August Holidays – Monthly Celebrations
- Admit You’re Happy Month
- Family Fun Month
- Dog Days of Summer – July 3 – August 11
- Golf Month
- Happiness Happens Month
- International Pirate Month
- National Catfish Month
- National Eye Exam Month
- Peach Month
- Picnic Month
- Romance Awareness Month
- Water Quality Month
August Weekly Events
- International Clown Week – always August 1-7
- Week 1 National Simplify your Life Week
- Second Week National Smile Week
- Week 3 Friendship Week
- Week 4 Be Kind to Humankind Week
August 31, 2023
* 8/16 eve to 9/15 eve: Elul–Jewish month of self-reflection, peace-making, and renewal. Elul-Rosh Hashanah Truce (through Yom Kippur).
* 8/31: Remembrance day for Tahirih (d. 1852), feminist, poet, scholar, and preacher of the nascent Baha’i Faith. Baha’is recognize gender equality.
World Daffodil Day – date varies
August 30, 2023
* 8/16 eve to 9/15 eve: Elul–Jewish month of self-reflection, peace-making, and renewal. Elul-Rosh Hashanah Truce (through Yom Kippur).
* 8/30 (9:36 p.m. EDT): Full Moon (Harvest Moon) (Virgo Full Moon) (Monthly Blue Moon).
August 29, 2023
* 8/16 eve to 9/15 eve: Elul–Jewish month of self-reflection, peace-making, and renewal. Elul-Rosh Hashanah Truce (through Yom Kippur).
* 8/29: Day Against Nuclear Tests–Vigil to demand an end to all nuclear testing, including subcritical testing, to ensure a safer more peaceful world.
* 8/29: Birthday of Henry Bergh (1811), non-violent advocate for animal rights; day to advocate for laws protecting animals from abuse.
August 28, 2023
* 8/16 eve to 9/15 eve: Elul–Jewish month of self-reflection, peace-making, and renewal. Elul-Rosh Hashanah Truce (through Yom Kippur).
* 8/27 eve to 8/28 eve: Old Greek festival honoring Athena Polias and Zeus Polios as protectors of city and state.
* 8/28: Day of Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s peaceful march on Washington, D.C., for recognition of the rights of African Americans (1963).
* 8/28: Opening of the Second World Parliament of Religions (1993), attended by members of all the world’s religions. A Global Ethic was adopted that condemns hatred, aggression, oppression, and environmental abuses committed in the name of religion.
Race Your Mouse Day – but we are not sure what kind of “mouse”
Stuffed Green Bell Peppers Day
August 27, 2023
* 8/16 eve to 9/15 eve: Elul–Jewish month of self-reflection, peace-making, and renewal. Elul-Rosh Hashanah Truce (through Yom Kippur).
* 8/27: Birthday of Rabbi Yisrael Ben Eliezer (Israel Baal Shem Tov) (1698), Kabbalistic mystic and founder of Hasidic Judaism. He believed that the whole Universe and all things are manifestations of Deity and that nothing can be separated from Deity.
* 8/27: Birthday of Mother Teresa (Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu) (1910), Catholic nun who served the poorest of the poor and saw Deity in each person. She witnessed her faith by example, rather than by proselytizing, and respected those of other faiths.
* 8/27 eve to 8/28 eve: Old Greek festival honoring Athena Polias and Zeus Polios as protectors of city and state.
August 26, 2023
* 8/16 eve to 9/15 eve: Elul–Jewish month of self-reflection, peace-making, and renewal. Elul-Rosh Hashanah Truce (through Yom Kippur).
* 8/26: Dakas’ Day–Day Tantric Buddhists make offerings to the Dakas and Father Tantra; day to unite will and power to manifest positive social change and environmental healing.
* 8/26: Day the U.S. Constitution’s 19th Amendment went into effect, recognizing women’s right to vote (1920).
August 25, 2023
* 8/16 eve to 9/15 eve: Elul–Jewish month of self-reflection, peace-making, and renewal. Elul-Rosh Hashanah Truce (through Yom Kippur).
* 8/25: Old Roman festival of Goddess Ops, Lady of the Cornucopia, Bounty of the Harvest, and Sustainer of Life.
