Day Guide for Thursday August 27th 2020 What are the holidays on August 27th 2020?

This is our day guide for Thursday August 27th 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 27th 2020

Moldova: Independence Day

Marks the Declaration of Independence from the Soviet Union on August 27th 1991

Regional

Nigeria (regional): Public Holiday

Jigawa State Government has declared Tuesday, 27th August 2020 a public holiday in commemoration of the 29th Anniversary of the Creation of the State

Public sector only

USA (regional): Lyndon Baines Johnson Day

Marks the birthday of Lyndon Baines Johnson

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General Information for August 27th 2020
There are 3 public holidays today.
Day 240 of 2020
126 days left in 2020
Week 35 of the year
On this Day in History
1979 - A Provisional Irish Republican Army bomb kills British retired admiral Lord Mountbatten and three others while they are boating on holiday in Sligo, Republic of Ireland. Shortly after, 18 British Army soldiers are killed in an ambush near Warrenpoint, Northern Ireland.
1908 - The 36th President of the USA, Lyndon Baines Johnson is born in Texas.
1828 - Uruguay is formally proclaimed independent at preliminary peace talks brokered by the United Kingdom between Brazil and Argentina during the Cisplatine War.
1798 - Wolfe Tone's United Irish and French forces clash with the British Army in the Battle of Castlebar, part of the Irish Rebellion of 1798, resulting in the creation of the French puppet Republic of Connacht.