arafah

Second day of the Hajj pilgrimage and the day before Eid al Adha. Named after the geographical area Arafa where the Prophet gave his Farewell Sermon.

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.

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 1962

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General Information for August 31st 2017
There are 5 public holidays today.
Day 243 of 2017
122 days left in 2017
Week 35 of the year
On this Day in History
2005 - A stampede on Al-Aaimmah bridge in Baghdad kills 1,199 people.
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.
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.