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Events In August 2025
Database of events, awareness days, holidays, and promotions occurring in August of this year.
August Events
Fajita Day, Ntl.: August 18
Daily
Fajitas are a favorite with people who love Tex-Mex cuisine. The barbequed meat and vegetable dish was invented in the 1930s by Mexican ranch workers in West Texas. It is the epitome of Tex-Mex, food that...
August
Healthy Bones Action Week (AU): August 18-...
Weekly
Healthy Bone Action Week is an annual awareness campaign in Australia sponsored by Dairy Australia. Its purpose is to encourage positive health practices that support bone health and mitigate the risk of...
August
Ice Cream Pie Day, Ntl.: August 18
Daily
Ice cream pie is what it sounds like, a pastry with ice cream filling and crust made of cookies, wafers, graham crackers, or granola. However you make it, Ice Cream Pie Day is the perfect day to indulge i...
August
Mail Order Catalog Day (1872): August 18
Daily
Mail Order Catalog Day marks the anniversary of the premiere of the first catalog, the Montgomery Ward Catalog, in 1872. At the time of its publication, it was revolutionary, a unique marketing and deli...
August
Serendipity Day: August 18
Daily
Madeleine Kay created Serendipity Day as a day to encourage people to make discoveries they didn't intend. Spread the happiness to others. For those going through difficulty, it aims to assure people that...
August
Soft Serve Ice Cream Day: August 18
Daily
Soft Serve Ice Cream Day celebrates the swirled summer treat on a cone. Carvel Ice Cream Company created the first soft serve ice cream cone, which premiered on August 4, 1938, in Kankakee, Illinois.
August
Aja Ekadashi (H): August 19
Daily
Aja Ekadashi is a fasting day in the Hindu calendar that falls in August or September. Hindus believe if they observe this fast, they will not suffer the consequences of their sins, and activities deeme...
August
Aviation Day, Ntl. (1871): August 19
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National Aviation Day honors the field of aviation and occurs each year on the birthday of Orville Wright (August 19, 1871). President Franklin Delano Roosevelt proclaimed the day during his administratio...
August
Bow Day, Intl.: August 19
Daily
International accessories retailer Claire's created International Bow Day before starting the school year. For centuries, bows have adorned clothes, hair, hats, and other accessories. Items like the bowti...
August
Humanitarian Day, World (2003): August 19
Daily
World Humanitarian Day honors humanitarian aid workers for their work in helping people throughout the world. Its purpose is to increase knowledge of various humanitarian activities and honor those who di...
August
Independence Day, (AF)(1919): August 19
Daily
Independence Day in Afghanistan marks the anniversary of August 19, 1919, when the Treaty of Rawalpindi removed the nation from British rule. Independence Day is a national holiday.
August
Orangutan Day, Intl: August 19
Daily
International Orangutan Day falls on the third Sunday of August. This event promotes the conservation and awareness of orangutans.
August
Photography Day, World (1839): August 19
Daily
On August 19, 1839, the French government purchased the patent for the Daguerreotype process from Louis Daguerre and Joseph Nicephore Niepce. His is the invention that made photography possible. Rather th...
August
Popsicle Day (1924): August 19
Daily
Popsicle Day honors the popsicle on the anniversary of patent US 1505592 for a frozen confection on a stick, August 19, 1924. Popsicles are the accidental creation of 11-year-old Frank Epperson. On a coo...
August
Potato Day, Ntl.: August 19
Daily
National Potato Day honors the versatile root popular the world over. Potato starch packs more vitamins and minerals than other carbohydrates, including wheat and barley. Because of this and its ease of c...
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