* 8/25: Birthday of Kenneth Patton (1911), who believed Unitarian Universalism to encompass all world religions, not just Christianity and humanism. U.U.s believe reason, conscience, and experience reveal one’s spiritual path.
August 24, 2023
* 8/16 eve to 9/15 eve: Elul–Jewish month of self-reflection, peace-making, and renewal. Elul-Rosh Hashanah Truce (through Yom Kippur).
* 8/24: Vigil for Ukraine’s success in resisting Russia’s war of aggression.
Iconic American Restaurants Day
August 23, 2023
* 8/16 eve to 9/15 eve: Elul–Jewish month of self-reflection, peace-making, and renewal. Elul-Rosh Hashanah Truce (through Yom Kippur).
* 8/23: Beginning of Virgo (the Grain Maiden/Man).
* 8/23: Feast of the Furies–honoring Nemesis and the Erinyes, Old Greek Goddesses who punish murderers, abusers, and exploiters of others.
August 22, 2023
* 8/16 eve to 9/15 eve: Elul–Jewish month of self-reflection, peace-making, and renewal. Elul-Rosh Hashanah Truce (through Yom Kippur).
* 8/21 eve to 8/22 eve: Feast of Old Greek Goddess Artemis – as defender of rights and liberties, and punisher of rapists and oppressors.
* 8/22: Christian feast of Our Lady, Queen of Angels.
Chinese Valentine’s Day/Daughter’s Day – 7th day of 7th Lunar Month
National Tooth Fairy Day – and/or February 28
August 21, 2023
* 8/16 eve to 9/15 eve: Elul–Jewish month of self-reflection, peace-making, and renewal. Elul-Rosh Hashanah Truce (through Yom Kippur).
* 8/21: Day to mourn the Syrian military’s attacks on Syrian civilians with banned chemical weapons (2013).
* 8/21 eve to 8/22 eve: Feast of Old Greek Goddess Artemis – as defender of rights and liberties, and punisher of rapists and oppressors.
August 20, 2023
* 8/16 eve to 9/15 eve: Elul–Jewish month of self-reflection, peace-making, and renewal. Elul-Rosh Hashanah Truce (through Yom Kippur).
* 8/20: Baha’i feast honoring the one Deity as Asma’ – Sacred Names.
August 19, 2023
* 7/14 eve to 8/19 eve (7/28 peak): Delta Aquarid Meteor Showers.
* 8/16 eve to 9/15 eve: Elul–Jewish month of self-reflection, peace-making, and renewal. Elul-Rosh Hashanah Truce (through Yom Kippur).
* 8/19: Vinalia–Old Roman festival of thanksgiving for the first of the grape harvest; celebrated by offering the first fruits of the grape harvest and prayers for sustenance for all.
* 8/19: World Humanitarian Day–Day to honor humanitarian workers world-wide, particularly those who have lost their lives in service to others; day to aid those in need.
National Honey Bee Awareness Day – Third Saturday
August 18, 2023
* 7/14 eve to 8/19 eve (7/28 peak): Delta Aquarid Meteor Showers.
* 8/16 eve to 9/15 eve: Elul–Jewish month of self-reflection, peace-making, and renewal. Elul-Rosh Hashanah Truce (through Yom Kippur).
* 8/18: Day Islamic leaders declared that Muslims have a religious duty to fight climate change (2015).
August 17, 2023
* 7/14 eve to 8/19 eve (7/28 peak): Delta Aquarid Meteor Showers.
* 7/29 eve to 8/17 eve (8/12 peak): Perseid Meteor Showers.
* 8/16 eve to 9/15 eve: Elul–Jewish month of self-reflection, peace-making, and renewal. Elul-Rosh Hashanah Truce (through Yom Kippur).
* 8/17: Birthday of Rabbi Zalman Schachter-Shalomi (1924), founder of the Jewish Renewal Movement. The Jewish Renewal Movement seeks to fully embrace modernism, egalitarianism, environmentalism, pacifism, and deep ecumenism. It incorporates traditional prayer, meditation, joyous chant, and ecstatic dance.
* 8/17: Vigil for religious tolerance in Indonesia.
