Holidays 8.30
Holidays
Archivist Day (Kyrgyzstan)
AVID Day
Barberry Day (French Republic)
Commemoration Day for the Fatalities in Pre-Deportation Detention (Germany)
Frankenstein Day
Fred Hampton Day (Illinois)
Freeman-Moss Day
Huey P. Long Day (Louisiana)
International Day of the Disappeared
International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances (UN)
International Missy Barratt Day (Aenopia)
International Puma Day
International Whale Shark Day
Jimmy Buffet Day
Manu Ginobili Day (Texas)
Marcelo H. Del Pilar Day (Bulacan, Philippines)
Motel Day (Colombia)
National Ass Clapping Day
National Beach Day
National Bite People Who Annoy You Day
National Black Beauty Founders Day
National Grief Awareness Day
National Harper Day
National Holistic Pet Day
National Homecare Day of Action
National Press Freedom Day (Philippines)
National Screen Time Awareness Day
National Small Industry Day (India)
Pinaglabanan Day (Philippines)
Retrospection Day
Rowboat Day
Saint Rose of Lima’s Day (Peru)
Slinky Day
Talk Intelligently Day
Victory Day (Turkey)
Food & Drink Celebrations
International Cabernet Sauvignon Day
National Mai Tai Day (a.k.a. Real Mai Tai)
National Toasted Marshmallow Day
New England Apple Day
Independence & Related Days
Ashoka (Declared; 2010) [unrecognized]
Constitution Day (Kazakhstan)
Constitution Day (Turks and Caicos Islands)
Kohlandia (Declared; 2019) [unrecognized]
Leylandiistan & Gurvata (Declared; 2014) [unrecognized]
Liberation Day (Hong Kong; from Japanese Occupation; 1945)
National Liberation Day (Gabon; 2023)
Tatarstan (from Russia, 1990) [unrecognized]
5th & Last Friday in August
Burning of Zozobra (Old Man Gloom effigy) [Friday before 9.1]
College Colors Day [Friday nearest 9.1]
Comfort Food Friday [Every Friday]
Daffodil Day (New Zealand) [Last Friday]
Five For Friday [Every Friday]
Flashback Friday [Every Friday]
Forgive Your Foe Friday [Friday of Be Kind to Humankind Week]
Friday Finds [Every Friday]
Fry Day (Pastafarian; Fritism) [Every Friday]
Peruvian Coffee Day (Peru) [Last Friday]
Positive Twitter Day [Last Friday]
TGIF (Thank God It's Friday) [Every Friday]
Tracky Dack Day (Australia) [Last Friday]
Wear It Purple Day (Australia) [Last Friday]
Sheep Market Fair begins (Denmark) [Last Friday through Sunday]
Weekly Holidays beginning August 31 (4th Full Week of August)
Labor Day Weekend (U.S. & Canada) [Begins Friday before 1st Monday in September]
Benton Neighbor Day (Benton, Missouri)
Britt Draft Horse Show (Britt, Iowa)
Bumbershoot (Seattle, Washington)
Central City Rock 'n' Roll Cruise-in & Concert (Central City, Kentucky)
Cleveland National Air Show (Cleveland, Ohio)
Clothesline Fair (Prairie Grove, Arkansas)
Colombia River Cross Channel Swim (Hood River, Oregon)
Colorado Balloon Classic (Colorado Springs, Colorado)
Commonwheel Labor Day Weekend Arts and Crafts Festival (Manitou Springs, Colorado)
Daniel Boone Pioneer Days (Winchester, Kentucky)
Fort Bridger Rendezvous (Fort Bridger, Wyoming)
Great Bathtub Race (Nome, Alaska)
Great Grove Bed Race (Coconut Grove, Florida)
Harvest Wine Celebration (Livermore, California)
Hog Capital of the World Festival (Kewanee, Illinois)
Hopkinton State Fair (Contoocook, New Hampshire)
Iroquois Arts Festival (Howes Cave, New York)
Johnson City Field Days (Johnson City, New York)
Jubilee Days Festival (Zion, Illinois)
Lifelight Outdoor Music Festival (Worthing, South Dakota)
Mackinac Bridge Walk (St. Ignace, Michigan)
National Championship Chuckwagon Races (Clinton, Arkansas)
National Hard Crab Derby and Fair (Crisfield, Maryland)
National Sweetcorn Festival (Hoopeston, Illinois)
Oatmeal Festival (Bertram/Oatmeal, Texas)
Odyssey Greek Festival (Orange, Connecticut)
On the Waterfront (Rockford, Illinois)
Old Threshers Reunion (Mount Pleasant, Iowa)
Oregon Trail Rodeo (Hastings, Nebraska)
Payson Golden Onion Days (Payson, Utah)
Pennsylvania Arts & Crafts Colonial Festival (Greensburg, Pennsylvania)
Popeye Picnic (Chester, Illinois)
Santa-Cali-Gon Days Festival (Independence, Missouri)
