Day Guide for Thursday August 27th 2020

This is our day guide for Thursday August 27th 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 27th 2020

The Duchess who wasn't Day

August 27 is "The Duchess Who Wasn't" day, which celebrates the life of Irish author Margaret Wolfe Hungerford.

National Just Because Day

General
USA

Sometimes we don't need a reason to celebrate a day, everyday is special, just because...

National Pots De Creme Day

General
USA

Find out the dates, history and traditions of National Pots De Creme Day

National Burger Day

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

Moldova Independence Day

Moldova

Marks the Declaration of Independence from the Soviet Union on August 27th 1991

Jigawa Public Holiday

Nigeria

Jigawa State Government has declared a public holiday

Lyndon Baines Johnson Day

Marks the birthday of Lyndon Baines Johnson, the 36th President of the United States

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General Information for August 27th 2020

There are 4 observances on this day.
This was 516 days ago.
Day 240 of 2020
126 days left in 2020
Week 35 of the year

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On this Day in History

1991 - Moldova declares independence from the USSR.
1979 - A Provisional Irish Republican Army bomb kills British retired admiral Lord Mountbatten and three others while they are boating on holiday in Sligo, Republic of Ireland. Shortly after, 18 British Army soldiers are killed in an ambush near Warrenpoi
1916 - The Kingdom of Romania declares war on Austria-Hungary, entering World War I as one of the Allied nations.
1896 - The Anglo-Zanzibar War, notable for the bizarre reason that it lasts just 38 minutes, is fought between the United Kingdom and Zanzibar between 9.02 and 9.40 local time.
1859 - Petroleum is discovered in Titusville, Pennsylvania leading to the world's first commercially successful oil well.