SIGNIFICANT AUGUST:
August Birthstone: Sardonyx, peridot. Meaning: Married Happiness
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This means that each year the Holiday falls on a different date.
- American Family Day (First Sunday in August)
- Forgiveness Day - Observed the first Sunday in August Source: www.forgivenessday.org
- National Kids Day: is the first Sunday every August. It's a day to celebrate and honor children through the gift of meaningful time. Meaningful Time is time spent between adults and children that both consider engaging, important, and enjoyable. Source: www.kidsday.net
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It's National Month Of?
• Family Fun Month
• Foot Health Month
• National Golf Month
• Water Quality Month
• Home Business Month
• National Parks Month
• Pooh Friendship Month
• Family Eye Care Month
• National Literacy Month
• Admit You're Happy Month
• Children's Good Manners Month
• Child Support Enforcement Month
• International Air Travel Month
• Little League Baseball Month
• Almost Too Late to Get a Tan Month
• National Hypnosis Awareness Month
• National Water Quality Month
• Medic- Alert Awareness Month
• American Artist Appreciation Month
• International Breastfeeding Month
• National Napping Month
• National Data Entry Month
• Architecture Month
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It's National Week Of:
• During the first week of August in Wales, the National Eisteddfod of Wales is held, in which many aspects of Welsh art and culture are celebrated.
• During the first week of August in Sweden, the Medieval Week of Wisby in Gotland is held each year.
• The Sturgis Motorcycle Rally is held the first full week in August each year.
• The middle week of August is the peak of the Perseid meteor shower.
• The Pennsic War, a massive gathering of the Society for Creative Anachronism, takes place about the first week of August every year.
• The first week of August is "Indian Week" for the Penobscot Tribe in Old Town, Maine. In this week, members of the Penobscot Tribe from all over Maine venture to the Penobscot Indian Island Reservation in Old Town and take part in games, Native American arts and crafts, pow-wows, cook-outs, etc.
Week One
Video Game Week
Simplify your life week
World Breastfeeding Week
International Clown Week
Mosquito Awareness Weekend
Week Two
Elvis Week
National Apple Week
National Bargain Hunting Week
National Resurrect Romance Week
Knights of Columbus Family Week
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Other August events
The first full weekend in August each year, Twinsburg, Ohio, celebrates Twins Days.
Bon festival – (Obon Festival) is a Japanese traditional buddhist custom, evolved into a family reunion holiday. Many Japanese manufacturers and firms give their employees three to five days off around August 15.
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Food Holidays for August
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ITS NATIONAL DAY OF / Day-Long Observances
Last Sunday - The Philippines celebrates National Heroes Day in commemoration of the First Cry of the Philippine Revolution on August 23, 1896.
August 1
Sports Day
Play Ball Day
Girlfriend's Day
National Sister's Day
Spiderman's Birthday
Woman Astronomers Day
Respect for Parent's Day
MTV's Birthday (Debuted in 1981)
Chopsticks Song Birthday (1877)
San Francisco Cable Car Day (debuted in 1873)
Holiday Inn Birthday (Opened doors in 1952)
August 2
Dinosaurs Day
Income Tax Inacted (Congress inacted in 1861)
August 3
Sisters Day
National Park Day
National Waffle Day
American Family Day
Airplane Crop Duster Day
Air Traffic Controllers Day
American Canoe Association Day
International Forgiveness Day
Sesame Street's Prairie Dawn's Birthday
National Baseball Association (Started in 1949)
August 4st 4
Backgammon Day
Hooray for Kids Day!
Taxpayer Appreciation Day
National Chocolate Chip Day
Coast Guard Day (Started in 1790)
Kentucky Fried Chicken Day (Opened in 1952)
August 5
Green Peppers Day
Work Like a Dog Day
National Failures Day
American Family Day
Pink Floyd's Birthday 1967
Women's Pro Football Day
Major League Radio Day(Debuted in 1921)
Take a Walk on the Moon Day
(Neil Armstrong's Birthday)
Traffic Lights (First Installed in 1914)
Little Orphan Annie's Birthday (1924)
August 6
Sister's Day
Friendship Day
National Gossip Day
National Kid's Day
Canadian Heritage Day
Wiggle Your Toes Day
National Fresh Breath Day
Lucille Ball's Birthday (1911)
Vitaphone Birthday (1926)
Garfiled's dog friend Odie's Birthday
August 7
Sea Serpent Day
Beach Party Day
National Night Out
Professional Speakers Day
National Night Out (from 7-10pm)
Purple Heart Day (Started in 1782)
Particularly Preposterous Packaging Day
August 8
Swim Day
Admit You're Happy Day
$$Dollar$$ Day (US dollar bill debuted)
August 9
Book lovers Day
Dance A Polka Day
Middle Children's Day
Celebrate Your Lakes Day
National Hand holding Day
National Rice Pudding Day
Smokey the Bears Birthday (Debuted in 1944)
International Art Appreciation Day
Filipina-Americn Recognition Day
National Underwear Day
August 10
Gals Night Out
Spoil Your Dog Day
National Ragweed Day
National Duran Duran Appreciation Day
Candid Camera Day (1948)
Aspirin's Birthday (1893)
August 11
Kool-Aid Day
Play in the Sand Day
Presidential Joke Day
National Garage Sale Day
Roller Rink Birthday (1866)
Annual Medical Check-Up Day
Mall of America Birthday (Debuted in 1992)
August 12
Daughter's Day
Truck Driver Day
Vinyl Record Day
Baseball Fans Day
Eleanor Roosevelt Day
Chinese Valentine's Day
International Youth Day
Bambi's Thumper's Birthday
Elvis Presley Commemoration Day
August 13
Herbert Hoover Day
Blame Someone Else Day
Annie Oakley's Birthday (1860)
Eyeglasses Day (Debuted in 1287)
Taxicab Day (First Used in 1907)
Greyhound Bus Birthday (Debuted in 1914)
Wizzard of Oz's Cowardly Lion Day
(Actor Bert Lahr's Birthday)
Roller Derby Day (Debuted in 1935)
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Note: All Food Holidays are not listed on this page-
• Edinburgh Festival is an internationally famous arts festival that takes place during August
• National Immunization Awareness Month
• National Psoriasis Awareness Month
• In many European countries, August is the holiday month for most workers.
