Bizarre, Crazy, Silly, Unknown Holidays & Observances
August is named after the very
first Roman emperor (and grandnephew of Julius Caesar) Augustus Caesar (63BC
- AD14).
Stone = Peridot
Flower = Gladiolus
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August 2024 Monthly Holidays
American Adventures Month
American Artists Appreciation Month
LinkAmerican
History Essay Contest (8/1 - 12/15)
Arrr-gust: International Pirate
Month
Link
Back to School Month
Link
Black Business Month
Boomers Making A Difference Month
Bystander Awareness
Month
Children's Eye Health & Safety Month
Child Support Awareness
Month
Link
Children's Vision & Learning Month
Clear The Shelters Month
LinkGet Ready for
Kindergarten Month
Golf Month
Happiness Happens Month
LinkInternational EFT Tapping Month
Motor Sports Awareness Month
National Breastfeeding Month
LinkNational Catfish Month
LinkNational Cowgirl Month
LinkNational Crayon Collection
Month
LinkNational
Dog Month
Link
National Goat Cheese Month
LinkNational Immunization
Awareness Month
Link
National Panini Month
Link National Political Affiliation Discrimination Awareness Month
Link
National
Minority Donor Awareness Month
National Read A Romance Novel Month
National Spinal Muscular Atrophy Awareness Month
National Traffic Awareness Month
National Truancy Prevention Month
LinkNational Water Quality Month
Link
(Also in May)National Wellness Month
National Win With Civility Month
Neurosurgery Outreach Month
Psoriasis
Action Month
Link
Read-A-Romance Month
Romance Awareness Month
LinkRye Month
LinkTomboy Tools Month
LinkWhat Will Be Your Legacy Month
World Mutt-i-grees Rescue Month
Link
August 2024 Weekly Holidays
*Happiness Happens Week: 1-7
Link
*International Clown Week: 1-7
Link
Lollapalooza: 1-4
*National Cleanse Your Skin Week: 1-7
Link
*National Minority Donor Awareness Week: 1-7
*Simplify Your Life Week: 1-7
*World Breastfeeding
Week: 1-7
LinkSturgis
Rally: 2-11
Link (Begins
1st Friday in August for 10 days)
Tall Timber Days: 2-4 (First Weekend)
National Exercise With Your Child Week: 4-10 (First Week Sun-Sat)
*Rock for
Life Week: 4-7
Link
Single Working Women's Week: 4-10
Link (Always
has 8/4 in it which is Single Working Women's Day.)
Knights of Columbus Family Week: 4-10 (First Full Week)
National
Button Week: 4-10
Link
National
Farmers' Market Week: 4-10
Link
Link
(First Full Week)
National Health Center Week:4-10
Link (First Full Week)
International Psychic Week: 4-10
Link (First Full Week)
Stop on Red Week: 4-10
LinkNational Bargain Hunting
Week: 5-11 (First Mon.-Sun Week)
Old Fiddler Days: 5-10
Psychic Week: 5-9 (First Week)
Safe + Sound Week: 5-9
LinkWorld Karaoke Championships: 5-11
Link
Numismatic Week (World's Fair of Money): 6-10
National Hobo Week: 8-10
Link
Elvis Week: 9-17
Link
Assistance Dog Week: 11-17
Link
Link
Feeding Pets of the Homeless Week: 11-17
Link
Link
(Always 2nd Week)
National Resurrect Romance Week: 11-17 (2nd Full Week)
Weird Contest Week: 11-17 (Second Week)
Drive Sober or Get
Pulled Over: 14-9/2
Link
*Minority Enterprise Development Week: 18-24
Brake Safety Week: 18-24
LinkNational Aviation Week: 18-24 (Always
week of Orville Wright's Birthday on 19th)
World Water Week: 18-24
LinkDemocratic Convention:
19-22
National Composites
Week: 19-25
Link*Be Kind To Humankind Week:
25-31
World Princess Week: 25-31 (Last Week)
Link (National Princess Week is in April.)
National Safe at Home Week: 26-30 (Last M-F Week)
Chuckwagon Races:29-9/1
(Thursday - Sunday of Labor Day Wkd.)