Scandinavian Fest (Budd Lake, New Jersey)
Sta-Bil Nationals Championship Lawn Mower Race (Delaware, Ohio)
Snake River Duck Race (Nome, Alaska)
Taste of Colorado (Denver, Colorado)
Taste of Madison (Madison, Wisconsin)
Totah Festival (Farmington, New Mexico)
Waikiki Roughwater Swim (Honolulu, Hawaii)
Westfest Czech Heritage Festival (West, Texas)
West Virginia Italian Heritage Festival (Clarksburg, West Virginia)
Wisconsin State Cow-Chip Throw (Prairie du Sac, Wisconsin)
Woodstock Fair (Woodstock, Connecticut)
World Championship Barbecue Goat Cook-Off (Brady, Texas)
Festivals Beginning August 30, 2024
Battle of Flowers (Laredo, Spain) [thru 8.30]
Brisbane Festival (Brisbane, Australia) [thru 9.21]
California Garlic Festival (Los Banos, California) [thru 9.1]
Calumet County Fair (Chilton, Wisconsin) [thru 9.2]
Casey Popcorn Festival (Casey, Illinois) [thru 9.2]
Coconino County Fair (Fort Tuthill County Park, Arizona) [thru 9.2]
Dice Con (Lviv, Ukraine) [thru 9.1]
Eastern Idaho State Fair (Blackfoot, Idaho) [thru 9.7]
European Medieval Festival (Horsens, Denmark) [thru 8.31]
Fall Fest 2024 (Schweitzer Mountain Resort, Idaho) [thru 9.2]
Galveston Island Wine Festival (Galveston, Texas) [thru 9.1]
Giant Cabbage Weigh-Off (Palmer, Alaska)
Great Pershing Balloon Derby (Brookfield, Missouri) [thru 9.2]
Harmony Fair (Harmony, Maine) [thru 9.2]
Marshall County Blueberry Festival (Plymouth, Indiana) [thru 9.2]
Michigan Bean Festival (Fairgrove, Michigan) [thru 8.31]
Midway Swiss Days (Midway, Utah)
National Hard Crab Derby (Crisfield, Maryland) [thru 9.1]
Nauvoo Grape Festival (Nauvoo, Illinois) [thru 9.1]
North Carolina Apple Festival (Hendersonville, North Carolina) [thru 9.2]
Obetz Zucchinifest (Obetz, Ohio) [thru 9.2]
Oktoberfest (Beaver Creek, Colorado) [thru 9.1]
PAX West, a.k.a. PAX Prime (Seattle, Washington) [thru 9.2]
Payson City Golden Onion Days (Payson, Utah) [thru 9.2]
Red Rooster Days (Dassel, Minnesota) [thru 9.2]
St. William Seafood Festival (Guntersville, Alabama) [thru 8.31]
Washington State Fair (Puyallup, Washington) [thru 9.22]
Wilhelm Tell Festival (New Glarus, Wisconsin) [thru 9.1]
Wisconsin State Cow Chip Throw & Festival (Prairie du Sac, Wisconsin) [thru 8.31]
Woodstock Fair (Woodstock, Connecticut) [thru 9.2]
Feast Days
Agilus (a.k.a. Aile; Christian; Saint)
Alexander of Constantinople (Eastern Orthodox)
Alfredo Ildefonso Schuster (Christian; Blessed)
Anne Line, Margaret Ward & Margaret Clitherow (Christian; Saints)
Black (Positivist; Saint)
Camilla Läckberg (Writerism)
Candle in a Wine Bottle Day (Pastafarian)
Charisteria (Charis, Goddess of Mercy; Old Roman Thanksgiving)
Chatter Champion Announcement Day (Shamanism)
Day of Satisfying the Hearts of the Ennead (Nine Major Gods; Ancient Egypt)
Eustáquio van Lieshout (Christian; Blessed)
Evelyn De Morgan (Artology)
Charles Chapman Grafton (Episcopal Church)
Fantinus (Christian; Saint)
Felix and Adauctus (Christian; Martyrs)
Festival of Charisteria (Day to Give Thanks; Ancient Rome)
Fiacre (Christian; Saint)
Guy de Lussigny (Artology)
Habetrot’s Eve Day (Northern Britain; Starza Pagan Book of Days)
Isaac Levitan (Artology)
Jacques Louis David (Artology)
J. Alden Weir (Artology)
Jeanne Jugan (Christian; Saint)
Leonor Fini (Artology)
Mary Shelley (Writerism)
Narcisa de Jesús (Christian; Saint)
Pammachius (Christian; Saint)
The Pullover Sweater (Muppetism)
Robert Crumb (Artology)
Rose of Lima (Christian; Saint)
Rumon (a.k.a. Ruan; Christian; Saint)
Sacrifice to Tari Pennu Day (Indian Earth-Goddess; Everyday Wicca)
Santa Rosa de Lima Day (Peru)
Stephen Nehmé (Maronite Church, Catholic Church; Blessed)
Theo van Doesburg (Artology)
Third Onam (Rice Harvest Festival, Day 3; Kerala, India)
Thor Day (Church of the SubGenius; Saint)
The Three Arts Day (Celtic Book of Days)
Virginia Lee Burton (Artology)
Lucky & Unlucky Days
Dismal Day (Unlucky or Evil Day; Medieval Europe; 16 of 24)
Egyptian Day (Unlucky Day; Middle Ages Europe) [16 of 24]
Sakimake (先負 Japan) [Bad luck in the morning, good luck in the afternoon.]
