International Beer Day – first Friday of August
Emancipation Day (Jamaica) – August 1
Yorkshire Day – August 1
Friendship Day – first Sunday of August
World Anglo Day -2 August
International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples: 9 August
Independence Day (Jamaica) – August 6
Hiroshima Day – August 6
International Forgiveness Day – August 6
International Friendship Day – August 6
World Sanskrit Day – In 2017, World Sanskrit Day is celebrated on August 07. Sravanapaurnami, that is the Paurnami day of Sravana month in Hindu Calendar, is celebrated as World Sanskrit Day.
National Handloom Day (India) – August 7
World Cat Day – August 8
National Day (Singapore) – August 9
Nagasaki Peace Day – August 9
International Day of the World’s Indigenous People – August 9
National Women’s Day (South Africa) – August 9
World Bio-Fuel Day – August 10
International Youth Day – August 12
International Lefthanders Day – August 13
Youm-e-Azadi (Pakistan Independence Day) – August 14
National day of mourning (Bangladesh) – August 15
Indian Independence Day – August 15
Mother`s Day (Costa Rica) – August 15
Victory over Japan Day (UK) – August 15
Day of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary – August 15
Bennington Battle Day – August 16
Indonesian Independence Day – August 17
World Photography Day – 19 August
World Humanitarian Day – 19 August
World Honey Bee Day – 19 August
World Mosquito Day – August 20
Indian Akshay Urja Day – August 20
World Entrepreneurs’ Day – August 21
International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and its Abolition – August 23
European Day of Remembrance for Victims of Stalinism and Nazism – August 23
Women’s Equality Day – August 26
International Day against Nuclear Tests: 29 August
National Sports Day – August 29
International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances: 30 August
Hari Merdeka (Malaysia Independence Day, not Malaysia Day) – August 31