August 16, 2023
* 7/14 eve to 8/19 eve (7/28 peak): Delta Aquarid Meteor Showers.
* 7/29 eve to 8/17 eve (8/12 peak): Perseid Meteor Showers.
* 8/16 (5:38 a.m. EDT): New Moon.
* 8/16 eve to 9/15 eve: Elul–Jewish month of self-reflection, peace-making, and renewal. Elul-Rosh Hashanah Truce (through Yom Kippur).
August 15, 2023
* 7/14 eve to 8/19 eve (7/28 peak): Delta Aquarid Meteor Showers.
* 7/29 eve to 8/17 eve (8/12 peak): Perseid Meteor Showers.
* 8/15: Kaza Matsuri–Shinto rite honoring the Kami of Wind.
* 8/15 (OC 8/28): Assumption Day–Christian feast commemorating Blessed Mother Mary rising into Heaven and being crowned Queen of Heaven and Earth.
* 8/15: Day Japan surrendered to the Allies, ending World War II in the Pacific (1945).
* 8/15: Day India was partitioned into India and Pakistan, and Kashmir joined India over Pakistan’s objection (1947); vigil for religious tolerance for all in South Asia.
Relaxation Day – now this one’s for me!
August 14, 2023
* 7/14 eve to 8/19 eve (7/28 peak): Delta Aquarid Meteor Showers.
* 7/29 eve to 8/17 eve (8/12 peak): Perseid Meteor Showers.
* 8/8 eve to 8/14 eve: Panathenaea–Old Greek festival of Goddess Athena – as daughter of Wisdom (Goddess Metis) and font of reason.
August 13, 2023
* 7/14 eve to 8/19 eve (7/28 peak): Delta Aquarid Meteor Showers.
* 7/29 eve to 8/17 eve (8/12 peak): Perseid Meteor Showers.
* 8/8 eve to 8/14 eve: Panathenaea–Old Greek festival of Goddess Athena – as daughter of Wisdom (Goddess Metis) and font of reason.
* 8/13: Birthday of Lucy Stone (1818), social worker and non-violent advocate for women’s rights.
August 12, 2023
* 7/14 eve to 8/19 eve (7/28 peak): Delta Aquarid Meteor Showers.
* 7/29 eve to 8/17 eve (8/12 peak): Perseid Meteor Showers.
* 8/8 eve to 8/14 eve: Panathenaea–Old Greek festival of Goddess Athena – as daughter of Wisdom (Goddess Metis) and font of reason.
* 8/12: Day Pope Pius XII proclaimed the theory of evolution to be consistent with Catholic teaching and Christian faith (1950). Pope John Paul II and Pope Francis concurred.
Annual Perseid Meteor Shower – Peak Night – peak date varies slightly
Middle Child’s Day – second Saturday in August
National Garage Sale Day – second Saturday in August
August 11, 2023
* 7/14 eve to 8/19 eve (7/28 peak): Delta Aquarid Meteor Showers.
* 7/29 eve to 8/17 eve (8/12 peak): Perseid Meteor Showers.
* 8/8 eve to 8/14 eve: Panathenaea–Old Greek festival of Goddess Athena – as daughter of Wisdom (Goddess Metis) and font of reason.
* 8/11: Christian feast of St. Clare of Assisi (d. 1253), guide of environmentalists.
National Kool-Aid Day – second Friday in August
Summer Olympics Closing Ceremony – not until 2024
August 10, 2023
* 7/14 eve to 8/19 eve (7/28 peak): Delta Aquarid Meteor Showers.
* 7/29 eve to 8/17 eve (8/12 peak): Perseid Meteor Showers.
* 8/8 eve to 8/14 eve: Panathenaea–Old Greek festival of Goddess Athena – as daughter of Wisdom (Goddess Metis) and font of reason.
* 8/10: Remembrance day for Nicholas of Cusa (d. 1464), Christian mystic who believed all Creation to be the unfolding of Deity.
August 9, 2023
* 7/14 eve to 8/19 eve (7/28 peak): Delta Aquarid Meteor Showers.
* 7/29 eve to 8/17 eve (8/12 peak): Perseid Meteor Showers.
