This is our day guide for Sunday August 11th 2019 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 11th 2019
International: Eid Al Adha
Eid al-Adha, the Feast of Sacrifice is the most important feast in the Muslim calendar. It celebrates the willingness of the Prophet Ibrahim to sacrifice his son Ishmael in submission to Allah's command, before he was stopped by Allah.
International: Hari Raya Haji
This festival is celebrated throughout the Muslim world as a commemoration of Prophet Abrahams willingness to sacrifice everything for GodNot a Public Holiday
Brazil: Father's Day
2nd Sunday in August. Not a public holiday
Israel: Fast of Ninth of Av
Tisha B'Av commemorates the destruction of the First and Second Temples in Jerusalem.
Japan: Mountain Day
A new holiday since 2016, celebrating the nation's mountains. Mountain Day is intended is to provide “opportunities to get familiar with mountains and appreciate blessings from mountains".Observances on August 11th 2019
USA: Herbert Hoover Day
Find out the dates, history and traditions of Herbert Hoover Day
USA: National Presidential Joke Day
This day remembers the infamous joke that President Reagan made when he thought a radio broadcast wasn't being recorded.
USA: National Raspberry Bombe Day
August is a great time to make this refreshing dessert with ripe raspberries.
Brazil: Brazil Father's Day
Father's Day is observed on the second Sunday in August in Brazil
USA: National Bakewell Tart Day
A Bakewell Tart is small cake, covered with a top layer of icing and a single central half-cherry.
International: Eid Al Adha
Eid al-Adha, the Feast of Sacrifice is the most important feast in the Muslim calendar. It celebrates the willingness of the Prophet Ibrahim to sacrifice his son Ishmael in submission to Allah's command, before he was stopped by Allah.
Russia: Builders' Day
Find out the dates, history and traditions of Builders' Day.August 10th 2019 | Go to Today | August 12th 2019
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| General Information for August 11th 2019 | |
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| There are 5 public holidays today. | |
| Day 223 of 2019 | |
| 142 days left in 2019 | |
| Week 32 of the year | |
| On this Day in History | |
| 1994 - Peter Cushing, star of numerous Hammer horror films, dies (b. 1913). | |
| 1961 - The former Portuguese territories in India of Dadra and Nagar Haveli are merged to create the Union Territory Dadra and Nagar Haveli. | |
| 355 - Claudius Silvanus, accused of treason, proclaims himself Roman Emperor against Constantius II. | |
| 106 - The south-western part of Dacia (modern Romania) becomes a Roman province: Roman Dacia. |
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