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Julius Caesar added two days when he created the Julian calendar in 46 BC (AUC 708), giving it its modern length of 31 days. In 8 BC, the month was renamed in honor of Emperor Augustus . [ 5 ] According to a Senatus consultum quoted by Macrobius , he chose this month because it was the time of several of his great triumphs, including the ...
1 January – New Year's Day; 10 February – Chinese New Year; 25 March – Phagwah; 29 March – Good Friday; 31 March - Easter Sunday; 1 April - Easter Monday; 10 April – Eid al-Fitr; 1 May – Labour Day; 16 June – Eid al-Adha; 1 July – Ketikoti (Emancipation Day – end of slavery) 9 August – Indigenous People's Day; 10 October ...
79 – Mount Vesuvius begins stirring, on the feast day of Vulcan, the Roman god of fire. [1] 476 – Odoacer, chieftain of the Germanic tribes (Herulic – Scirian foederati), is proclaimed rex Italiae ("King of Italy") by his troops. 1244 – Siege of Jerusalem: The city's citadel, the Tower of David, surrenders to the Khwarazmiyya.
Note: Observed next day in years in which Muharram has only 29 days 1-30 Safar: September 30 - October 28, 2019 2nd Month of the Islamic Calendar 1 Safar September 30, 2019 Two Shia Days of Remembrance: 7 Safar October 6, 2019 Birth of Imam Musa-e-Kazim, 128 A.H. 10 Safar October 9, 2019 Multiple Shia days of remembrance: 12 Safar October 11, 2019
2021–2023 global energy crisis. The International Energy Agency increases its 2023 forecast for global oil demand to a potential all-time annual high of 102.2 million barrels per day. (AFP via TRT World) Disasters and accidents. 2023 heat waves. 2023 European heat waves
August 16 is the 228th day of the ... setting three records that held until 2012: High-altitude jump, free ... (d. 2021) 1948 – Joey Spampinato, American singer ...
August 1 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) Minden Day (United Kingdom) National Day, celebrates the independence of Benin from France in 1960. Official Birthday and Coronation Day of the King of Tonga ; Parents' Day (Democratic Republic of the Congo) Statehood Day (Colorado) Swiss National Day, commemorates Switzerland becoming a single unit in 1291.