August Holidays (Official) 2012 Monthly, Weekly, Daily, Unknown, Bizarre, Silly, Holidays Observances




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2012
Bizarre, Crazy, Silly, Unknown Holidays & Observances

Stone= Peridot Flower= Gladiolus

Visit the Pages We did Specials for this Month on:

August is pretty dull. It has no official holiday. Features in the past are now out-dated.

History of the World Eskimo Olympics and Cartoon
(Sometimes this is in August. Or it starts in July and goes into August. We put it in both months..)

History of Ramadan and Cartoon Fun
(August 1 to August 30, 2011)

History of the Crow Fair (Powwow) + Cartoon Fun!
History of the Eagle Dance + Cartoon Fun!
History of the Hopi Flute Ceremony
History of the Hopi Snake Dance
History of the Navajo Code Talkers
(Part of our Patriotic pages. But we put it here also due to August 14th)

If you want "On This Day" in History information, go to The History Channel!
They've got the best resource on the net.
Want to know if anyone famous was born today? Visit Famous Birthdays!
A great source of past Song Hit of The Day is Bob Dearborn's Disc Jockey site.
Just log in any day on a search engine, and Wikipedia tells you both birthdays, events, etc. for it.

Because dates are tentative and also change a lot, I'm not going to list the Indian Tribal Gatherings per month.
But, here's a link to all the Indian PowWows for the entire year!

Note: Thanks to Becki for letting me know about Gymnastics Day.
Thanks to Kathy Rivers for informing me about Lughnasa.
Thanks to Tiffany Hider for letting me know about the other "Waffle Day".
Thanks to Pat Bohn for letting me know about Clown Week.
Thanks to Andrew Dryer for letting me know about National Truck Driver Week
Special thanks to Sonjia Bradshaw for letting me know about A LOT of observances!
Special thanks to Elaine Carter for letting me know about Simplify Your Life Week.
Special thanks to Carolyn Atkins for letting me know about International Left-Hander's Day
Special thanks to Tanya Webb for letting me know about US Air Force Day
Thanks to Sheila Wommack for letting me know about Lighthouse Day, Senior Citizen's Day.
Thanks to Jeff Wieland for letting me know about Psoriasis Awareness Month.
Thanks to Genevieve Frederick for letting me know about Feeding Pets of the Homeless Week.
Thanks to Mark Benz for letting me know about National Farmers' Market Week.
Thanks to Robert Smith for letting me know about Daffodil Day.
Thanks to Laura Arrick for letting me know that National Inventors Month moved to May.

August Monthly Observances

American Adventures Month
American Indian Heritage Month Link (See also November)
American History Essay Contest (8/1 - 12/15)
Black Business Month
Cataract Awareness Month Link
Celery, Fennel and Cactus Month Link
Children's Eye Health & Safety Month
Children's Vision & Learning Month
Get Ready for Kindergarten Month
Golf Month Link
Happiness Happens Month Link
Motorsports Awareness Month
National Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders Awareness Month Link
National Immunization Awareness Month
National Panini Month Link
National Minority Donor Awareness Month
National Spinal Muscular Atrophy Awareness Month
National Runaway Prevention Month Link
National Truancy Prevention Month Link
National Water Quality Month Link
National Win With Civility Month
Neurosurgery Outreach Month
Orange and Papaya Month Link
Psoriasis Awareness Month Link
What Will Be Your Legacy Month

August Weekly Observances

*International Clown Week: 1-7 Link
*Simplify Your Life Week: 1-7 Link
*Rock for Life Week: 4-7 Link
National Farmers' Market Week: 5-11 Link
Assistance Dog Week: 5-11 Link (Second Week)
Knights of Columbus Family Week: 5-11
National Resurrect Romance Week: 5-11 (2nd Full Week)
Exercise With Your Child Week: 6-12
National Fraud Awareness Week: 6-10 Link
(This is sponsored by the FCC and has to do with phone & mail fraud.)
Exhibitor Appreciation Week: 6-10
Psychic Week: 6-10 Link (First full week)
Single Working Women's Week: 6-10 Link
World Breastfeeding Week: 6-10 Link
Sturgis Rally: 6-12
National Hobo Week: 9-12
Elvis Week: 10-18
National Scrabble Week: 11-15
Feeding Pets of the Homeless Week: 12-18 Link (Always 2nd Week)
Weird Contest Week: 13-17 (Third Week)
*National Aviation Week: 15-21 (Always week of Orville Wright's Birthday)
Little League Baseball World Series: 17-26
Minority Enterprise Development Week: 19-25
*Be Kind To Humankind Week: 25-31
National Safe at Home Week: 27-31 (Last M-F Week)

August Daily Observance

NOTE: An * in front of the day means that the observance is on the same date every year regardless of the day it falls on.

