Day Guide for Monday August 30th 2021

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Observances on August 30th 2021

International Cabernet Sauvignon Day 🍷

International Cabernet Sauvignon Day is celebrated on 30 August of each year.

International Whale Shark Day

Find out the dates, history and traditions of International Whale Shark Day.

National Toasted Marshmallow Day

Food
USA

Find out the dates, history and traditions of National Toasted Marshmallow Day

Slinky Day

Culture
USA

The Slinky was invented and developed by Richard T. James in 1943 and demonstrated at Gimbels department store in Philadelphia in November 1945.

National Beach Day 🏖️

Nature
USA

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

International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances

Enforced disappearance has frequently been used as a strategy to spread terror within some societies.

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General Information for August 30th 2021

There are 6 observances on this day.
This was 649 days ago.
Day 242 of 2021
123 days left in 2021
Week 35 of the year

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On this Day in History

1945 - Hong Kong is liberated from Japan by British Armed Forces.
1940 - The Second Vienna Award reassigns the territory of Northern Transylvania from Romania to Hungary.
1873 - Austrian explorers Julius von Payer and Karl Weyprecht discover the archipelago of Franz Josef Land in the Arctic Sea.
1797 - Mary Shelley, author of Frankenstein, is born (d. 1851).
526 - King Theoderic the Great dies of dysentery at Ravenna; his daughter Amalasuntha takes power as regent for her 10-year old son Athalaric.