This is our day guide for Thursday September 21st 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 September 21st 2017
International: Hijri New Year's Day
Marks Islamic New Year and the Prophet's journey from Mecca to Medina in 622AD.
Armenia: Independence Day
Armenia was the first non-Baltic republic to secede from the Soviet Union, on this day in 1991
Belize: Independence Day
Commemorates Independence from the United Kingdom in 1981
Cambodia: Ancestors' Day Holiday
Pchum Ben, also known as Ancestors' Day, is a Cambodian religious festival which culminates on the 15th day of the tenth month in the Khmer calendar, marking the end of the Buddhist lent
Ghana: Kwame Nkrumah Memorial Day
Marks the birthday of Ghana's first president, Dr. Kwame Nkrumah and the founding fathers of GhanaRegional
India (regional): Maharaja Agrasen Jayanti
Maharaja Agrasen was a legendary Indian king of Agroha, from whom the Agrawal and Agrahari communities are descendedRegional
India (regional): Sree Narayana Guru Samadhi
Marks the death ceremony of the Sree Narayana Guru, saint, prophet and social reformer from Kerala
Israel: Rosh Hashanah
The Jewish Holiday of Rosh Hashanah is generally known as the New Year' s Day of the Jewish calendar
Malta: Independence Day
Malta gained its political Independence from Great Britain on September 21st 1964Go to Today | September 22nd 2017
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| General Information for September 21st 2017 | |
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| There are 9 public holidays today. | |
| Day 264 of 2017 | |
| 101 days left in 2017 | |
| Week 38 of the year | |
| On this Day in History | |
| 1991 - Armenia gains independence from the Soviet Union. | |
| 1942 - In Poland, at the end of Yom Kippur, Germans order Jews to permanently evacuate Konstantynów and move to the Ghetto in Biala Podlaska, established to assemble Jews from seven nearby towns, including Janów Podlaski, Rossosz and Terespol. | |
| 1939 - Romanian Prime Minister Armand Calinescu is assassinated by far-right legionnaires of the fascist paramilitary organization called the Iron Guard. | |
| 1843 - John Williams Wilson takes possession of the Strait of Magellan on behalf of the newly independent Chilean government. |
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