Day Guide for Friday September 21st 2018 What are the holidays on September 21st 2018?

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Holidays on September 21st 2018

International: Ashura

Ashura is the 10th day of Muharram in the Islamic calendar and marks the climax of the Mourning of Muharram

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

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Bhutan (regional): Thimphu Tshechu Holiday

Third day of public holidays in Timphu for the Tshechu festival

Ghana: Founder's Day

Marks the birthday of Ghana's first president, Dr. Kwame Nkrumah and the founding fathers of Ghana

Regional

India (regional): Sree Narayana Guru Samadhi

Marks the death ceremony of the Sree Narayana Guru, saint, prophet and social reformer from Kerala

Malta: Independence Day

Malta gained its political Independence from Great Britain on September 21st 1964

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General Information for September 21st 2018
There are 7 public holidays today.
Day 264 of 2018
101 days left in 2018
Week 38 of the year
On this Day in History
1991 - Armenia is granted independence from Soviet Union.
1942 - In Poland, at the end of Yom Kippur, Germans order Jews to permanently evacuate Konstantynów and move to the Ghetto in Biala Podlaska, established to assemble Jews from seven nearby towns, including Janów Podlaski, Rossosz and Terespol.
1866 - The grandfather of science fiction HG Wells is born.
1843 - John Williams Wilson takes possession of the Strait of Magellan on behalf of the newly independent Chilean government.