Day Guide for Thursday August 20th 2020 What are the holidays on August 20th 2020?

This is our day guide for Thursday August 20th 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 20th 2020

International: Ras el am el Hejri

Marks Islamic New Year and the Prophet's journey from Mecca to Medina in 622AD.

Cambodia: Khmer New Year Holiday

Fourth day of replacement public holidays for the postponed Khmer New Year holidays.

Estonia: Independence Restoration Day

In 1991 Estonia re-established independence after the end of the Soviet Union

Hungary: Saint Stephen's Day

20th of August is the oldest national holiday in Hungary. It is generally considered to be the State Foundation Day of Hungary. Its origin roots back to the first king and state founder of Hungary, St. Stephen, who transformed the country into a European Christian country.

Regional

India (regional): Tithi of Srimatna Sankardev

Srimanta Sankardev was a 15th–16th century Assamese polymath credited with uniting Assam.

Malaysia: Awal Muharram

Marks Islamic New Year and the Prophet's journey from Mecca to Medina in 622AD.

Morocco: Revolution Day

Commemorates the day King Mohammed V was exiled from Morocco in 1953

Regional

Nepal (regional): State Establishment and Martyrs' Day

Honours those who lost their lives in pursuit of statehood in 2015

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General Information for August 20th 2020
There are 8 public holidays today.
Day 233 of 2020
133 days left in 2020
Week 34 of the year
On this Day in History
1940 - In Mexico City, Mexico exiled Russian revolutionary Leon Trotsky is fatally wounded with an ice axe by Ramón Mercader. He dies the next day.
1858 - Charles Darwin first publishes his theory of evolution in The Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society of London, alongside Alfred Russel Wallace's same theory.
917 - Battle of Acheloos: Tsar Simeon I of Bulgaria decisively defeats a Byzantine army.
636 - Battle of Yarmouk: Arab forces led by Khalid ibn al-Walid take control of Syria and Palestine away from the Byzantine Empire, marking the first great wave of Muslim conquests and the rapid advance of Islam outside Arabia.