Day Guide for Tuesday September 6th 2016 What are the holidays on September 6th 2016?

This is our day guide for Tuesday September 6th 2016 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 September 6th 2016

International: Ganesh Chaturthi

Ganesh Chaturthi is the day when all Hindus celebrate one of the most popular deities, Lord Ganesh

Bulgaria: Unification Day

Commemorates the unification of Eastern Rumelia and the Principality of Bulgaria on this day in 1885

Regional

India (regional): Nuakhai

Nuakhai is an agricultural festival observed by people of Western Odisha to welcome the new rice of the season

Public sector only

Saudi Arabia: Eid Al Adha

Date to be confirmed. Public sector only

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General Information for September 6th 2016
There are 4 public holidays today.
Day 250 of 2016
116 days left in 2016
Week 36 of the year
On this Day in History
1997 - The Funeral of Diana, Princess of Wales takes place in London. Well over a million people lined the streets and 2.5 billion watched around the world on television.
1991 - The name Saint Petersburg is restored to Russia's second largest city, which had been known as Leningrad since 1924.
1972 - Munich massacre: Nine Israel athletes taken hostage at the Munich Olympic Games by the Palestinian "Black September" terrorist group die (as did a German policeman) at the hands of the kidnappers during a failed rescue attempt. Two other Israeli athletes were slained in the initial attack the previous day.
1901 - Leon Czolgosz, an unemployed anarchist, shoots and fatally wounds US President William McKinley at the Pan-American Exposition in Buffalo, New York.