Cow Chip Throwing Days: 30-31 (Friday/Saturday of Labor Day Weekend)
Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over: 30-9/2
Link (Labor Day Weekend + December
15-Jan 1)
Golden Onion Week: 30-9/2 (Labor Day Weekend)
Hog Days:
30-9/2 (Labor
Day Weekend)
International Bat Night: 24-25 (Last Sat-Sun)
Sweetcorn
Days: 29-9/2
Hog Days: 8/30-9/2 (Labor Day Weekend)
August 2024 Daily Holidays
*Girlfriend's Day: 1
India Pale Ale Beer Day: 1
Link (First Thursday)
*International Alberino Day: 1
Link
*International Can-It-Forward Day: 1
Link
(Mason Jars)
*Lammas Day (Merry Loafmas): 1
Link
*Lughnasa or Lughnasadh - 1
Link
Link
*National Mahjong Day: 1
Link
*National Minority
Donor Awareness Day: 1
*Respect For Parents: 1
*Rounds
Resounding Day: 1
*Spider-Man Day: 1 (See also Oct. 14)
*US Air Force
Day: 1
Link
*World Lung Cancer Day: 1
*World Wide Web Day: 1
*World Scout
Scarf Day: 1
Braham Pie Day or Homemade Pie Day: 2 (First Friday)
International Beer Day: 2
Link (First
Friday)
*National Coloring Book Day: 2 Link
National
Water Balloon Day: 2 (First Friday)
*Take A Penny/Leave
A Penny Day: 2 Link
Tomboy Tools Day: 2 Link (First
Friday)
Twins Day: 2-4 Link
(First Full Weekend)
*Friendship Day: 3
Link (Also July 30)
Mead Day: 3
Link
(First Saturday)
National Clown Day: 3 (Saturday that falls on Clown Week
1-7)
National Disc Golf Day: 3 (First Saturday) Link
*National Hair Gloss Day: 3
Link
National Jamacian Patty Day: 3 Link
(First Saturday)
National Mustard Day: 3 (First Saturday)
Link
National Play Outside Day: 3 Link (First
Saturday)
National Summit Day: 3
Link (First Saturday)
Satchmo Days: 3-4
Sandcastle Day: 3 (First Saturday)
Sleep Under The Stars Night: 3
Link (First Saturday)
*Watermelon Day: 3
Link
American Family Day: 4 Link (First
Sunday)
Friendship Day: 4
Link
(First Sunday) (Different than "International Friendship Day"
in July. )
*Coast Guard Day: 4
*International Clouded Leopard Day: 4
Link
*National Chocolate Chip Day: 4
Link
National Doll Day:
4 Link
(First Sunday)
National
Kids' Day: 4 (First Sunday) Link
National Psychic Day: 4
Link Link
(First Sunday)
*National White Wine Day: 4
Link
*Single Working Women's Day: 4
*Raisin Bran Day: 4
Link
Sister's Day:
4 (First Sunday)
International Hangover Day: 5
Link (Always the day
after International Beer Day)
*National Oyster Day: 5
Link
*National Electric Traffic Light Day: 5
Link
Note: International Traffic
Light Day is December 10. (Non-electric.)
*National
Underwear Day: 5 Link
Picnic Day: 5
Link
(First Monday)
*Hiroshima Day:
6
*National Fresh Breath (Halitosis) Day: 6
National Night Out:
6 Link (First Tuesday)
*National Root Beer Float Day: 6 Link
(See also August 19.)
Assistance Dog Day: 7
Link
Link (Monday
of Assistance Dog Week)
*Lighthouse Day: 7
Link
*Particularly Preposterous Packaging Day: 7
Link
*Professional Speakers
Day: 7
*Purple Heart Day: 7
*U.S. Postal Inspection Service Day: 7
*Dalek Day: 8
Link (See
also Dec. 21)
*Digital Nomad Day: 8
*International Cat Day: 8
Link
Link
*The Date to Create: 8
*Happiness Happens Day: 8
Link
*International Female Orgasm Day: 8
Link (Also July
31)
*International Infinity Day: 8
Link
*National CBD Day: 8
Link
*National Fried Chicken & Waffles Day: 8
Link
(Note: Chicken & Waffles Day is October 20)
*National Pickleball Day:
8 Link
*National Spam Musubi
Day: 8 Link
Link
*Odie Day: 8 (Garfield's
pal)
*Sneak Some Zucchini Onto Your Neighbor's Porch Night: 8
Link
*Wear Your
Mother's Jewelry Day: 8
*Book Lovers Day: 9
Link
*International Coworking Day: 9
Link
*International
Day of The World's Indigenous People: 9
Shop Online For Groceries Day: 9 (2nd Friday)
*Veep Day: 9
*Agent Orange Awareness Day: 10
Link
Middle Child Day: 10 (Second Saturday)
*National Duran Duran Appreciation Day: 10
National Bowling Day: 10
Link (Second Saturday)
National Garage Sale Day: 10 (Second Saturday)
*National
Shapewear Day: 10 Link
*Paul Bunyan Day: 10
Link
Link (Also Feb.
