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Created by shapewear retailer The Pinkroom, National Shapewear Day celebrates the undergarments men and women use to create the perfect silhouette and minimize jostles and jiggles. Undergarments have been used for thousands of years to create the illusion of beauty or provide support during physically demanding activity. Their use and purpose ebbs and flows with popular culture and the definitions of beauty at the time. This has become a nationally observed event. See your local and online retailers for specials on this day.

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Aug

Hariyali Teej (H): August 11

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Aug

Hip-Hop's Birthday (1973): August 11

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Today marks the anniversary of the birth of Hip-Hop. In 1973, DJ Kool Herc (Clive Campbell) and a sibling created a jam in one of the rooms of their apartment at 1520 Sedgwick Avenue in the West Bronx. The first hip-hop party had a cover charge of $.25 for women and $.50 for men. Hip-hop is inspired by urban renewal and the neglect of the Nixon administration of poor Hispanic and black communities. The 70s generation of youth expressed themselves by DJing, breakdancing, MCing and graffiti, all elements of hip-hop. It was Fab 5 Freddy who first coined the term hip-hop to define the four pillars of the said movement.

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Aug

Ingersoll Day (1833): August 11

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Play in the Sand Day: August 11

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Aug

Presidential Joke Day (1984): August 11

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Presidential Joke Day marks the anniversary of a presidential comic faux pax. On August 11, 1983 the late President Ronald Reagan was doing a voice test using microphone and he did not realize the mic was live. Ever the great communicator, Reagan laughed it off and declared August 11th henceforth to be a day for presidential humor. Celebrate by telling your best political joke.

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Aug

Raspberry Bombe Day, Ntl.: August 11

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National Raspberry Bombe Day is a food holiday to celebrate the frozen dessert that is delicious and visually pleasing. Raspberry bombe is often made up of heavy cream, sugar, rum, sherbet and some candied fruit and nuts and frozen nuts.

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Aug

Son & Daughter Day, Intl.: August 11

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International Son & Daughter Day is a day for parents to appreciate their children. The opposite Father's Day and Mother's Day, today kids rule.

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Aug

Elvis Week, Memphis, (US-TN)(1977): August 11-17

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Elvis Week is and annual onsite and virtual celebration of the life and music of Elvis Presley. The festival draws over 75,000 fans a year and takes place at his home, Graceland in Memphis, Tennessee. In culminates onn the anniversary of his death, August 16, 1977.

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Aug

Queen's Birthday (TH)(1932): August 12

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Queen Sirikit of Thailand was born on August 12, 1932. She is the Queen mother of the current reigning king, King Maha Vajiralongkorn. Her birthday is a national holiday in Thailand.

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Aug

Sewing Machine Day, Ntl. (1851): August 12

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Vinyl Record Day (1877): August 12

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Vinyl Record Day marks the anniversary of the creation of the phonograph by Thomas Edison on this day in 1877. It is supported by the non-profit Vinyl Record Day to preserve the legacy captured by vinyl records over the 60 years in which they reigned. Eventually vinyl was replaced by cassette tapes, then CDs and finally digital downloads. However, vinyl has seen a resurgence of late with collectors and music purists looking to enjoy music as it was originally heard and sold.

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Aug

Youth Day, Intl.: August 12

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International Youth Day is a United Nations event first proposed by the World Conference of Ministers Responsible for Youth in 1998. The UN endorsed this in 1999. Each year has a different focus addressing issues prevalent with youth worldwide.

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