* 8/8 eve to 8/14 eve: Panathenaea–Old Greek festival of Goddess Athena – as daughter of Wisdom (Goddess Metis) and font of reason.
* 8/9: World’s Indigenous Peoples’ Day–Day to celebrate the empowerment of indigenous peoples world-wide; vigil for justice and respect for the social, cultural, and political rights of all indigenous peoples.
August 8, 2023
* 7/14 eve to 8/19 eve (7/28 peak): Delta Aquarid Meteor Showers.
* 7/29 eve to 8/17 eve (8/12 peak): Perseid Meteor Showers.
* 8/7 to 8/8: Old Egyptian festival of Neter Thoth, God of Knowledge and Wisdom.
* 8/8: Vigil for Burma’s democratic evolution, religious tolerance, and respect for human rights.
* 8/8: Day to mourn fracking’s exemption from regulatory control (2005). Fracking poisons water supplies, pollutes the air, and causes earthquakes.
* 8/8 eve to 8/14 eve: Panathenaea–Old Greek festival of Goddess Athena – as daughter of Wisdom (Goddess Metis) and font of reason.
Sneak Some Zucchini onto Your Neighbor’s Porch Day – now that’s nasty!
August 7, 2023
* 7/14 eve to 8/19 eve (7/28 peak): Delta Aquarid Meteor Showers.
* 7/29 eve to 8/17 eve (8/12 peak): Perseid Meteor Showers.
* 7/31 eve to 8/7 eve: Mid-Summer/First Harvest/Lammas–Festival of thanksgiving for the first of the grain harvest; celebrated by offering the first fruits of the grain harvest and prayers for sustenance for all.
* 8/4 to 8/7: Zuni Corn Dance–in thanksgiving to Mother Earth, the Kokos (Nature Spirits), and the Corn Maidens for the maize harvest.
* 8/7: Gaia Consciousness Day–Day to meditate on Mother Earth as a living planet.
* 8/7 to 8/8: Old Egyptian festival of Neter Thoth, God of Knowledge and Wisdom.
August 6, 2023
* 7/14 eve to 8/19 eve (7/28 peak): Delta Aquarid Meteor Showers.
* 7/29 eve to 8/17 eve (8/12 peak): Perseid Meteor Showers.
* 7/31 eve to 8/7 eve: Mid-Summer/First Harvest/Lammas–Festival of thanksgiving for the first of the grain harvest; celebrated by offering the first fruits of the grain harvest and prayers for sustenance for all.
* 8/4 to 8/7: Zuni Corn Dance–in thanksgiving to Mother Earth, the Kokos (Nature Spirits), and the Corn Maidens for the maize harvest.
* 8/6 (OC 8/19): Transfiguration Day–Christian feast celebrating the revelation of Lord Jesus as the Cosmic Christ and friend to all humanity.
* 8/6: Day to mourn those harmed by the atomic bomb attacks on Japan (1945); day to advocate for world-wide prohibition of all weapons of mass destruction.
* 8/6: Day the Voting Rights Act became law (1965) – register to vote!
Friendship Day – First Sunday in August
International Forgiveness Day – First Sunday in August
Sisters Day – First Sunday in August
August 5, 2023
* 7/14 eve to 8/19 eve (7/28 peak): Delta Aquarid Meteor Showers.
* 7/29 eve to 8/17 eve (8/12 peak): Perseid Meteor Showers.
* 7/31 eve to 8/7 eve: Mid-Summer/First Harvest/Lammas–Festival of thanksgiving for the first of the grain harvest; celebrated by offering the first fruits of the grain harvest and prayers for sustenance for all.
* 8/4 to 8/7: Zuni Corn Dance–in thanksgiving to Mother Earth, the Kokos (Nature Spirits), and the Corn Maidens for the maize harvest.
* 8/5: Mindfulness Day–Zen Buddhist day for being mindful that desire for power over others results from ignorance of interdependence.
* 8/5: Death day of Rabbi Isaac Luria (1572), Kabbalistic mystic. He taught that the Shekhinah will restore cosmic order with the reunification of the Godhead.
