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 PeoplesGo 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 | |
| 1965 - Singapore is expelled from Malaysia and becomes the only country to date to gain independence unwillingly. | |
| 1930 - Betty Boop makes her cartoon debut in Dizzy Dishes. | |
| 1902 - Edward VII and Alexandra of Denmark are crowned King and Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. | |
| 1862 - American Civil War: Battle of Cedar Mountain - At Cedar Mountain, Virginia, Confederate General Stonewall Jackson narrowly defeats Union forces under General John Pope. |
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