Day Guide for Sunday August 23rd 2026 What are the holidays on August 23rd 2026?

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General Information for August 23rd 2026
There are no public holidays today.
Day 235 of 2026
130 days left in 2026
Week 34 of the year
On this Day in History
1973 - A bank robbery gone wrong in Stockholm, Sweden, turns into a hostage crisis; over the next five days the hostages begin to sympathise with their captors, leading to the term "Stockholm syndrome".
1966 - Lunar Orbiter 1 takes the first photograph of Earth from orbit around the Moon.
1939 - World War II: Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union sign a non-aggression treaty, the Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact. In a secret addition to the pact, the Baltic states, Finland, Romania, and Poland are divided between the two nations.
1382 - Siege of Moscow: The Golden Horde led by khan Tokhtamysh lays siege to the capital of the Grand Duchy of Moscow.