August Monthly Observances


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

August Weekly Observances
World Breastfeeding Week: 1-7
Simplify Your Life Week: 1-7
National Clown Week: 3-9
National Fraud Awareness Week: 3-9
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

August Daily Observance 

Braham Pie Day: 1
Girlfriend's Day: 1
Lughnasa - 1
National Urban Eden Day: 1
Respect For Parents: 1
Spiderman Day: 1
US Air Force 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 
Eleanor Roosevelt Day: 12
International Youth Day: 12
Sewing Machine Day: 12
Vinyl Record Day: 12
International Left Hander's Day: 13 
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