Holidays 8.1
Holidays
African Emancipation Day (Trinidad and Tobago)
Air Force Day
Armed Forces Day (China, Lebanon)
Azerbaijani Language and Alphabet Day
Basil Day (French Republic)
Battle of Athens Day
Bitcoin Independence Day
Caribbean Day
Chopsticks Day
Clergy Sexual Abuse Awareness and Prevention Day
Cross-Quarter Day
Cycle to Work Day (UK)
Day of Azerbaijani Language and Alphabet
Day of Pachamama (Peru)
Day of the Rear Services of the Armed Forces (Russia)
Day of the Telephone Operator (Mexico)
DOGust
Earth Overshoot Day 2024 (a.k.a. Ecological Debt Day) [ website ]
Ectopic Pregnancy Awareness Day
801 Day
Emancipation Day (UK; British Commonwealth)
Freedom Day (Belize)
Freedom to Marry Day (Minnesota)
Friendship Day
Gold Star Children’s Day
Girlfriends’ Day
Good Sportsmanship Day
Grain Marketing Freedom Day (Canada)
Guca Brass Bands Day (Serbia)
Harriet Quimby Day
HitchBOT Remembrance Day
Homowo (a.k.a. Hooting at Hunger; Ghana)
Indigenous Peoples Day (Taiwan)
International Adaptive Activity Day
International Can-It-Forward Day
International Childfree Day
International Mahjong Day
International Marine Protected Areas Day
International Sri Lankan Leopard Day
International Woo-Ah Day
Jerry Day
Laa Luanys (Isle of Man)
Laughter Day (Southern California)
Led Zeppelin Day
Liberation of Haile Selassie Day (Rastafari)
Memorial Day for the Victims of World War I (Russia)
Minden Day (UK)
Minority Donor Awareness Day
MTV Day
National Alpaca Day (Peru)
National American Family Day
National Andrew Day
National CBD Day
National Girlfriends Day
National Huddle Ledbetter Day
National Mahjong Day
National Minority Donor Awareness Day
National Mountain Climbing Day
National Non-Parent Day
National Poll Worker Recruitment Day
National Promise to Care Day
National Spritz Day
National Waifu Day
National Warsaw Uprising Remembrance Day (Poland)
National Wedding Day (UK)
National York Day
Odaiba Day
Oxygen Discovery Day
Parents’ Day (Democratic Republic of the Congo; Zaire)
Planner Day
Play Ball Day
Pod Body Day (Portland, Maine)
Respect For Parents Day
RNA Day
Rounds Resounding Day
San Francisco Cable Car Day
Scout Foundation Day
Scout Scarf Day
Social Resistance Day (North Cyprus)
Spider-Man Day
Sports Day
SSN 801 Day
Startup Day Across America
Swiss National Day
Technical Support Worker Day (Russia)
Treida de Santo Domingo de Guzmán (Nicaragua)
Thoroughbred Birthday (Southern Hemisphere)
Victory Day (Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam)
White Rabbit Day
Wipe the Slate Clean Day
Woman Astronomers Day
Women’s Day (Thailand)
World Breastfeeding Day
World Day of Joy
World Fintech Day
World Lung Cancer Day
World Middle Finger Day
World Naked Sailing Day
World Scout Scarf Day
World Wide Web Day
Yaoi Day
Yorkshire Day (England)
Food & Drink Celebrations
Belgian Frites Day (a.k.a. International Day of Belgian Fries)
Homemade Pie Day
International Albariño Day
International Can-It Forward Day
Mars Bar Day
National Nutritional Yeast Day
National Raspberry Cream Pie Day
Old Vine Day
Independence & Related Days
Benin (originally Dahomey; from France, 1960)
Colorado Statehood Day (#38; 1876)
Guadalcanal Province Day (Solomon Islands)
Jennytopia (Declared; 2019) [unrecognized]
Switzerland (a.k.a. Confederation Day; from Holy Roman Empire, 1291)
Toku (Declared; 2014) [unrecognized]
Vodopol (Declared; 2021) [unrecognized]
1st Thursday in August
August Thursday (Anguilla) [1st Thursday]
Emancipation Day (Bermuda; 1st Day of Cup Match) [Thursday before 1st Monday in August]
Kid Lit Art Postcard Day [1st Thursday]
National Dash Cam Day (UK) [1st Thursday]
National IPA Day (f.k.a. International IPA Day) [1st Thursday]
Weekly Holidays beginning August 1 (1st Week of August)
Brat Days (Sheboygan, Wisconsin) [1st Thursday thru Sunday]
Carnaval del Pueblo (London, UK) [1st Week]