Unlucky Day (Grafton’s Manual of 1565) [39 of 60]
Premieres
Alice Chops the Suey (Ub Iwerks Disney Cartoon; 1925)
Anna Karenina (Film; 1935)
Bad Girl, by The Miracles (Song; 1959)
Beer (Film; 1985)
The Big Snooze (Chilly Willy Cartoon; 1957)
A Bird in a Guilty Cage (WB LT Cartoon; 1952)
Carnival Row (TV Series; 2019)
Dance, Girl, Dance (Film; 1940)
The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance (TV Series; 2019)
Emma (Film; 1996)
Flesh + Blood (Film; 1985)
The Funny World of Fred and Barney (Live Action/Animated TV Variety Show; 1978)
The Good Girl (Film; 2002)
Heart-Shaped Box, by Nirvana (Song; 1993)
Hey Jude, by The Beatles (Song; 1968) [1st Apple Records release]
Highway 61 Revisited, by Bob Dylan (Album; 1965)
Kravn the Hunter (Film; 2023)
The Late Show with David Letterman (Talk Show; 1993)
Little Cesario (MGM Cartoon; 1941)
Medúlla, by Björk (Album; 2004)
A Mouse in the House (Tom & Jerry Cartoon; 1947)
Music of the Sun, by Rihanna (Album; 2005)
Never Kick a Woman (Fleischer Popeye Cartoon; 1936)
Otello (Opera Film by Franco Zeffirelli; 1986)
Putting on the Act (Fleischer Popeye Cartoon; 1940)
Santana, by Carlos Santana (Album; 1969)
The School for Scandal, by Samuel Barber (Overture; 1933)
Short in the Saddle (Woody Woodpecker Cartoon; 1963)
Side to Side, by Ariana Grande (Song; 2016)
Slow Days, Fast Company, by Eve Babitz (Short Stories; 1977)
State Fair (Film; 1945)
Surf’s Up, by The Beach Boys (Song; 1971)
Terror on the Midway (Fleischer Cartoon; 1942) [#9]
The Three Bears (Ub Iwerks ComiColor Cartoon; 1935)
Top Hat (Film; 1935)
What Happened to Monday (Film; 2017)
Today’s Name Days
Felix, Herbert, Rebekka (Austria)
Aleksandar, Aleksandra (Bulgaria)
Didak, Margarita, Petar (Croatia)
Vladěna (Czech Republic)
Albert, Benjamin (Denmark)
Emil, Meljo, Mello, Miljo (Estonia)
Eemeli, Eemi, Eemil (Finland)
Fiacre (France)
Alma, Felix, Heribert, Rebekka (Germany)
Alexandra, Alexandros, Evlalios, Filakas (Greece)
Rózsa (Hungary)
Donato, Fantino (Italy)
Alija, Alvis, Jolanta (Latvia)
Adauktas, Augūna, Gaudencija, Kintenis (Lithuania)
Ben, Benjamin (Norway)
Adaukt, Częstowoj, Gaudencja, Miron, Rebeka, Róża, Szczęsna, Szczęsny, Tekla (Poland)
Ružena (Slovakia)
Íngrid, Pedro (Spain)
Albert, Albertina (Sweden)
Raisa, Rhoda, Rosa, Rosabelle, Rosalie, Rosalind, Rosalinda, Roseanne, Rose, Rosemary, Rosetta, Rosie (USA)
Today is Also…
Day of Year: Day 243 of 2024; 123 days remaining in the year
ISO: Day 5 of Week 35 of 2024
Celtic Tree Calendar: Coll (Hazel) [Day 28 of 28]
Chinese: Month 7 (Ren-Shen), Day 27 (Bing-Yin)
Chinese Year of the: Dragon 4722 (until January 29, 2025) [Wu-Chen]
Hebrew: 26 Av 5784
Islamic: 24 Safar 1446
J Cal: 3 Gold; Threesday [3 of 30]
Julian: 17 August 2024
Moon: 11%: Waning Crescent
Positivist: 19 Gutenberg (9th Month) [Fulton]
Runic Half Month: Rad (Motion) [Day 8 of 15]
Season: Summer (Day 72 of 94)
Week: 4th Full Week of August
Zodiac: Virgo (Day 9 of 32)
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