Day Guide for Monday August 24th 2020

This is our day guide for Monday August 24th 2020 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 24th 2020

National Peach Pie Day

Food
USA

A homemade peach pie is the perfect summer dessert. Here's how to make one for National Peach Pie Day!

National Waffle Day

Food
USA

Find out the dates, history and traditions of National Waffle Day

National Knife Day 🔪

Action
USA

That's not a Knife day - this is a Knife day!

Flag Day

Liberia

The holiday was first observed in an 1847 convention, when the founding fathers approved the flag's design as well as the new republic

Ukraine Independence Day

Ukraine

Commemoration of the Declaration of Independence from the USSR in August 1991.

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General Information for August 24th 2020

There are 3 observances on this day.
This was 895 days ago.
Day 237 of 2020
129 days left in 2020
Week 35 of the year

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On this Day in History

1957 - Comedian, Actor and Writer Stephen Fry is born in Hampstead, London.
1814 - During the War of 1812, the British capture Washington, DC and set fire to the White House.
1690 - Job Charnock of the East India Company establishes a factory in Calcutta, an event formerly considered the founding of the city (in 2003 the Calcutta High Court ruled that the city has no birthday).
1215 - Pope Innocent III declares Magna Carta invalid.
79 - Mount Vesuvius erupts. The cities of Pompeii, Herculaneum, and Stabiae are buried in volcanic ash (note: this traditional date has been challenged, and many scholars believe that the event occurred on October 24).