International Assistance Dog Week (thru 8.7) [1st Week]
International Clown Week (thru 8.7)
International Mathematicians Week (thru 8.9)
National Albariño Week (thru 8.5)
National Cleanse Your Skin Week (thru 8.7)
National Fraud Awareness Week (thru 8.7) [1st Week]
National Minority Donor Awareness Week (thru 8.7)
National Scrabble Week (thru 8.7) [1st Week]
National Video Game Week (thru 8.7) [1st Week]
Satchmo Days [begin Thursday nearest 8.4 thru Sunday]
Simplify Your Life Week (thru 8.7)
World Breastfeeding Week (thru 8.7) [1st Week]
Festivals Beginning August 1, 2024
American Cured Meat Championships (Omaha, Nebraska) [thru 8.3]
August is Maine Lobster Month (Statewide, Maine) [thru 8.31]
Bear Lake Raspberry Days Festival (Garden City, Utah) [thru 8.3]
Castlefest (Lisse, Netherlands) [thru 8.4]
Clam Festival (Highlands, New Jersey) [thru 8.3]
Denver Burger Battle (Denver, Colorado)
Eden Corn Festival (Eden, New York) [thru 8.4]
Empire Farm Days (Pompey, New York) [thru 8.3]
Estherville Sweet Corn Days (Estherville, Iowa) [thru 8.4]
Gen Con (Indianapolis, Indiana) [thru 8.4]
Green Gathering (Chepstow, United Kingdom) [thru 8.4]
Houston Restaurant Weeks (Houston, Texas) [thru 9.2]
Katahdin Sheep Show (Mexico, Missouri) [thru 8.3]
Klamath County Fair (Klamath Falls, Oregon) [thru 8.4]
Lollapalooza (Chicago, Illinois) [thru 8.4]
Mammoth Festival of Beers & Bluesapalooza (Mammoth Lakes, California) [thru 8.4]
Mile of Music (Appleton, Wisconsin) [thru 8.4]
Minnesota Fringe Festival (Minneapolis, Minnesota) [thru 8.11]
Mobile Motion Film Festival (Zurich, Swizterland) [thru 8.31]
Official Star Trek Convention (Las Vegas, Nevada) [thru 8.4]
Outer Banks Watermelon Festival (Nag's Head, North Carolina)
Owensville Watermelon Festival (Owensville, Indiana) [thru 8.3]
Phelps Sauerkraut Weekend (Phelps, New York) [thru 8.4
Pol’and’Rock Festival (Woodstock Festival Poland; Czaplinek, Poland) [thru 8.3]
Saint Dominic Days (Managua) [thru 8.10]
Saskatoon Fringe Festival (Saskatoon, Canada) [thru 8.10]
Spicemas (Grenada Carnival; St. George’s, Grenada) [thru 8.13]
Sumner County Fair (Caldwell, Kansas) [thru 8.4]
Toronto Caribbean Carnival (Toronto, Canada) [thru 8.5]
Twin Cities Vegan Chef Challenge (Minneapolis, Minnesota) [thru 8.31]
Washington Wine Month (Washington State) [thru 8.31]
Wisconsin State Fair (West Allis, Wisconsin) [thru 8.11]
World Lumberjack Championships [thru 8.3]
XIT Rodeo & Reunion (Dalhart, Texas) [thru 8.3]
Zanzibar International Film Festival (Zanzibar City, Tanzania) [thru 8.4]
Feast Days
Abgar V of Edessa (Syrian Church)
Alan Moore (Australian War Artist; Artology)
Aled (a.k.a. Eiluned or Almedha; Christian; Martyr & Virgin)
Alphonsus Maria de' Liguori (Christian; Saint)
Æthelwold of Winchester (Christian; Saint)
Bernard Võ Văn Duệ (Christian; One of Vietnamese Martyrs)
Betty Lou’s Dad (Muppetism)
Cartoon Day (Pastafarian)
Chantal Montellier (Artology)
David Gemmell (Writerism)
Day of the Dryads (Macedonia)
Dormition Fast (Orthodox Church) [thru 8.14]
Drug Side-Effects Day (Church of the SubGenius)
Ethelwold of Winchester (Christian; Saint)
Eusebius of Vercelli (Christian; Saint)
Exuperius of Bayeux (Christian; Saint)
Faith, Hope, and Charity (Christian; Virgin Martyrs)
Feast of Faith, Hope, Charity, and their Mother, Wisdom (Christian; Martyrs)
Feast of Kamál (Perfection; Baha'i)
Feast of Ninlil (Sumerian Goddess of the Grain)
Felix of Girona (Christian; Saint)
Festival of Lugh (Celtic here god)
Festival of Xiuhtechuhtli (Aztec God of the Calendar)
Gerhard Hirschfelder (Christian; Blessed)
Herman Melville (Writerism)
The Holy Maccabees (Christian; Saint)
Imps Charity Scramble (Shamanism)
Isobel Lilian Gloag (Artology)
Jackie Ormes (Artology)
James Henry Govier (Artology)
Jan van Scorel (Artology)
Kalends of August (Ancient Rome)
Lammas (a.k.a. ...
