Day Guide for Sunday August 30th 2020 What are the holidays on August 30th 2020?

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Holidays on August 30th 2020

International: Ashoora

Ashura is the 10th day of Muharram in the Islamic calendar and marks the climax of the Mourning of Muharram

East Timor: Popular Consultation Day

Marks the date of the 1999 referendum to decide whether East Timor should have autonomy within Indonesia or become independent

Regional

India (regional): First Onam

Onam lasts 10 days with official state holidays on three or four days starting from Onam Eve (Uthradom) to the Third Onam Day

Peru: Santa Rosa de Lima

Commemorates Saint Rose of Lima who died on August 24th 1617. Rose of Lima is the patron saint of Peru and the indigenous natives of Latin America

Turkiye: Victory Day

Marks the victory in the Battle of Dumlupınar in 1922, a key battle in the War of Independence

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General Information for August 30th 2020
There are 5 public holidays today.
Day 243 of 2020
123 days left in 2020
Week 35 of the year
On this Day in History
1999 - East Timor votes for independence from Indonesia in a referendum.
1981 - President Mohammad-Ali Rajai and Prime Minister Mohammad-Javad Bahonar of Iran are assassinated in a bombing committed by the People's Mujahedin of Iran.
1909 - Burgess Shale fossils are discovered by Charles Doolittle Walcott.
1282 - Peter III of Aragon, originally traveling with his fleet on a military expedition against the Hafsid Kingdom, ends up in the Sicilian town of Trapani, after he was asked by the inhabitants of Palermo to help in the fight against Charles of Anjou.