Day Guide for Saturday September 28th 2019 What are the holidays on September 28th 2019?

This is our day guide for Saturday September 28th 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 September 28th 2019

International: Meskel

Commemorates the discovery of the True Cross by Saint Helena in the fourth century

Afghanistan: Public Holiday

The vote for the next president of Afghanistan was made a public holiday.

Cambodia: Ancestors' Day

Pchum Ben, also known as Ancestors' Day, is a Cambodian religious festival which culminates on the 15th day of the tenth month in the Khmer calendar, marking the end of the Buddhist lent

Czech Republic: St. Wenceslas Day

It is the feast day of St. Wenceslas, the patron saint of Bohemia, and commemorates his death in 935

Regional

India (regional): Mahalaya

Marks the first day of the festival of Durga Puja

Regional

India (regional): Bathukamma Starting Day

Bathukamma is floral festival celebrated by the Hindu women of Telangana

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General Information for September 28th 2019
There are 6 public holidays today.
Day 271 of 2019
94 days left in 2019
Week 39 of the year
On this Day in History
1961 - A military coup in Damascus effectively ends the United Arab Republic, the union between Egypt and Syria.
1928 - Sir Alexander Fleming notices a bacteria-killing mold growing in his laboratory, discovering what later became known as penicillin.
1889 - The first General Conference on Weights and Measures (CGPM) defines the length of a meter as the distance between two lines on a standard bar of an alloy of platinum with ten percent iridium, measured at the melting point of ice.
365 - Roman usurper Procopius bribes two legions passing by Constantinople, and proclaims himself Roman emperor.