Feast of Bread (Neopagan)
Feast of First Fruits (England, Scotland)
Feast of the Wheat Harvest
Festival of Albina (Irish White Barley Goddess; aka Alphito)
Festival of the First Fruits
Gule of August (England, Scotland)
Imbolc (So. Hemisphere; Neopagan)
Lady Day Eve (Neopagan)
Lammas, Day 2 (Celtic, Pagan) [5 of 8 Festivals of the Natural Year]
Lammas Eve (a.k.a. Lughnassad Eve)
Lammas Sabbat
Luanistyn (Manx Gaelic)
Lithasblot (Norse Harvest Festival)
Loaf Mass
Loki and Sigyn’s Day (Norse)
Lugh (Celtic Book of Days)
Lughnasa
Lughnasadh (Grain Harvest) [Ends on Samhain]
Lúnasa (Modern Irish)
Lùnastal (Scottish Gaelic)
Sexon Hlafmaesse
Lobster Boy Day (Church of the SubGenius; Saint)
Mati-Syra-Zemlya Day (Slavic Goddess of the Earth)
Pachamama Rayni (Festival Celebrating Mother Earth) [Ecuador; Peru]
Pellegrini (a.k.a. Peregrinus), Hermit (Christian; Saint)
Peter Apostle in Chains (Christian; Saint)
Procession of the Cross and the beginning of Dormition Fast (Eastern Orthodox)
Quarter Day (Scotland)
Richard Wilson (Artology)
Rose Macaulay (Writerism)
Sebastiano Ricci (Artology)
The Spanish Romancers (Positivist; Saints)
Vhrsti (Artology)
Warsan Shire (Writerism)
Lucky & Unlucky Days
Dismal Day (Unlucky or Evil Day; Medieval Europe; 15 of 24)
Egyptian Day (Unlucky Day; Middle Ages Europe) [15 of 24]
Fatal Day (Pagan) [15 of 24]
Tomobiki (友引 Japan) [Good luck all day, except at noon.]
Unlucky Day (Grafton’s Manual of 1565) [35 of 60]
Unlucky Monday (when Eve gave birth to Cain; Philippines) [1st Monday] (3 of 4)
Premieres
Alfred, by Thomas Arne (Opera; 1740)
Alice the Peacemaker (Disney Cartoon; 1924)
American Graffiti (Film; 1973)
Bargain Daze (Heckle & Jeckle Cartoon; 1953)
Being and Time, by Martin Heidegger (Book; 1927)
Big Chief No Treaty (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1962)
The Big Money, by John Dos Passos (Novel; 1936)
Burning Love, by Elvis Presley (Song; 1972)
Cape Kidnaveral (Noveltoons Cartoon; 1961)
Charley’s Aunt (Film; 1941)
Cook and Stagger (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1956)
Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs, by Judi and Ron Barrett (Children’s Book; 1978)
Concert for Bangladesh, hosted by George Harrison (Charity Concert; 1971)
Cosi Fan Tutti Frutti, by Squeeze (Album; 1985)
Cowardly Watchdog (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1966)
Crazy with the Heat (Disney Cartoon; 1947)
Crusader Rabbit (Jay Ward Cartoon TV Series; 1950)
The Dog Show (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1950)
Driven to Extraction (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1963)
Dune, by Frank Herbert (Novel; 1965)
The Dusters, featuring the Mighty Heroes (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1971)
The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test, by Tom Wolfe (Novel; 1968)
Eric, by Terry Pratchet (Novel; 1990) [Discworld #9]
Everybody’s Rockin’, by Neil Young (Album; 1983)
The Fabulous Firework Family (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1959)
The Final Countdown (Film; 1980)
Flebus (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1957)
Flight of the Navigator (Film; 1986)
The Four Musicians of Bremen (b Iwerks Cartoon; 1922)
A Game of Thrones, by George R.R. Martin (Novel; 2000) [A Song of Fire and Ice #1]
Gangsta’s Paradise, by Coolio (Song; 1995)
Generals and Majors, by XTC (Song; 1980)
The Genie with the Light Touch (Woody Woodpecker Cartoon; 1972)
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, by Stieg Larsson (Novel; 2008) [Millennium Trilogy #1]
Give Me Liberty (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1967)
Golden Egg Goose (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1951)
Guardians of the Galaxy (Film; 2014)
Heaven Can Wait (Film; 1943)
The Highwayman, by Alfred Noyes (Poem; 1906)
The Hound of the Baskervilles, by Arthur Conan Doyle (Novel; 1901)
House Busters (Heckle & Jeckle Cartoon; 1952)
Howard the Duck (Film; 1986)
