Day Guide for Thursday October 21st 2021 What are the holidays on October 21st 2021?

This is our day guide for Thursday October 21st 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?

Holidays on October 21st 2021

International: Prophet Muhammad’s birthday

Celebrated by Muslims on the twelfth day of the month of Rabiulawal, the third month of the Muslim calendar

Burundi: President Ndadaye's Day

Marks the assassination of a Burundian intellectual and politician in 1993

Egypt: Al-Mouled Al-Nabawy

Celebrated on the 12th day of the third month of the Islamic calendar, Rabi’i Al-Awal

Lao: Boat Racing Festival

Held at different times in October or early November in every riverside town to mark the end of Buddhist Lent.

Lao: End of Buddhist Lent Day

Boun Ok Phansa is a mark of the end of three month retreat during the rainy season of the monks

Myanmar: Full Moon of Thadingyut Holiday Holiday

The Festival of Lights marks the end of the perod of Buddhist lent

Not a Public Holiday

Serbia: Remembrance Day

National World War II Victims Remembrance Day

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General Information for October 21st 2021
There are 7 public holidays today.
Day 294 of 2021
71 days left in 2021
Week 42 of the year
On this Day in History
1983 – The metre is defined at the seventeenth General Conference on Weights and Measures as the distance light travels in a vacuum in 1/299,792,458 of a second.
1945 - Women's suffrage: Women are allowed to vote in France for the first time.
1805 - Admiral Nelson defeats the French and Spanish fleets in the Battle of Trafalgar.
1520 - Ferdinand Magellan discovers a strait now known as Strait of Magellan.