This is our day guide for Thursday August 9th 2018 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 9th 2018
Anguilla: August Thursday
The highlight of August Thursday is the boat race that starts from Meads Bay
Singapore: National Day
Singapore declared independence from Britain in August 1963 and gained its own sovereignty on August 9th 1965
South Africa: National Women's Day
The holiday commemorates the national march of women on this day in 1956 to petition against legislation that required African persons to carry the pass
Suriname: Indigenous People's Day
Observed on the United Nations International Day of the World's Indigenous PeoplesAugust 8th 2018 | Go to Today | August 10th 2018
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| General Information for August 9th 2018 | |
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| There are 4 public holidays today. | |
| Day 221 of 2018 | |
| 144 days left in 2018 | |
| Week 32 of the year | |
| On this Day in History | |
| 1975 - Soviet composer Dmitri Dmitryevich Shostakovich dies in hospital in Moscow from heart failure. | |
| 1969 - Followers led by Charles Manson murder pregnant actress Sharon Tate (wife of Roman Polanski), coffee heiress Abigail Folger, Polish actor Wojciech Frykowski, men's hairstylist Jay Sebring and recent high-school graduate Steven Parent. | |
| 1968 - Gillian Anderson, star of the TV show The X Files, is born. | |
| 1936 - Jesse Owens wins his fourth Olympic gold medal, becoming the first US citizen to achieve this distinction in a single Games. |
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