How to Catch a Cold (Disney Cartoon; 1951)
Jeremy, by Pearl Jam (Music Video; 1992)
Judo Kudos (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1968)
King Tut’s Tomb (Heckle & Jeckle Cartoon; 1950)
The Littlest Bully (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1960)
The Lyin’ Lion (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1949)
Make Way for Ducklings, by Robert McCloskey (Children’s Book; 1941)
Meat, Drink and Be Merry (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1961)
Modern Man in Search of a Soul, by C.G. Jung (Philosophical Book; 1933)
Money (That’s What I Want), by Barrett Strong (Song; 1959)
The Monkey Wrench Gang, by Edward Abbey (Novel; 1975)
Mrs. Jones’ Rest Farm (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1949)
MTV (Cable Network; 1981)
MySpace (Social Media App; 2003)
96 Tears, by ? and the Mysterians (Song; 1966)
North Dallas Forty (Film; 1979)
Nothing in Common (Film; 1986)
Oil Through the Day (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1964)
Open House (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1953)
Paul Bunyan (Disney Cartoon; 1958)
Porky the Rain-Maker (WB LT Cartoon; 1936)
Pride of the Yard (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1954)
Rain Dogs, by Tom Waits (Album; 1985)
Rear Window (Film; 1954)
Rebecca, by Daphne du Maurier (novel; 1938)
The Road Not Taken (Poem; 1925)
Robots in Toyland (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1965)
Rule Britannia, by Thomas Arne (Song; 1740)
Señorella and the Glass Huarache (WB LT Cartoon; 1964)
Shadows on the Rock, by Willa Cather (Novel; 1931)
Shootin’ Stars (Modern Madcaps Cartoon; 1960)
Shotgun Shambles (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1962)
Sick, Sick Sidney (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1958)
The Snows of Kilimanjaro, by Ernest Hemingway (Short Story; 1936)
Steel Wheels, by The Rolling Stones (Album; 1989)
Superiority, by Arthur C. Clarke (Short Story; 1951)
A Swiss Miss (Mighty Mouse Cartoon; 1950)
The 39 Steps (Film; 1935)
Tot Watchers (Tom & Jerry Cartoon; 1958)
Trouble in Baghdad (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1963)
Truant Officer Donald (Disney Cartoon; 1941)
The Trumpet of the Swan, by E.B. White (Children’s Book; 1970)
Turning the Fables (Noveltoons Cartoon; 1960)
The Twist, by Chubby Checker (Song; 1960)
Video Killed the Radio Star, by The Buggles (Music Video; 1981)
A Wedding Knight (Modern Madcaps Cartoon; 1966)
The Wiggles, by The Wiggles (Album; 1991)
Wild and Woolly Hare (WB LT Cartoon; 1959)
Witchy Woman, by The Eagles (Song; 1972)
Today’s Name Days
Alfons, Kenneth, Peter (Austria)
Alfonz, Jonatan (Croatia)
Oskar (Czech Republic)
Maira, Maire, Mairi, Maris (Estonia)
Maire (Finland)
Alphonse (France)
Alfons, Kenneth, Peter, Uwe (Germany)
Efkleos, Elesa, Markelos, Solomoni (Greece)
Boglárka (Hungary)
Alfonso, Giacomo (Italy)
Albīna, Albīns, Dags, Jarmuts, Spekonis (Latvia)
Almeda, Bartautas, Bartautė (Lithuania)
Peder, Petra (Norway)
Brodzisław, Justyn, Konrad, Konrada, Nadia, Piotr (Poland)
Božidara (Slovakia)
Alfonso, Caridad, Esperanza, Fe, Pedro (Spain)
Per (Sweden)
Charissa, Charity, Chasity, Cheri, Cherie, Cherry, Cheryl, Esperanza, Faith, Faye, Hope, Nadia, Nadine (USA)
Today is Also…
Day of Year: Day 214 of 2024; 152 days remaining in the year
ISO: Day 4 of Week 31 of 2024
Celtic Tree Calendar: Tinne (Holly) [Day 27 of 28]
Chinese: Month 6 (Xin-Wei), Day 27 (Ding-You)
Chinese Year of the: Dragon 4722 (until January 29, 2025) [Wu-Chen]
Hebrew: 26 Tammuz 5784
Islamic: 25 Muharram 1446
J Cal: 4 Purple; Foursday [4 of 30]
Julian: 19 July 2024
Moon: 8%: Waning Crescent
Positivist: 17 Dante (8th Month) [The Spanish Romancers]
Runic Half Month: Thorn (Defense) [Day 9 of 15]
Season: Summer (Day 43 of 94)
Week: 1st Week of August
Zodiac: Leo (Day 11 of 31)
Calendar Changes
August (Gregorian Calendar) [Month 8 of 12]
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