Month Long Observations

American Artist Appreciation Month

Foot Health Month

Home Business Month

National Catfish Month

National Golf Month

National Inventors Month

National Water Quality Month

Week Long Observances

1st Week - National Clown Week

2nd Week - Elvis Week

2nd Week - National Apple Week

2nd Week - National Smile Week

3rd Week - Air Conditioning Appreciation Week

3rd Week - American Dance Week

Special Days in August

National Mustard Day
First Saturday in August.

American Family Day
First Sunday in August.

Friendship Day
First Sunday in August.

Picnic Day in Australia
The first Monday of August.

National Homeless Animals Day
Observed on the third Saturday of August every year.

August 1st

Francis Scott Key's Birthday
Born in 1779.

MTV Debuted In 1981.

Respect for Parents' Day

Sport's Day

Switzerland Founded In 1291.

August 2nd

First Income Tax
Congress enacts first income tax in 1861.

First Lincoln Penny Issued In 1909.

National Ice Cream Sandwich Day

August 3rd

Columbus Set Sail on His 1st Voyage In 1492.

National Watermelon Day

August 4th

Coast Guard Day
Established on this day in 1790.

National Chocolate Chip Day

August 5th

National Waffle Day

Neil Armstrong's Birthday
Born in Ohio in 1930.

August 6th

Alfred Lord Tennyson's Birthday
Born in 1809.

Odie's Birthday
Garfield the Cat's friend.

Wiggle Your Toes Day

August 7th

Sea Serpent Day

August 8th

Dollar Day
The US dollar was created.

August 9th

Betty Boop's Birthday
Created in 1930.

International Day of the World's Indigenous People

National Rice Pudding Day

August 10th

First Steam Locomotive

Herbert Hoover's Birthday
Born in 1874, in West Branch, Iowa.

S'Mores Day

August 11th

Hulk Hogan's Birthday
Born in 1953 in Venice Beach, California.

Play in the Sand Day

August 12th

IBM PC Announced In 1981.

Middle Children's Day

August 13th

Annie Oakley's Birthday
Born in 1860.

International Left-Handers Day

National Filet Mignon Day

August 14th

National Creamsicle Day


August 15th

Julia Child's Birthday
Born in Pasadena, California in 1912.

National Relaxation Day

August 16th

Joke Day

Roller Coaster Day
Roller coaster patented in 1898.

August 17th

Archeology Day

Davy Crockett's Birthday
Born in Tennessee in 1786.

August 18th

Bad Poetry Day

Wizard of Oz Premiered In 1939.

August 19th

Bill Clinton's Birthday
Born in Hope, Arkansas in 1946.

National Aviation Day

Orville Wright's Birthday
Born in 1871.

Potato Day

Snuffleupagus's Birthday
Sesame Street Character.

August 20th

National Radio Day

August 21st

Wilt Chamberlain's Birthday
Born in 1936 in Philadelphia, PA.

August 22nd

Be An Angel Day

August 23rd

First Photograph of Earth From the Moon
Taken by Lunar Orbiter in 1966.

National Sponge Cake Day

August 24th

National Peach Pie Day

Strange Music Day

Waffle Iron Patented In 1869, invented by Cornelius Swarthout of Troy, New York.

August 25th

Kiss and Make Up Day

National Banana Split Day

August 26th

National Dog Day

Women's Equality Day
The anniversary of women getting the right to vote.

August 27th

Mother Teresa's Birthday
Born in 1910.

August 28th

Dream Day
Martin Luther King jr. gave the "I Have a Dream" speech in 1963.

National Cherry Turnover Day

August 29th

First Scout Camp Opened In 1934.

Speedy Gonzales' Birthday
Debuted in 1953.

August 30th

Herry Monster's Birthday
Sesame Street Character.

National Toasted Marshmallow Day

August 31st

Alan Jay Lerner's Birthday
Born in 1918, New York.

National Trail Mix Day

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• sandwich [´sænwidʒ, ´sændwitʃ] n.三明治，夹心面包片 (初中英语单词)
• voyage [´vɔi-idʒ] n.&vi.航海；航程；旅行 (初中英语单词)
• california [,kæli´fɔ:njə] n.加利福尼亚 (初中英语单词)
• poetry [´pəuitri] n.诗；诗意 (初中英语单词)
• character [´kæriktə] n.特性；性质；人物；字 (初中英语单词)
• banana [bə´nɑ:nə] n.香蕉 (初中英语单词)
• appreciation [ə,pri:ʃi´eiʃən] n.评价；感激 (高中英语单词)
• picnic [´piknik] n.郊游 vi.(去)野餐 (高中英语单词)
• serpent [´sə:pənt] n.大毒蛇；阴险的人 (高中英语单词)
• pudding [´pudiŋ] n.布丁 (高中英语单词)
• venice [´venis] n.威尼斯 (高中英语单词)
• roller [´rəulə] n.打滚的人；滚柱 (高中英语单词)
• sponge [spʌndʒ] n.海绵(状物) (高中英语单词)
• equality [i´kwɔliti] n.同等，平等 (高中英语单词)
• cherry [´tʃeri] n.樱桃(树) (高中英语单词)
• mustard [´mʌstəd] n.芥菜；芥末(色) (英语四级单词)
• lincoln [´liŋkən] n.林肯 (英语四级单词)
• arkansas [´a:kənsɔ:] n.阿肯色(州) (英语四级单词)
• aviation [,eivi´eiʃən] n.飞行(术)；航空(学) (英语四级单词)
• anniversary [,æni´və:səri] n.周年纪念(日) (英语四级单词)
• august [ɔ:´gʌst] a.尊严的；威严的 (英语六级单词)
• homeless [´həumlis] a.无家的 (英语六级单词)