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Week-Long Observances

Clown Week [ Aug 1 - 7 ]
Simplify Your Life Week [ Aug 1 - 7 ]
Psychic Week [ Aug 2 - 6 ]
Smile Week [ Aug 2 - 8 ]
Resurrect Romance Week [ Aug 8 - 14 ]
Thanks For All The Gifts Week [ Aug 8 - 14 ]
Friendship Week [ Aug 15 - 21 ]
Aviation Week [ Aug 16 - 22 ]
Religious Week [ Aug 22 - 28 ]
Be Kind to Humankind Week [Aug 22-28]

Day Long Observances:

• August 1:

  • Colorado became a state 1876
  • Heman Melcille(author of Moby Dick) born in 1819
• August 2
  • Persian Gulf War started 1990
• August 3
  • First ships passed through Panama Canal in 1914
  • National Watermelon Day
• August 4
  • National Friendship Day
  • Chocolate Chip Day
• August 5
  • Blackmail Day
  • Neil Armstrong's Birthday (1930)
    
• August 6
  • Jamaican Independance Day
  • Try Hypnosis Day
  • Hiroshima Day
• August 7
  • Say 'Cheese' Day
  • Mustard Day
  • Lighthouse Day
• August 8
  • Cheesecake Day
  • Refrigerator Day
  • Dollar Day
• August 9
  • Send An Email Greeting Day
  • International Art Appreciation Day
  • Dance A Polka Day
• August 10

  • Lazy Day
  • Equadorian Independace Day
  • St. Lawrence Feast Day
• August 11
  • Alcatraz Day
  • Unity In Diversity Day
  • Son's And Daughter's Day
• August 12
  • Aloha Day
  • Thank You Day
  • International Youth Day
• August 13
• Lefthanders Day
• Alfred Hitchcock's Birthday
• August 14
  • Social-Security Day
  • Romance Day
  • Financial Awareness Day
  • Middle Children's Day
  • Independence Day (Pakistan)
• August 15
  • Sit Back And Relax Day
  • Woodstock Day
  • Assumption Day
  • Independence Day (India)
• August 16
  • Joke Day
  • True Love Forever Day
  • Roller Coaster Day
• August 17
  • Davy Crockett Day
  • No. 2 Pencil Day
• August 19
  • Spicy Food Day
  • Potato Day
  • Soft Ice Cream Day
  • Aviation Day
• August 20
  • Lemonade Day
  • Hawaii Day
  • Daffodil Day
• August 21
  • Scrape The Bugs Day
  • Homeless Animals' Day
• August 22
  • Be An Angel Day
  • Chinese Valentine's Day
  • Eat A Peach Day
  • Tooth Fairy Day
• August 23
  • Hug Your Sweetheart Day
  • Ride The Wind Day
  • Mexico became independant from Spain 1821
• August 24
  
  • Can Opener Day
  • Mt. Vesuvius erupted AD 79
  • Waffle Day
  • Ukrainian independance day
    
• August 25
  
  • Kiss And Make Up Day
  • Amelia Earhart completes non-stop transcontinental flight, 1932
  • Healthy Lifestyle Day
  • National Park Day
  • Banana Split Day
    
• August 26
  
  • Women's Equality Day
  • Cherry Popsicle Day
  • Toilet Paper Day
  • Liberian Independance day
  • Horseshoe Day
    
• August 27
  
  • Compassion Day
  • Just Because Day
  • Krakatoa erupted 1883
  • Banana Lovers Day
    
• August 28
  
  • Commercial Day
  • Martin Luther King Jr.'s, "I have a dream," speech 1963
    
  • Onam (India)
• August 29
  
  • Lemon Juice Day
  • Chop Suey Day
    
• August 30
  
  • Red Telephone Day
  • Full Moon Day
  • Mary Shelley born, 1797
  • Toasted Marshmallow Day
  • Rakshabandhan
    
• August 31
  
  • Eat Outside Day
  • Maria Montessori born, 1870