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
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.
1940 - The Second Vienna Award reassigns the territory of Northern Transylvania from Romania to Hungary.
1873 - Austrian explorers Julius von Payer and Karl Weyprecht discover the archipelago of Franz Josef Land in the Arctic Sea.
1836 - The city of Houston is founded by Augustus Chapman Allen and John Kirby Allen