Day Guide for Thursday August 11th 2022

This is our day guide for Thursday August 11th 2022 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 2022

Raksha Bandhan 🛕

Raksha Bandhan is a Hindu festival that celebrates the love and duty between brothers and sisters.

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

Food
USA

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

Hip Hop Celebration Day

Music
USA

Find out the dates, history and traditions of Hip Hop Celebration Day.

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General Information for August 11th 2022

There are 5 observances on this day.
This was 1015 days ago.
Day 223 of 2022
142 days left in 2022
Week 32 of the year

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On this Day in 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.
1952 - Hussein bin Talal is proclaimed King of Jordan.
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.
1920 - The Latvian–Soviet Peace Treaty, which relinquished Russia's authority and pretenses to Latvia, is signed, ending the Latvian War of Independence.