Third week of August, 2017 Calendar with holidays, observances and special days

Rhode Island celebrates Victory Day on the Second Monday in August. A few interesting facts concerning Rhode Island government: Rhode Island was the first of the thirte..→

August 16, 1777, the Revolutionary War’s Battle of Bennington was fought along the shore of the Walloomsac branch of the Hoosac River, and it preserved Continental Army c..→

Presley was born on January 8, 1935, in Tupelo, Mississippi, the son of Gladys Love and Vernon Elvis Presley. This american musician and actor died in 1977 at the age of ..→

National Airborne Day is a day designated by the United States Congress to honor the nation’s airborne forces of the Armed Forces. It was created in 2001 by George W. Bus..→

Statehood bills for Hawaii were introduced into the U.S. Congress as early as 1919 by Prince Jonah Kuhio Kalanianaole, the non-voting delegate sent by the Territory of Ha..→

Celebrate Brothers and Sisters Day by touching them in some way. A card or a phone call is appropriate for those who are separated by too many miles. A visit, or sharing..→

International Society for Animal Rights (ISAR) conceived and began International Homeless Animals’ Day (IHAD) in 1992. Since that time, ISAR’s International Homeless Anim..→

In December 2008, the sixty-third session of the UN General Assembly decided to designate 19 August as World Humanitarian Day (A/RES/63/139). World Humanitarian Day is a..→