Important Days in August
1 August - National Mountain Climbing Day, Yorkshire Day
4 August - U.S. Coast Guard Day
6 August - Hiroshima Day Friendship Day
7 August- National Handloom Day
8 August - Quit India Movement Day
9 August - Nagasaki Day, International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples
12 August - International Youth Day , World Elephant Day
13 August - International Lefthanders Day , World Organ Donation Day
15 August - Independence Day in India , National Mourning Day (Bangladesh)
Day of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary
16 August - Parsi New Year, Bennington Battle Day
17 August - Indonesian Independence Day, Parsi New Year,
19 August - World Humanitarian Day, Janmashtami
20 August - Indian Akshay Urja Day, World Mosquito Day, Sadbhavna Diwas
23 August - International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and its Abolition
European Day of Remembrance for Victims of Stalinism and Nazism
26 August - Women’s Equality Day
29 August - National Sports Day
30 August - Small Industry Day , Raksha Bandhan
31 August - Hari Merdeka (Malaysia National Day)
