August – Major Holidays Quotes, Wishes and Slogans Calendar: Below is the well-organised calendar of major events and holidays in August.
Following August Holidays and Observances Are Linked to their Respective Quotes, Slogans and Wishes Post!
August is Observed as –
- Children’s Eye Health & Safety Month
- Organ Donor Month
- National Breastfeeding Month
- National Immunization Awareness Month
- National Women’s Month
- National Water Quality Month
August Weekly Celebrations –
- 1-7 National Breastfeeding Month
- 6-12 Polio Awareness Week
- 4-10 Rheumatic Fever and Rheumatic Heart Disease Week
- Week 2 Smile Week
August Holiday and Observances – What’s Today
| Date Varies For: | Raksha Bandhan (Rakhi) The festival falls on the full moon day (Shravan Poornima) 29, August 2105Sisters Day – First Sunday in August |
| 1-Aug | Colorado Day |
| 2-Aug | Friendship Day |
| 3-Aug | 3 National Watermelon Day |
| 4-Aug | US Coast Guard (USCG) Birthday |
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| 9-Aug | International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples |
| National Women’s Day | |
| 10-Aug | National S’mores Day |
| Victory Day | |
| 11-Aug | Son and Daughter Day |
| 12-Aug | International Youth Day |
| 13-Aug | Left Handers Day |
| 14-Aug | V-J Day |
| National Spirit of ’45 Day | |
| 15-Aug | Feast of the Assumption |
| Bone Marrow Stem Donation and Leukemia Awareness Day | |
| Victory and Homeland Thanksgiving Day | |
| Indian Independence Day | |
| 16-Aug | National Airborne Day |
| Bennington Battle Day | |
| 17-Aug | |
| 18-Aug | Parsi New Year |
| 19-Aug | World Humanitarian Day |
| National Aviation Day | |
| 20-Aug | |
| 21-Aug | Senior Citizens Day |
| 22-Aug | |
| 23-Aug | International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and Its Abolition |
| 24-Aug | |
| 25-Aug | |
| 26-Aug | Women’s Equality Day National Dog Day |
| 27-Aug | Lyndon Baines Johnson Day |
| 28-Aug | Onam |
| 29-Aug | International Day against Nuclear Tests |
| Marine Corps Reserve Birthday | |
| 30-Aug | National Marshmallow Toasting Day |
| International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances | |
| 31-Aug |
Above August Calendar includes:
Health Awareness Days, Important Holidays and observances in United States and India, International Days, Military Holidays and Observances and Important Weeks and Months.
Leave a comment below if any important event is missing from the calendar and for date correction.
