Day Guide for Thursday September 21st 2017 What are the holidays on September 21st 2017?

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 Ghana

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India (regional): Maharaja Agrasen Jayanti

Maharaja Agrasen was a legendary Indian king of Agroha, from whom the Agrawal and Agrahari communities are descended

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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 1964

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General Information for September 21st 2017
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
1976 - Seychelles joins the United Nations.
1843 - John Williams Wilson takes possession of the Strait of Magellan on behalf of the newly independent Chilean government.
1217 - Livonian Crusade: The Estonian leader Lembitu and Livonian leader Kaupo the Accursed are killed in Battle of Matthew's Day.
1170 - Combined English and Irish forces, under the command of Richard de Clare, Earl of Pembroke and Diarmait Mac Murchada, King of Leinster seize Norse-Gaelic Dublin, forcing Ascall mac Ragnaill, King of Dublin into exile.