This is our day guide for Tuesday August 20th 2019 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 20th 2019
Public sector only
East Timor: FALINTIL Day
A holiday to commemorate the formation of the Armed Forces for the National Liberation of Timor-Leste in 1975.
Estonia: Independence Restoration Day
In 1991 Estonia re-established independence after the end of the Soviet Union
Hungary: Saint Stephen's Day
20th of August is the oldest national holiday in Hungary. It is generally considered to be the State Foundation Day of Hungary. Its origin roots back to the first king and state founder of Hungary, St. Stephen, who transformed the country into a European Christian country.Regional
India (regional): Tithi of Sri Sri Madhav Dev
Madhab Dev is one of the most popular Vaishnava Saints in Assam
Morocco: Revolution Day
Commemorates the day King Mohammed V was exiled from Morocco in 1953Regional
Nigeria (regional): Isese Day
A public holiday to mark the Traditional Worshippers' Day, also known as Isese Day.Observances on August 20th 2019
United Kingdom: National Bacon Lovers Day
Find out the dates, history and traditions of National Bacon Lovers Day
USA: National Chocolate Pecan Pie Day
What's tastier than a nice Pecan Pie? A Pecan Pie with Chocolate, that's what!
USA: National Lemonade Day
Find out the dates, history and traditions of National Lemonade Day
USA: National Radio Day
Find out the dates, history and traditions of National Radio Day
International: World Mosquito Day
A day observed in the honour of the man who discovered that the deadly disease of Malaria is spread through a mosquito bite.August 19th 2019 | Go to Today | August 21st 2019
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| General Information for August 20th 2019 | |
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| There are 6 public holidays today. | |
| Day 232 of 2019 | |
| 133 days left in 2019 | |
| Week 34 of the year | |
| On this Day in History | |
| 1991 - Dissolution of the Soviet Union, August Coup: more than 100,000 people rally outside the Soviet Union's parliament building protesting the coup aiming to depose President Mikhail Gorbachev. | |
| 1940 - British Prime Minister Winston Churchill makes the fourth of his famous wartime speeches, containing the line "Never was so much owed by so many to so few". | |
| 1858 - Charles Darwin first publishes his theory of evolution in The Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society of London, alongside Alfred Russel Wallace's same theory. | |
| 1308 - Pope Clement V pardons Jacques de Molay, the last Grand Master of the Knights Templar, absolving him of charges of heresy. |
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