August

Here we are with August almost over and I haven't posted anything to date. I thought I'd search the net for some interesting facts for the month of August. We don't have any official holidays. Although we've had Elvis week it has been rather a slow & boring month for entertainment purposes. Let's take a look at some facts about August.

Bizarre, Crazy, Silly, Unknown Holidays & Observances

Stone= Peridot Flower= Gladiolus

August Monthly Observances

American Adventures Month
American Indian Heritage Month
American History Essay Contest
Black Business Month
Cataract Awareness Month
Children's Eye Health & Safety Month
Children's Vision & Learning Month
Get Ready for Kindergarten Month
Golf Month
Happiness Happens Month
Motorsports Awareness Month
National Immunization Awareness Month
National Inventor's Month
National Panini Month
National Water Quality Month
National Win With Civility Month
Neurosurgery Outreach Month
Psoriasis Awareness Month
Spinal Muscular Atrophy Awareness Month
What Will Be Your Legacy Month

August Weekly Observances

World Breastfeeding Week: 1-7
Simplify Your Life Week: 1-7
National Clown Week: 2-8
National Fraud Awareness Week: 2-8
Single Working Women's Week: 2-8
Exhibitor Appreciation Week: 3-7
Psychic Week: 3-7
Sturgis Bike Rally: 3-9
Intimate Apparel Market Week: 5-7
Hobo Week: 6-9
Elvis Week: 8-16
Assistance Dog Week: 9-15
National Resurrect Romance Week: 9-15
Mae West Week: 14-17
National Aviation Week: 16-22
Weird Contest Week: 17-21
National Safe at Home Week: 24-28
Be Kind To Humankind Week: 25-31
Minority Enterprise Development Week: 30-9/5
Waffle Week: 31-9/6

August Daily Observance

*Girlfriend's Day: 1
*Lughnasa - 1
*Respect For Parents: 1
Rounds Resounding Day: 1
Sweet Corn Day: 1
*US Air Force Day: 1
*World Wide Web Day: 1
National Mustard Day: 1
Sister's Day: 2
Friendship Day: 2
* Watermelon Day: 3
*Coast Guard Day: 4
*National Chocolate Chip Day: 4
National Night Out: 4
*International Beer Day: 5
National Underwear Day: 5
*Hiroshima Day: 6
*National Fresh Breath (Halitosis) Day: 6
Braham Pie Day: 7
*Lighthouse Day: 7
*Particularly Preposterous Packaging Day: 7
*Professional Speakers Day: 7
Purple Heart Day: 7
Twins Day: 7-9
Garage Sale Day: 8
*The Date to Create: 8
Eleanor Roosevelt Day: 8-10
*Happiness Happens Day: 8
Odie Day: 8 (Garfield's pal)
*Sneak Some Zucchini Onto Your Neighbor's Porch Night: 8
National Garage Sale Day: 8
Assistance Dog Day: 9
*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
Ingersoll Day: 11
President's Joke Day: 11
*IBM PC Day: 12
*International Youth Day: 12
*Sewing Machine Day: 12
*Vinyl Record Day: 12
*International Left Hander's Day: 13
Kool-Aid Day: 14-16
*National Navajo Code Talkers Day: 14
*V-J Day: 14
Assumption of the Virgin Mary: 15
*Best Friends Day: 15
*Chauvin Day: 15
*National Relaxation Day: 15
National Homeless Animals Day: 15
Sandcastle & Sculpture Day: 15
*Joe Miller's Joke Day: 16
*Meaning of "Is" Day: 17
*National Thrift Shop Day: 17
*Bad Poetry Day: 18
Cupcake Day: 18
Mail Order Catalog Day: 18
*Aviation Day: 19
*"Black Cow" Root Beer Float Day: 19
National Medical Dosimetrist Day: 19
Pony Express Day: 20
Virtual World's Day: 20
Men's Grooming Day: 21
*Poet's Day: 21
*Senior Citizen's Day: 21
(World) Daffodil Day: 21
*Hug Your Boss Day: 22
Ramadan: 22
*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
*Vesuvius Day: 24
*National Waffle Day: 24
*Kiss and Make Up Day: 25
*National Second-hand Wardrobe Day: 25
*National Dog Day: 26
*Women's Equality Day: 26
*Global Forgiveness Day: 27
*Race Your Mouse Around the Icons Day: 28
*Crackers Over The Keyboard Day: 28
According to Hoyle Day: 29
*More Herbs, Less Salt Day: 29
National Sarcoidosis Awareness Day: 29
*National Holistic Pet Day: 30
*National Toasted Marshmallow Day: 30
*Love Litigating Lawyers Day: 31