Here are some of the important dates coming up this month:
August 1:
Tisha B'Av
(Judaism)
August 1:
National Day of Switzerland
August 3: Aadi Perukku
(Hinduism)
August 4:
International Beer Day
August 7: Summer Bank Holiday in Scotland and Ireland
August 7:
Civic Holiday in Canada
August 7:
Emancipation Day in several Caribbean countries
August 9:
National Day of Singpore
August 9:
National Women's Day in South Africa
August 12:
International Youth Day
August 14:
Independence Day in Pakistan
August 15:
Hachigatsu Bon Festival in Japan
August 15:
Liberation Day in North and South Korea
August 15:
Independence Day in India
August 15:
Assumption Day in many countries
(Christianity)
August 17:
Independence Day in Indonesia
August 20:
Day of Restoration and Independence in Estonia
August 24:
Independence Day in Ukraine
August 25: Ganesh Chaturthi (Hinduism)
August 28:
Qixi festival in China
August 28:
Late Summer Bank Holiday in the U.K.
August 31: Day of Arafah (Islam)
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