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Bizarre, Crazy, Silly,
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August is pretty dull. It has no official
holiday. Features in the past are now out-dated. History of Ramadan and Cartoon
Fun If you want "On This Day" in History
information, go to The
History Channel! Note: Thanks to Becki for
letting me know about Gymnastics Day. |
August
Monthly Observances
American Adventures Month
American Artists Appreciation Month Link
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
Motor Sports Awareness Month
National Catfish Month Link
National Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders Awareness Month Link
National Goat Cheese 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
*World Breastfeeding Week: 1-7 Link
National Farmers' Market Week: 4-10
Link
Old Fiddler's Week: 4-10
*Rock for Life Week: 4-7 Link
Assistance Dog Week: 4-10 Link
(Second Week That Starts on the First Sunday)
Knights of Columbus Family Week:
4-10
National Resurrect Romance Week: 4-10 (2nd
Full Week)
Exercise With Your Child Week: 4-10
National Fraud Awareness Week: 4-10 Link
(This is sponsored by the
FCC and has to do with phone & mail fraud.)
Single Working Women's Week: 4-10 Link
(Week always has the 4th in it)
Exhibitor Appreciation Week: 5-9
Intimate Apparel Week: 5-9 (Feb.
4-8, May 6-10, Aug. 5-9, Nov. 4-8)
National Bargain Hunting Week:
5-11 (First
Mon.-Sun Week)
Psychic Week: 5-9 Link
(First full week)
Sturgis Rally: 5-11
National Hobo Week: 8-11
Elvis Week: 10-16
Feeding Pets of the Homeless Week:
11-17 Link
(Always 2nd Week)
Weird Contest Week: 11-17 (Second
Week)
*National Aviation Week: 15-21 (Always
week of Orville Wright's Birthday on 19th)
Little League Baseball World Series: 18-24
Minority Enterprise Development Week: 18-24
*Be Kind To Humankind Week: 25-31
National Safe at Home Week: 26-30 (Last
M-F Week)
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
*World Scout Scarf Day: 1
International Beer Day: 2 Link
*India Pale Ale Beer Day: 2 Link
Satchmo Days: 2-4
Braham Pie Day: 3 (First
Friday)
International Tree Climbing Days: 3-7 Link
(First Weekend)
National Mustard Day: 3 (First
Saturday)
* Watermelon Day: 3 Link
*Coast Guard Day: 4
*National
Chocolate Chip Day: 4 Link
*Single Working Women's Day: 4
*Social Security Day: 4
Friendship Day: 4 (First
Sunday) Link
National Doll Day: 4 (First
Sunday) Link
National Kids' Day: 4 (First
Sunday) Link
Sister's Day: 4 (First
Sunday)
Assistance Dog Day: 5 Link
(Monday of Assistance Dog Week)
*International Beer Day: 5 Link
*National Oyster Day: 5 Link
*National Underwear Day: 5 Link
*Hiroshima Day: 6
*National Fresh Breath
(Halitosis) Day: 6
National Night Out: 6 (First
Tuesday)
*Lighthouse Day: 7 Link
*Particularly Preposterous Packaging Day: 7
*Professional Speakers Day: 7
*Purple Heart Day: 7
Eid-Al Fitr: 8
*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
Kool-Aid Day: 9-11 Link
(Always 2nd weekend)
*International Day of The World's
Indigenous People: 9
*Veep Day: 9
Worldwide Art Day: 9
Link
*National Duran Duran Appreciation Day: 10
National Garage Sale Day: 10 (2nd
Saturday)
*Smithsonian Day: 10
*S'mores Day: 10 Link
*Ingersoll Day: 11
*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 Relaxation Day: 15
Hug Your Boss Day: 16 Link
(3rd Friday)
*Joe Miller's Joke Day: 16
Men's Grooming Day: 16 Link
(3rd Friday)
*National Airborne Day: 16 Link
International Geocaching Day: 17 (3rd
Saturday)
International Homeless Animals Day: 17 (Third
Saturday)
*Meaning of "Is" Day: 17
*National Thrift Shop Day: 17 Link
*Bad Poetry Day: 18
*Birth Control Pills Day: 18
God's Preeminence Day: 18 Link
(Third Sunday)
*Mail Order Catalog Day: 18
*Serendipity Day: 18
(World) Daffodil Day: 18 Link
*Aviation Day: 19
*"Black Cow" Root Beer Float Day: 19
*World Humanitarian Day: 19 Link
(Different than Humanitarian Day on 1/15)
Cupcake Day: 19 Link
(Third
Monday)
Earth Over Shoot Day or Ecological
Debt Day: 21 Link
National Medical Dosimetrist Day:
21 Link
(Third Wednesday)
*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
William Wilberforce Day: 24
*National
Waffle Day: 24 Link
International Bat Night:
24-25 (Last Full
Weekend)
*Founders Day: 25 (National
Park Service)
Go Topless Day: 25 Link
(Last Sunday)
*Kiss
and Make Up Day: 25
*National
Second-hand Wardrobe Day: 25
*National Whiskey Sour Day: 25
Link (Also observed
on 29th)
*National
Dog Day: 26 Link
*Women's
Equality Day: 26
*Slow Art Day: 27 Link
*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
*National Whiskey Sour Day: 29
Link (Also observed
on 25th)
XIV Paralympics Games: 29-9/9
*National
Holistic Pet Day: 30
*National
Toasted Marshmallow Day: 30 Link
Franchise Appreciation Day: 31
(Saturday of Labor Day weekend) Link
*Love
Litigating Lawyers Day: 31
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Full Moon on the 20th 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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