This is our day guide for Saturday August 28th 2021 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?
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| General Information for August 28th 2021 | |
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| There are 1 public holidays today. | |
| Day 240 of 2021 | |
| 125 days left in 2021 | |
| Week 34 of the year | |
| On this Day in History | |
| 1991 - Collapse of the Soviet Union - Mikhail Gorbachev resigns as General Secretary of the Soviet Communist Party. | |
| 1924 - The Georgian opposition stages the August Uprising against the Soviet Union. | |
| 1833 - The Slavery Abolition Act 1833 receives Royal Assent, abolishing slavery through most the British Empire. | |
| 1565 - Pedro Menéndez de Avilés sights land near St. Augustine, Florida and founds the oldest continuously occupied European-established city in the continental United States. |