*Girlfriend's Day: 1
*Lughnasa - 1 Link
National Minority Donor Awareness Day: 1
*Respect For Parents: 1
*Rounds Resounding Day: 1
*Spiderman Day: 1
*US Air Force Day: 1 Link
*World Wide Web Day: 1
Braham Pie Day: 3
* Watermelon Day: 3 Link
*Coast Guard Day: 4
*National Chocolate Chip Day: 4 Link
National Mustard Day: 4 (First Saturday)
*Single Working Women's Day: 4
*Social Security Day: 4
Assistance Dog Day: 5 Link
Friendship Day: 5 (First Sunday) Link
*International Beer Day: 5 Link
National Kids' Day: 5 Link (First Sunday)
National Underwear Day: 5 Link
Sister's Day: 5 (First Sunday)
*Hiroshima Day: 6
*National Fresh Breath (Halitosis) Day: 6
*Lighthouse Day: 7 Link
National Night Out: 7 (First Tuesday)
*Particularly Preposterous Packaging Day: 7
*Professional Speakers Day: 7
*Purple Heart Day: 7
*The Date to Create: 8
*Happiness Happens Day: 8
*Odie Day: 8 (Garfield's pal)
*Sneak Some Zucchini Onto Your Neighbor's Porch Night: 8
*International Day of The World's Indigenous People: 9
*Veep Day: 9
*National Duran Duran Appreciation Day: 10
*Smithsonian Day: 10
*S'mores Day: 10 Link
Kool-Aid Day: 11-12 Link (Always 2nd weekend)
*Ingersoll Day: 11
National Garage Sale Day: 11 (2nd Saturday)
*IBM PC Day: 12
*International Youth Day: 12
*Sewing Machine Day: 12
*Vinyl Record Day: 12
*International Lefthander's Day: 13 Link
*National Navajo Code Talkers Day: 14
*V-J Day: 14
*Best Friends Day: 15
*Chauvin Day: 15
National Medical Dosimetrist Day: 15 Link (Third Wednesday)
*National Relaxation Day: 15
*Joe Miller's Joke Day: 16
*National Airborne Day: 16 Link
*Meaning of "Is" Day: 17
*National Thrift Shop Day: 17 Link
Men's Grooming Day: 17 Link (3rd Friday)
Hug Your Boss Day: 17 Link (3rd Friday)
*Bad Poetry Day: 18
*Birth Control Pills Day: 18
International Geocaching Day: 18 (3rd Saturday)
*Mail Order Catalog Day: 18
*Serendipity Day: 18
(World) Daffodil Day: 18 Link
*Aviation Day: 19
*"Black Cow" Root Beer Float Day: 19
Eid-Al Fitr: 19
*World Humanitarian Day: 19
Cupcake Day: 20 Link (Third Monday)
International Homeless Animals Day: 20
Earth Over Shoot Day or Ecological Debt Day: 21 Link
*Poet's Day: 21
*Senior Citizen's Day: 21 Link
*Southern Hemisphere Hoodie Hoo Day: 22
*Be An Angel Day: 22
*Day For The Remembrance of The Slave Trade & Its Abolition: 23
*Valentino Day: 23
*Pluto Demoted Day: 24
*Vesuvius Day: 24
*National Waffle Day: 24 Link
International Bat Night: 25-26
*Kiss and Make Up Day: 25
*National Second-hand Wardrobe Day: 25
*National Dog Day: 26
*Women's Equality Day: 26
*The Duchess Who Wasn't Day: 27
*Race Your Mouse Around the Icons Day: 28
*Radio Commercials Day: 28
*Crackers Over The Keyboard Day: 28
*According to Hoyle Day: 29
*International Day Against Nuclear Tests: 29
*More Herbs, Less Salt Day: 29
*National Sarcoidosis Awareness Day: 29
XIV Paralympics Games: 29-9/9
*National Holistic Pet Day: 30
*National Toasted Marshmallow Day: 30 Link
*Love Litigating Lawyers Day: 31

August 2012 Moon Phases	1 Full Moon 11:27 pm EDT	9 Last Qtr. 2:55 pm EDT
17 New Moon 11:54 am EDT	24 First Qtr. 9:54 am EDT	28 Full Moon (Blue Moon) 9:58 am EDT

Full Moon on the 1st is called "Sturgeon Moon" by Native Americans of New England and the Great Lakes because at this time of the year, this important food was plentiful.

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