This is our day guide for Wednesday August 29th 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 29th 2018
Slovakia: Slovak National Uprising Day
Commemorates August 29th 1944, which was the start of an uprising against the pro-Nazi government of the timeGo to Today | August 30th 2018
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| General Information for August 29th 2018 | |
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| There are 1 public holidays today. | |
| Day 241 of 2018 | |
| 124 days left in 2018 | |
| Week 35 of the year | |
| On this Day in History | |
| 2005 - Hurricane Katrina devastates much of the U.S. Gulf Coast from Louisiana to the Florida Panhandle, killing an estimated 1,836 people and causing over $108 billion in damage. | |
| 1911 - Ishi, considered the last Native American to make contact with European Americans, emerges from the wilderness of northeastern California. | |
| 1885 - Gottlieb Daimler patents the world's first internal combustion motorcycle, the Reitwagen. | |
| 1728 - The city of Nuuk in Greenland is founded as the fort of Godt-Haab by the royal governor Claus Paarss. |
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