• The Philippines celebrates August as the Buwan ng Wika ("Language Month")
• In the United States, August is National Back to School month. Some US School districts and systems return to school in August.
• American Adventures Month
• Audio Appreciation Month
• Black Business Month
• Cataract Awareness Month
• Children's Eye Health and Safety Month
• Children's Vision and Learning Month
• Get Ready for Kindergarten Month
• Happiness Happens Month
• Inventors' Month
• Neurosurgery Outreach Month
• Spinal Muscular Atrophy Awareness Month
• Win with Civility Month
August 14
Victory Day
Color Book Day (1457)
Felix the Cat's Birthday
Alfred Hitchcock's Birthday
Wiffle Ball Day (Debuted in 1953)
Driving License Test Began (1893)
August 15
Best Friends Day
Angle Food Cake Day
National Failures Day
Sesame Street's Bob's Birthday
Wizard of Oz Day (Opened in 1939)
I Love Cowboys and Cowgirls Day
Miami Dolphins Birthday (1965)
"Hello Day" (1877-Thomas Edison wrote a letter stating that Hello should be used to answer the phone instead of Ahoy as suggested by Alexander Graham Bell)
August 16
National Golf Day
No-Hitter Day (1876)
Elvis Presley Commemoration Day
Roller Coaster Day (Patent issued in 1898)
August 17
Airmail Balloon Day (1859)
Davy Crockett's Birthday (1786)
Wrench Birthday (1835)
August 18
Bad Poetry Day
National Homeless Animals Day
Mail Order Catalog Printing Day
August 19
World Youth Day
National Aviation Day
"Black Cow" Root Beer Float
President Bill Clinton's Birthday (1946)
Sesame Street's Snuffleupagus's Birthday
Indianapolis 500 Speedway Day (Debuted in 1909)
Orville Wright's Birthday (Born in 1871)
August 20
Bamboo Day
National Radio Day
Tucson Birthday (1775)
Stay-at-Home with Your Kids Day
Summer CoolOff Day (Lemonade Debuted in Paris in 1630)
August 21
Poets Day
Christopher Robin's Birthday
Oldsmobile Day (Released in 1897)
August 22
National Punctuation Day
National Tooth Fairy Day
Southern Hemisphere Hoodie hoo Day
Peppermint Patty's Birthday
Cadillac Day (Released in 1901)
August 23
Valentino Day
Buttered Corn Day
National Gymnastics Day
Eat a Peach Day (Georgia Day)
'Singing in the Rain Day' (Gene Kelly's Birthday 1912)
August 24
ShootingStar Day
Single Parent Family Day
Strange Music Day
August 25
Kiss and Make-up Day
National Neighborhood Day
August 26
Children's Day
National Dog Day
Woman's Equality Day
National Cherry Popsicle Day
Steamboat Day (Debuted in 1791)
Toilet Paper Day (Invented in 580)
Lucky You Day or Make your own luck day
August 27
Tarzan Day (1912)
Banana Lovers Day
"The Duchess" Who Wasn't Day
Motorist Consideration Day
Mother Teresa's Birthday (1910)
Kiss Me Day (Popeye and Olive Oyl First kissed)
August 28
Dream Day
National Bow Tie Day
Race Your Mouse Around The Icons Day
August 29
More Herbs Less Salt day (Eat Healthy Day!)
Mary Poppin Day (1964)
August 30
National Toasted Marshmallow day or
(Marshmallow on a Campfire Day)
August 31
Eat outside day
Princess Diana's Memorial Day
Sesame Street's Herry Monster's Birthday
