Day Guide for Wednesday October 20th 2021

This is our day guide for Wednesday October 20th 2021 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 October 20th 2021

World Osteoporosis Day

World Osteoporosis Day

Find out the dates, history and traditions of World Osteoporosis Day.

BRA Day USA

BRA Day USA

Health
USA

Find out the dates, history and traditions of Breast Reconstruction Awareness Day

Hagfish Day

Hagfish Day

Animals
USA

Find out the dates, history and traditions of Hagfish Day

Medical Assistants Recognition Day

Medical Assistants Recognition Day

Find out the dates, history and traditions of Medical Assistants Recognition Day

Support Your Local Chamber of Commerce

Support Your Local Chamber of Commerce

Business
USA

Find out the dates, history and traditions of Support Your Local Chamber of Commerce

National Brandied Fruit Day

National Brandied Fruit Day

Food
USA

Find out the dates, history and traditions of National Brandied Fruit Day

Public Holidays on October 20th 2021

Mawlid

Mawlid

International

Celebrated by Muslims on the twelfth day of the month of Rabiulawal, the third month of the Muslim calendar

Guatemala Revolution Day

Guatemala Revolution Day

Guatemala

In 1944, university students and military leaders aligned to overthrow the dictator Jorge Ubico

Kumar Purnima

Kumar Purnima

India

An important festival in Odisha where young women perform religious rites to seek ideal life partners and a bright future.

Lakshmi Puja

Lakshmi Puja

India

The most important day to worship Goddess Lakshmi falls on the full moon day in lunar month Ashwin

Maharishi Valmiki Birthday

Maharishi Valmiki Birthday

India

Valmiki is celebrated as the harbinger-poet in Sanskrit literature. He lived in the first millennium BCE

Mashujaa Day

Mashujaa Day

Kenya

October 20th honours all those who contributed towards the struggle for independence

Full Moon Day of Thadingyut

Full Moon Day of Thadingyut

Myanmar

The Festival of Lights marks the end of the perod of Buddhist lent

Vap Full Moon Poya

Vap Full Moon Poya

Sri Lanka

Marks Buddha's preaching of Abhidamma to the gods in Tavatimsa and the end of the Buddhist period of fasting

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General Information for October 20th 2021

There are 6 observances on this day.
This was 919 days ago.
Day 293 of 2021
72 days left in 2021
Week 42 of the year

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On this Day in History

1962 – People's Republic of China launches simultaneous offensives in Ladakh and across the McMahon Line, igniting the Sino-Indian War.
1961 – The Soviet Union performs the first armed test of a submarine-launched ballistic missile, launching an R-13 from a Golf-class submarine.
1947 – United States of America and Islamic Republic of Pakistan establish diplomatic relations for the first time.
1947 – The House Un-American Activities Committee begins its investigation into Communist infiltration of Hollywood, resulting in a blacklist that prevents some from working in the industry for years.
1818 - The Convention of 1818 signed between the United States and the United Kingdom which, among other things, settles the Canada - United States border on the 49th parallel for most of its length.