Day Guide for Tuesday August 11th 2020

This is our day guide for Tuesday August 11th 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 11th 2020

National Presidential Joke Day

This day remembers the infamous joke that President Reagan made when he thought a radio broadcast wasn't being recorded.

National Raspberry Bombe Day

Food
USA

August is a great time to make this refreshing dessert with ripe raspberries.

National Bakewell Tart Day

A Bakewell Tart is small cake, covered with a top layer of icing and a single central half-cherry.

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General Information for August 11th 2020

There are 3 observances on this day.
This was 1031 days ago.
Day 224 of 2020
142 days left in 2020
Week 33 of the year

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On this Day in History

2003 - NATO takes over command of the peacekeeping force in Afghanistan, marking its first major operation outside Europe in its 54-year-history.
1994 - Peter Cushing, star of numerous Hammer horror films, dies (b. 1913).
1961 - The former Portuguese territories in India of Dadra and Nagar Haveli are merged to create the Union Territory Dadra and Nagar Haveli.
1942 - Actress Hedy Lamarr and composer George Antheil receive a patent for a Frequency-hopping spread spectrum communication system that later became the basis for modern technologies in wireless telephones and Wi-Fi.
3114 BC - According to the Lounsbury correlation, the Mayan calendar begins.