| August Monthly Observances |
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| Black Business Month |
| Cataract Awareness Month |
| Children's Eye Health & Safety Month |
| Children's Vision & Learning Month |
| Get Ready for Kindergarten Month |
| Happiness Happens Month |
| National Immunization Awareness Month |
| National Inventor's Month |
| National Win With Civility Month |
| Neurosurgery Outreach Month |
| Spinal Muscular Atrophy Awareness Month |
| What Will Be Your Legacy Month |
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| August Weekly Observances |
| World Breastfeeding Week: 1-7 |
| National Clown Week: 3-9 |
| National Fraud Awareness Week: 3-9 |
| (This is sponsored by the FCC and has to do with phone & mail fraud.) |
| Single Working Women's Week: 3-9 |
| Exhibitor Appreciation Week: 4-8 |
| Intimate Apparel Market Week: 4-8 (also observed in February, May, and Nov.) |
| Psychic Week: 4-8 |
| Sturgis Bike Rally: 4-10 |
| Hobo Week: 7-10 |
| XXIX Olympiad: 8-24 |
| Elvis Week: 9-17 |
| Knights of Columbus Family Week: 9-17 |
| National Resurrect Romance Week: 10-16 |
| Weird Contest Week: 10-15 |
| Mae West Week: 17-31 |
| National Aviation Week: 17-23 |
| National Truck Driver Appreciation Week: 24-30 |
| Be Kind To Humankind Week: 25-31 |
| Democratic Convention: 25-28 |
| Miniority Enterprise Development Week: 25-28 |
| National Safe at Home Week: 25-29 |
| Waffle Week: 31-9/6 |
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| August Daily Observance |
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| Braham Pie Day: 1 |
| Girlfriend's Day: 1 |
| Lughnasa - 1 |
| National Urban Eden Day: 1 |
| Respect For Parents: 1 |
| Spiderman Day: 1 |
| Work Like A Dog Day: 1 |
| World Wide Web Day: 1 |
| National Mustard Day: 2 |
| Sister's Day: 3 |
| Friendship Day: 3 |
| Coast Guard Day: 4 |
| National Chocolate Chip Day: 4 |
| National Night Out: 5 |
| Psychic Sunday: 5 |
| Hiroshima Day: 6 |
| National Fresh Breath (Halitosis) Day: 6 |
| Particularly Preposterous Packaging Day: 7 |
| Professional Speakers Day: 7 |
| Kool-Aid Day: 8-10 |
| The Date to Create: 8 |
| Happiness Happens Day: 8 |
| Sneak Some Zucchini Onto Your Neighbor's Porch Night: 8 |
| National Garage Sale Day: 9 |
| International Day of The World's Indigenous People: 9 |
| Veep Day: 9 |
| National Duran Duran Appreciation Day: 10 |
| Smithsonian Day: 10 |
| S'mores Day: 10 |
| International Left Hander's Day: 11 |
| Eleanor Roosevelt Day: 12 |
| International Youth Day: 12 |
| Sewing Machine Day: 12 |
| Vinyl Record Day: 12 |
| National Underwear Day: 13 |
| Herbert Hoover Day: 13 |
| Assistance Dog Day: 14 |
| National Navajo Code Talkers Day: 14 |
| V-J Day: 14 |
| Best Friends Day: 15 |
| Chauvin Day: 15 |
| National Men's Grooming Day: 15 |
| National Relaxation Day: 15 |
| World Day of Reiki: 15 |
| Elvis Presley Remembrance Day: 16 |
| Joe Miller's Joke Day: 16 |
| National Homeless Animals Day: 16 |
| Sandcastle Day: 16 |
| Meaning of "Is" Day: 17 |
| Men's Grooming Day: 17 |
| Bad Poetry Day: 18 |
| National Personal Chef's Days: 18-20 |
| Aviation Day: 19 |
| "Black Cow" Root Beer Float Day: 19 |
| Sandcastle & Sculpture Day: 19 |
| Poet's Day: 21 |
| (World) Daffodil Day: 22 |
| Southern Hemisphere Hoodie Hoo Day: 22 |
| Be An Angel Day: 22 |
| Day For The Remembrance of The Slave Trade & Its Abolition: 23 |
| Valentino Day: 23 |
| Pony Express Day: 24 |
| Vesuvius Day: 24 |
| National Waffle Day: 24 |
| Kiss and Make Up Day: 25 |
| National Second-hand Wardrobe Day: 25 |
| National Dog Day: 26 |
| Women's Equality Day: 26 |
| Race Your Mouse Around the Icons Day: 28 |
| Crackers Over The Keyboard Day: 28 |
| Dream Day Quest: 28 |
| More Herbs, Less Salt Day: 29 |
| National Holistic Pet Day: 30 |
| National Toasted Marshmallow Day: 30 |
| Love Litigating Lawyers Day: 31 |
