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: Founder's 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 | |
| 2013 - al-Shabaab Islamic militants attack the Westgate shopping mall in Nairobi, Kenya, killing at least 67 people. | |
| 1938 - The Great Hurricane of 1938 makes landfall on Long Island in New York. The death toll is estimated at 500-700 people. | |
| 1937 - J. R. R. Tolkien's The Hobbit is published. | |
| 1921 - One of the worst ever chemical disasters happens in the town of Oppau in Germany. |
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