AUGUST
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1st |
Angola - Armed Forces Day.
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Barbados, Trinidad and Tobago - Emancipation Day.
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Benin - National Day.
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Democratic Republic of Congo - Parent's Day
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Nicaragua - Fiesta Day.
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Rastafari movement - Celebration of the liberation of Haile Selassie from slavery.
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Switzerland - National Day.
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Bahá'í Faith - Feast of Kamál (Perfection)
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Lughnasadh - Lá Lúnasa, the traditional first day of Autumn in Ireland.
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Lammas - Neopagan festival of Lammas.
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Lebanon - Army's Day (Eid al-Jaysh).
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2nd |
Costa Rica - Our Lady of the Angels.
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Bulgaria, Republic of Macedonia - Ilinden (St. Ilya Day), a day of remembrance of the Ilinden-Preobrazhenie Uprising.
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3rd |
Niger - Independence Day.
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Venezuela - Flag Day
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5th |
Burkina Faso - Independence Day.
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Croatia - Victory and Homeland Thanksgiving Day.
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Chile - Children's Day
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6th |
Bolivia - Independence Day.
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Jamaica - Independence Day.
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United Arab Emirates - H.H. Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan's Accession Day.
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Japan - Toro Nagashi (Hiroshima) - Floating lantern ceremony to honor those killed by the U.S. atomic bomb in Hiroshima.
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7th |
Canada - Civic Holiday
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Turks and Caicos Islands - Emancipation Day
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Colombia - Battle of Boyaca, birth of Bogotá.
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8th |
Sweden - Namesday of Queen Silvia, an Official Flag Day.
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9th |
Singapore - National Day
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South Africa - National Women's Day
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10th |
Ecuador - Independence Day n- Movement began in Quito in 1809. Independence not achieved till May 1822.
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12th |
United Nations - International Youth Day
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Thailand - The Queen's Birthday, Mother's Day
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13th |
Laos - Lao Issara, Day of the Free Laos.
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Brazil - Friday 13 August (agosto) is considered to be especially filled with sorrow (desgosto).
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14th |
Morocco - Allegiance of Oued Eddahab or Río de Oro.
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Pakistan - Independence Day (From the Indian Empire and from the British colonialist and imperialists under the foreign control of the United Kingdom, 1947).
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Paraguay - Flag Day.
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15th |
India – Independence Day (from the United Kingdom, 1947).
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Egypt – Flooding of the Nile Day.
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Italy - Ferragosto, remembrance of an ancient Roman holiday in honor of Augustus (Feriae Augusti).
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Korea – Gwangbokjeol (Liberation Day).
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Tuvalu – Naadym.
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Costa Rica– Mother's Day.
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Christianity - Eastern Orthodoxy – Feast of the Dormition of the Theotokos, the commemoration of the death of Mary, the mother of Jesus.
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Christianity - Feast day of the Assumption of Mary, the mother of Jesus, Holy Day of Obligation. Public Holiday in: Austria, Belgium, Benin, Burundi, Cameroon, Chile, Côte d'Ivoire, Croatia, Cyprus, East Timor, France, Greece, Guatemala, India, Italy, Lebanon, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Mauritius, Poland, Portugal, Seychelles, Slovenia and Spain.
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17th |
Indonesia - Independence Day
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Jamaica - Rastafari movement - celebration of the birth of Marcus Garvey, considered a prophet.
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Argentina - Día del Libertador - on the day when José de San Martín died.
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Slovenia - Slovenians in Prekmurje Incorporated into the Mother Nation Day
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20th |
Bahá'í Faith - Feast of Asmá (Names)
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Hungary - St. Stephen's day,
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21st |
Ninoy Aquino Day - special holiday in the Philippines
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23rd |
Romania - Liberation Day
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Swaziland - Umhlanga Day.
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Ukraine - Flag Day.
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24th |
Ukraine - National holiday, independence from the Soviet Union
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25th |
Uruguay - National Day (independence from Brazil)
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26th |
Namibia - Namibia Day or Heroes' Day.
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Philippines - National Heroes' Day.
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Zanzibar - Sultan's Birthday.
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27th |
Moldova - Independence Day
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28th |
Philippines - National Heroes Day
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Hong Kong -: Liberation Day
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29th |
Christianity - Eastern Orthodox Christianity and Roman Catholic Church commemorate the beheading of John the Baptist with a feast day.
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Slovakia - Slovak National Uprising Day (1944, against the Nazis).
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Egypt - The first day of Thoth - which is the first day of the Egyptian calendar. Thoth is the Ibis-headed god of knowledge
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30th |
Peru - Saint Rose of Lima's Day.
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Turkey - Victory Day (to commemorate the Battle of Dumlupinar in 1922).
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31st |
Poland - Day of Solidarity and Freedom, on the anniversary of August Agreement from 1980
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Moldova - Day of Our Language (Limba Noastra).
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Malaysia - Hari Merdeka, a National Day
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Kyrgyzstan - Independence Day
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Trinidad and Tobago - Independence Day
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