12)
*Skyscraper Appreciation Day: 10
Link
*Smithsonian Day: 10
*S'mores Day: 10
Link
The
Wicket World of Croquet Day: 10
Link
*World
Lion Day: 10
Bagel Day:11
Link (Second Sunday)
*Global Kinetic Sand Day: 11
Link
Global
Sleep Under The Stars Night: 11 (2nd Sunday)
*Ingersoll Day: 11
*National
Align Your Teeth Day: 11 Link
*National Hip Hop Day: 11 Link
*National Sons and Daughters Day: 11
*Popsicle Day: 11
Link
*Presidential Joke Day: 11
The Spirit of '45 Day: 11
Link
Link (2nd Sunday)
*IBM PC Day: 12
*International Youth Day: 12
*Middle Child Day: 12
*Milkman Day: 12
Link
(This is for Murray. former mascot for Milkman Day to help
bring back his holiday as mentioned in the animation. There is another one also
on June 26 with a dairy company as sponsor.)
*Home Sewing Machine Day: 12
*Vinyl Record Day: 12
Tisha B'Av: 12-13
*World
Elephant Day: 12 Link
*International
Lefthander's Day: 13
Link
*National Prosecco Day: 13
Link
*Military Marriage Day: 14
*National Lizard
Day: 14
Link
*National Navajo Code Talkers Day: 14
*Romance Awareness Day: 14
Link
*Social Security Day: 14
*V-J Day: 14
*World Calligraphy Day:
14 Link
*Best Friends Day: 15
*Chauvin Day: 15
*Check
The Chip Day: 15 (Those Implanted in Pets)
Link
*Green Data Day: 15
*Moms' Equal Pay Day: 15
Link
*National Leathercraft Day: 15
Link
*National Relaxation
Day: 15
*National
No SpongeBob Day: 15 Link (SpongeBob
Squarepants)
*Joe Miller's Joke Day: 16
Kool-Aid Day: 16-17
Link (3rd
Weekend)
Men's Grooming Day: 16 (3rd Friday)
*National Airborne Day:
16
National Day of Action Against Bullying
and Violence: 16
Link
(Third Friday)
*National Rollercoaster
Day: 16
*National Rum Day: 16 Link
*Surveilance Day: 16
Link
Link
*Baby Boomer's Recognition Day: 17
Link
(Used to be 6/22. Moved to August due to Woodstock.)
*Black Cat Appreciation
Day: 17
Link
Link
Chef Appreciation Day: 17 (3rd Saturday) (International Chefs Day is annually October
20)
Clear The Shelters Day: 17 Link (3rd Saturday)
*I Love My Feet Day: 17 Link
International Geocaching
Day: 17 (3rd Saturday)
International Homeless Animals Day: 17 (3rd Saturday)
*Meaning of "Is" Day: 17
National Honey Bee Day: 17 Link
(3rd Saturday)
*National Nonprofit Day: 17
Link
*National Thrift
Shop Day: 17 Link
*Bad Poetry Day: 18
Link
*Birth Control Pills Day:
18
*International Delivery Rider Appreciation Day: 18 (Food)
*International Pinot Noir Day: 18
Link
*Mail Order Catalog
Day: 18
*National Badge Ribbon Day: 18
*National Fajita Day: 18
*Serendipity
Day: 18
World Helicopter Day: 18 Link (3rd Sunday)
*Aviation Day: 19
*"Black Cow" Root
Beer Float Day: 19
(8/19/1893 by Frank J. Wisner, Cripple Creek Brewing
Co., CO.
Link
Also
Aug. 6 by A&W Root Beer).
*Coco Chanel Day: 19
*Great Bird of The
Galaxy Day: 19
Link
(Star Trek Day is 9/8)
*International Bow (Hair) Day: 19
Link
*International
Orangutan Day: 19
Link
*Popsicle Day: 19
Link
*Talk Like Jar Jar Binks Day: 19
Link
*World Humanitarian Day: 19
Link (Different
than Humanitarian Day on 1/15)
*World Photo Day: 19
Link
*International Day of Medical Transporters: 20
Link
*National
Accessible Air Travel Day: 20 Link
*National Radio Day: 20
Link
*World Mosquito
Day: 20 Link
*Brazilian Blow-out Day: 21
Link
*International
Day of Remembrance and Tribute To The Victims of Terrorism: 21
*Internet
Self-care Day: 21
National Medical Dosimetrist Day: 21 (Third Wednesday)
*National Spumoni Day: 21 Link
*Poet's Day: 21
*Senior Citizen's Day: 21
*Be An Angel Day: 22
*International Day
Commemorating The Victims of Acts of Violence Based on Religion or Belief:
22
*National Bao Day: 22
Link
*National Surgical Oncologist Day:
22 Link
*National Tooth Fairy Day:
22 Link
Link
( Also February 28)
*Never Bean Better Day: 22
Link
*Southern Hemisphere
Hoodie Hoo Day: 22 Link
*National Bring Your Cat To The Vet Day: 22
*World Plant Milk Day: 22
Link
*Black Ribbon Day: 23
Link
*Cuban
Sandwich Day: 23 Link
*International Day For The Remembrance of The Slave Trade &
Its Abolition: 23
*Find Your Inner Nerd Day: 23
Link
*Ride The Wind Day: 23
Link (Hang
Gliding)
*Valentino Day: 23
*International Strange Music Day:
24 Link
*Knife Day: 24
Link
*National
Waffle Iron Day: 24
Link
(Note:
Some say this is Waffle Day for the US and not to be confused with Vaffeldagen
which is always March 25 in Sweden and Denmark.)
