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Category: Anniversaries & Historic Events
Events, awareness days, holidays, and promotions related to historical anniversaries.
This category covers historical events that fall on or near a specific day (or sometimes a month). It may be a birthday, a death day, a patent filing, or an event in the news. .
Anniversaries Events
Mail Order Catalog Day (1872): August 18
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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 administrati...
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Humanitarian Day, World (2003): August 19
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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 whom h...
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Independence Day, (AF)(1919): August 19
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Independence Day in Afghanistan marks the anniversary of August 19, 1919, the day the Treaty of Rawalpindi removed the nation from British rule. This is a national holiday. This is a national holiday.
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Photography Day, World (1839): August 19
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August 19, 1839 the French government purchased the patent for the Daguerreotype process from Louis Daguerre and Joseph Nicephore Niepce. This is the invention that made photography possible. Rather than...
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Popsicle Day (1924): August 19
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Admissions Day (US-HI)(1959): August 20
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Admissions Day is a state holiday in Hawaii marking the August 21, 1959 admission of the Hawaiian Islands to the United States as the 50th state. It is celebrated on the 3rd Friday in August.
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Mosquito Day, World (1897): August 20
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Mosquitos seem to really like some people, and this writer is one of them. If there is a mosquito within fifty feet, I will be bit...multiple times. These little insects do form the foundation of several...
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Revolution of the King and People Day, (MA...
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Sidi Mohammed ben Yusef was exiled on this day in 1953 by the French. The people rose up in protest and took to the streets, eventually forcing the current king to abdicate in 1955. He regained the thrown...
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Saint Stephen's Day (HU)(1083): August 20
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Senior Citizens Day, Ntl.(1935): August 21
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Go Topless Day*, Intl. (1920): August 22
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Surgical Oncologist Day, Ntl. (1947): Augu...
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Surgical Oncologist Dwight Carlton De Risi was born on August 22, 1947. He is considered the pioneer of modern surgical oncology, a surgeon specializing in the diagnosis of cancer via biopsy and the remov...
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Ride the Wind Day (1977): August 23
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Slave Trade and Its Abolition, Internation...
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International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and its Abolition is sponsored by UNESCO. This observance is to remind the public of the history and plight of slaves. This campaign allows peopl...
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Flag Day, (LR)(1847): August 24
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Independence Day, (UA)(1991): August 24
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On August 24, 1991 Ukraine regained its independence from the Soviet Union. This was the second time it had declared independence from Moscow. The first time was on January 22, 1918. Independence would l...
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Vesuvius Eruption (IT)(79AD): August 24
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It was on this day that in 79AD that Italy's Mount Vesuvius erupted, violently destroying the city of Pompeii and several surrounding towns. The mountain remained active for the next 1500 years, erupting...
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Waffle Day, Ntl. (1869): August 24
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National Waffle Day marks the anniversary of the first viable patent for a waffle iron on August 24, 1869 to Cornelius Swartwout. It was US 94043 A.
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