Day Guide for Friday August 23rd 2024

This is our day guide for Friday August 23rd 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?

Observances on August 23rd 2024

European Day of Remembrance for Victims of Stalinism and Nazism

A day to honour the memory of the millions of victims of all totalitarian regimes.

hashtag Day

Culture
USA

#it #is #august #23 #happy #hashtag #day #everyone

National Ride With The Wind Day

General
USA

On this day we celebrates those pioneers who have made advances in the field of human-powered flight.

National Sponge Cake Day 🍰

Food
USA

Find out the dates, history and traditions of National Sponge Cake Day

National Cuban Sandwich Day

Food
USA

Find out the dates, history and traditions of National Cuban Sandwich Day.

Day of the National Flag

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Slave Trade Remembrance Day

This International Day is intended to inscribe the tragedy of the slave trade in the memory of all peoples.

Tithi of Sri Sri Madhav Dev

India

Madhab Dev is one of the most popular Vaishnava Saints in Assam

Ninoy Aquino Day

Philippines

The holiday commemorates the assassination of former Senator Benigno 'Ninoy' Aquino, Jr. on August 21st 1983

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General Information for August 23rd 2024

There are 7 observances on this day.
This was 121 days ago.
Day 236 of 2024
130 days left in 2024
Week 34 of the year

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On this Day in History

1991 - Tim Berners-Lee opens the WWW, World Wide Web to new users.
1990 - Armenia declares its independence from the Soviet Union.
1972 - The last US Ground Troops leave Vietnam.
1970 - Organized by Mexican American labor union leader César Chávez, the Salad Bowl strike, the largest farm worker strike in U.S. history, begins.
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.