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August
Calendar Of Events and Holidays
2008
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August
is: American Adventures, Black Business, Cataract
Awareness, Children's Eye Health and Safety, Children's Vision
and Learning, Get Ready for Kindergarten, Happiness Happens,
National Immunization Awareness, National Inventors' ,
Neurosurgery Outreach, Brownie, National Catfish, Romance Awareness, National Golf, National Sandwich, and Goat Cheese Month
Flower:
Gladiolus
Birthstone: Peridot
Astrological
Sign:
Virgo Aug 23- Sept 22
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Girlfriend's
Day |
| 1 |
Respect
For Parents Day |
| 3 |
Sister's
Day - Show appreciation and give recognition to your sister
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Professional
Speakers Day
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| 8 |
Happiness
Happens Day |
| 9 |
National
Garage Sale Day |
| 12 |
United
Nations: International Youth Day |
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Assistant
Dog Day |
| 15 |
Best
Friends Day, National Men's Grooming Day, National Relaxation
Day |
| 16 |
Lunar
Eclipse (partial Eclipse of the Moon) |
| 19 |
National
Aviation Day |
| 21 |
Poet's
Day
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| 26
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Woman's
Equality Day |
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Important
Weeks and Trivia
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World
Breast Feeding Week 1-7
Single Working Women's Week 3-9
Exhibitor Appreciation Week 4-8
Psychic Week 4-8
Elvis Week 9-17
National Resurrect Romance Week 10-16
National Aviation Week 17-23
Be Kind to Human Kind Week 25-31
Minority Enterprise Development Week 25-31
National Safe at Home Week 25-29 |
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"The
Rush Limbaugh Show" National Radio Premier: 20th
Anniversary (1988) |
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1
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World
Wide Web: Anniversary (1990) |
| 12
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IBM
Personal Computer Introduced: Anniversary (1981) |
| 15
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Woodstock
Anniversary (1969) |
| 16
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Babe
Ruth Death Anniversary (1948) |
| 18
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Birth
Control Pills Sold Anniversary (1960) |
| 24
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Pluto
Demoted: Anniversary (2006) On the last day of the annual
International Astronomical Union meeting at Prague, Czech
Republic, 424 astronomers voted to demote Pluto from planet
status. They determined instead that Pluto is a dwarf planet.
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The
Wizard of OZ Released Anniversary (1939) |
