This is our day guide for Thursday August 22nd 2024 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 22nd 2024
Senegal: Grand Magal of Touba
Commemoration of the departure in exile of Sheikh Ahmadou Bamba Mbacké to GabonAugust 21st 2024 | Go to Today | August 23rd 2024
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| General Information for August 22nd 2024 | |
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| There are 1 public holidays today. | |
| Day 235 of 2024 | |
| 131 days left in 2024 | |
| Week 34 of the year | |
| On this Day in History | |
| 1962 - An attempt to assassinate French president Charles de Gaulle fails. | |
| 1922 - Michael Collins, Commander-in-chief of the Irish Free State Army, is shot dead during an Anti-Treaty ambush at Béal na Bláth, County Cork, during the Irish Civil War. | |
| 1851 - The first America's Cup is won by the yacht America. | |
| 1831 - Nat Turner's slave rebellion commences just after midnight in Southampton County, Virginia, leading to the deaths of more than 50 whites and several hundred African Americans who are killed in retaliation for the uprising. |
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