Campfire Day – First Saturday in August
Disc Golf Day – first Saturday in August
International Hangover Day – the day after International Beer Day
Mustard Day first Saturday
National Clown Day – Saturday during International Clown Week
Sandcastle Day – first Saturday of the Month
August 4, 2023
* 7/14 eve to 8/19 eve (7/28 peak): Delta Aquarid Meteor Showers.
* 7/29 eve to 8/17 eve (8/12 peak): Perseid Meteor Showers.
* 7/31 eve to 8/7 eve: Mid-Summer/First Harvest/Lammas–Festival of thanksgiving for the first of the grain harvest; celebrated by offering the first fruits of the grain harvest and prayers for sustenance for all.
* 8/4 to 8/7: Zuni Corn Dance–in thanksgiving to Mother Earth, the Kokos (Nature Spirits), and the Corn Maidens for the maize harvest.
International Beer Day – First Friday in August
National Chocolate Chip Cookie Day
August 3, 2023
* 7/14 eve to 8/19 eve (7/28 peak): Delta Aquarid Meteor Showers.
* 7/20 to 8/2: Old Egyptian festival marking the return to Egypt of Neteret Isis, Neter Osiris, and the rains that inundate the Nile River.
* 7/29 eve to 8/17 eve (8/12 peak): Perseid Meteor Showers.
* 7/31 eve to 8/2 eve: Lughnasadh–Old Celtic/Irish Feast of Goddess Tailtiu and God Lugh (Deities of Sustenance and Light).
* 7/31 eve to 8/7 eve: Mid-Summer/First Harvest/Lammas–Festival of thanksgiving for the first of the grain harvest; celebrated by offering the first fruits of the grain harvest and prayers for sustenance for all.
* 8/3: Christian feast of the female disciples of Jesus.
* 8/3: Day to celebrate the end of strip mining and mourn the practice of mountaintop removal mining.
August 2, 2023
* 7/14 eve to 8/19 eve (7/28 peak): Delta Aquarid Meteor Showers.
* 7/20 to 8/2: Old Egyptian festival marking the return to Egypt of Neteret Isis, Neter Osiris, and the rains that inundate the Nile River.
* 7/29 eve to 8/17 eve (8/12 peak): Perseid Meteor Showers.
* 7/31 eve to 8/2 eve: Lughnasadh–Old Celtic/Irish Feast of Goddess Tailtiu and God Lugh (Deities of Sustenance and Light).
* 7/31 eve to 8/7 eve: Mid-Summer/First Harvest/Lammas–Festival of thanksgiving for the first of the grain harvest; celebrated by offering the first fruits of the grain harvest and prayers for sustenance for all.
* 8/1 eve to 8/2 eve: Synoikia–Old Greek festival celebrating the peaceful cooperation of states. Offerings were made to Aphrodite and Eirene, Goddesses of friendship and peace.
* 8/2: Feast of the Black Madonna.
National Ice Cream Sandwich Day
August 1, 2023
* 7/14 eve to 8/19 eve (7/28 peak): Delta Aquarid Meteor Showers.
* 7/20 to 8/2: Old Egyptian festival marking the return to Egypt of Neteret Isis, Neter Osiris, and the rains that inundate the Nile River.
* 7/29 eve to 8/17 eve (8/12 peak): Perseid Meteor Showers.
* 7/31 eve to 8/2 eve: Lughnasadh–Old Celtic/Irish Feast of Goddess Tailtiu and God Lugh (Deities of Sustenance and Light).
* 7/31 eve to 8/7 eve: Mid-Summer/First Harvest/Lammas–Festival of thanksgiving for the first of the grain harvest; celebrated by offering the first fruits of the grain harvest and prayers for sustenance for all.
* 8/1 (2:32 p.m. EDT): Full Moon (Grain‑Harvest/Thunder Moon) (Leo Full Moon).
* 8/1: Baha’i feast honoring the one Deity as Kamal – Perfection.
* 8/1: Day the production and use of cluster munitions was outlawed world-wide (2010); day to mourn their victims.
* 8/1 eve to 8/2 eve: Synoikia–Old Greek festival celebrating the peaceful cooperation of states. Offerings were made to Aphrodite and Eirene, Goddesses of friendship and peace.
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