*Pluto Demoted Day: 24
*Vesuvius Day: 24
*Wayzgoose Day: 24
Link
*William Wilberforce
Day: 24
Go Topless Day: 25
Link (The Sunday closest
to August 26 - Women's Equality Day)
*Kiss
and Make Up Day: 25
*National Park Service Day: 25
*National Second-hand
Wardrobe Day: 25
*National Whiskey Sour Day: 25 (Also observed on 29th)
Pony Express Day: 25 (Last Sunday)
*Got Checked Day: 26
Link
*National Dog Day: 26
Link
Link
*National Toilet Paper Day: 26
Link
(Note: This is when it was first sold on a roll by Scott in 1871.
December 8, 1857 was when it was first sold 14 years earlier in the US by Joseph
C. Gayetty and is Toilet Paper Appreciation Day.)
*National WebMistress Day:
26 Link
*Women's
Equality Day: 26
*Just Because Day: 27
*National
Cinema Day: 27 Link
Link
*Petroleum
Day: 27
Link
*The Duchess Who Wasn't Day:
27
*World Rock Scissors Paper Day: 27
Link
*Crackers Over The Keyboard Day: 28
Link
*National
Power Rangers Day: 28
Link
*National Thoughtful Day: 28
Link
*National Weed Out Hate Day:
28
*Race Your Mouse Around the Icons Day: 28
Link
*Radio Commercials Day: 28
*Rainbow Bridge Remembrance Day: 28 (lost pets)
Link
*Read Comics in Public Day:
28
Link
*According to Hoyle Day: 29
*Individual Rights
Day: 29 Link
*International Day Against Nuclear Tests: 29
*More Herbs, Less Salt Day:
29 Link
*National Sarcoidosis Day:
Link 29 (Presidental Declaration-Bush)
*National Sport Sampling Day:
29 Link
*National Whiskey Sour Day: 29
(Also observed on 25th)
*International Cabernet Sauvignon Day: 30
Link
*International Day of The Victims of Enforced Disappearances: 30
Link
*International
Whale Shark Day: 30
*National Beach Day: 30
Link
National
College Colors Day: 30 (Friday before Labor Day)
Link
*National Grief Awareness Day: 30
Link
*National Holistic Pet Day: 30
*National Toasted Marshmallow
Day: 30 Link
(Slinky Day: IS NOT TODAY! It's November 27. Don't write and tell me I'm
missing it. I don't care what other sites say. See my November listings.)
Burnt Ends Day: 31
Link (Last Saturday) (Note: Another one is Sept. 1)
Franchise Appreciation Day:
31 (Saturday of Labor Day weekend)
International Bacon Day: 31
Link (Always
the Saturday before Labor Day)
International Bat Night: 31-9/1 (Last Full Weekend)
World Daffodil Day: 31
Link
*International Day for The People of African Decent:
31
*International Overdose Awareness Day: 31
Link
*Love Litigating Lawyers Day: 31
Link
*National Diatomaceous Earth
Day: 31
Link
*National Matchmaker Day: 31
Link
August 2024
Moon Phases
Current Moon View
as of today
|
4
New Moon
07:14 am EDT
|
12 FFirst Qtr.
11:19 am EDT
|
|
19 Full Moon
2:28 pm EDT
|
26 Last
Qtr.
05:28 am EDT
|
Full Moon on the 19th 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.
August 11-12 - Perseids Meteor Shower,
which is famous for producing one of the biggest showers to view. It's
suppose to have up to 60 meteors per hour when peaking. It runs from July 17
to August 24, but it's peak is August 11 (night) to August 12 (morning.)
The moon should set right after mighnight leaving a nice dark sky to watch
the show.
August 19 is also known as a Blue Moon.
Blue Moons happen on average once every 2.7 years.
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