«Labor Day»

Every year, 9 August is commemorated as the International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples. The day is celebrated with special events aroun... read more

Rhode Island celebrates Victory Day on the Second Monday in August. A few interesting facts concerning Rhode Island government: Rhode Island w... read more

The Day highlights the importance of creating conditions which enable full and active participation of young people in all aspects of social lif... read more

August 13 is designated International lefthanders Day by lefthanders International. It was first observed on the 13th of August, in the year 197... read more

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 ... read more

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

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 pr... read more

Presley was born on January 8, 1935, in Tupelo, Mississippi, the son of Gladys Love and Vernon Elvis Presley. This american musician and actor d... read more

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 create... read more

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). W... read more

Statehood bills for Hawaii were introduced into the U.S. Congress as early as 1919 by Prince Jonah Kuhio Kalanianaole, the non-voting delegate s... read more

The European Day of Remembrance for Victims of Stalinism and Nazism, known as the Black Ribbon Day in some countries, which is observed on 23 Au... read more

In 2015 year’s celebration of the International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and its Abolition coincides with the launch of the In... read more

STATE of MINNESOTA. Proclamation: After the breakup of the Soviet Union, the Parliament of Ukraine formally declared an independent Ukrainian s... read more

Women’s Equality Day is a day proclaimed each year by the United States President to commemorate the granting of the vote to women throughout th... read more

Lyndon Baines Johnson Day is a legal state holiday in Texas. It falls every year on August 27, to mark the birthday of U.S. President Lyndon Bai... read more

On 2 December 2009, the 64th session of the United Nations General Assembly declared 29 August the International Day against Nuclear Tests by un... read more

The Festival of Harvest (also called Weeks, Pentecost, or Shavout) is one of the three commanded festivals of Yahweh during which all men are co... read more

On 21 December 2010, by its resolution 65/209 the UN General Assembly expressed its deep concern, in particular, by the increase in enforced or ... read more

Sickle Cell Anemia Awareness Month; Leukemia, Lymphoma, and Myeloma Awareness Month; Mitochondrial Disease Awareness Month; Brain Aneurysm Aware... read more

The Japanese Instrument of Surrender was the written agreement that formalized the surrender of the Empire of Japan, marking the end of World Wa... read more

Poverty persists in all countries of the world, regardless of their economic, social and cultural situation, particularly in developing countrie... read more