This is our day guide for Sunday August 9th 2020 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 2020
Not a Public Holiday
Brazil: Father's Day
2nd Sunday in August. Not a public holidayRegional
India (regional): Adivasi Divas
Observed on August 9th, on the UN's International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples.
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 PeoplesAugust 8th 2020 | Go to Today | August 10th 2020
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| General Information for August 9th 2020 | |
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| There are 5 public holidays today. | |
| Day 222 of 2020 | |
| 144 days left in 2020 | |
| Week 32 of the year | |
| On this Day in History | |
| 1975 - Soviet composer Dmitri Dmitryevich Shostakovich dies in hospital in Moscow from heart failure. | |
| 1942 - Indian leader Mahatma Gandhi is arrested in Bombay by British forces, launching the Quit India Movement. | |
| 1892 - Thomas Edison receives a patent for a two-way telegraph. | |
| 1810 - Napoleon annexes Westphalia as part of the First French Empire. |
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