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2024 day arrangement

August 1: Lughnasadh in the Northern Hemisphere; Buwan ng Wika begins in the Philippines; PLA Day in China (1927)

Joseph Priestley
Joseph Priestley
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August 2: Roma Holocaust Memorial Day

Krishna Lal Adhikari
Krishna Lal Adhikari
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August 3

Jesse Owens in the long jump at the 1936 Olympics
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August 4

Glassell's black marlin
Glassell's black marlin
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August 5: Victory and Homeland Thanksgiving Day in Croatia (1995)

Henry I of England
Henry I of England
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August 6

Street fighting during the Battle of Saint-Malo
Street fighting during the Battle of Saint-Malo
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August 7: Assyrian Martyrs Day (1933)

Harvard Mark I input/output and control
Harvard Mark I input/output and control
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August 8

LZ 127 Graf Zeppelin
LZ 127 Graf Zeppelin
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August 9: International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples; National Women's Day in South Africa (1956)

First Smokey Bear poster
First Smokey Bear poster
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August 10: Qixi Festival in China (2024)

Painting of the insurrection of 10 August 1792
Painting of the insurrection of 10 August 1792
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August 11

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August 12

Quagga mare at London Zoo
Quagga mare at London Zoo
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August 13

Damage caused by Hurricane Charley
Damage caused by Hurricane Charley
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August 14: Independence Day in Pakistan (1947)

Roosevelt and Churchill
Roosevelt and Churchill
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August 15: Independence Day in India (1947); National Liberation Day of Korea (1945)

Depiction of Peter, King of Hungary
Depiction of Peter, King of Hungary
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August 16

Skookum Jim Mason
Skookum Jim Mason
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August 17

Roosevelt and Churchill in Quebec, with Canadian prime minister William Lyon Mackenzie King
Roosevelt and Churchill in Quebec, with Canadian prime minister William Lyon Mackenzie King
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August 18: Ghost Festival in China (2024)

White's discovery of the abandoned Roanoke Colony
White's discovery of the abandoned Roanoke Colony
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August 19

Painting of the Battle of Lagos
Painting of the Battle of Lagos
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August 20

Al-Shifa pharmaceutical factory
Al-Shifa pharmaceutical factory
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August 21

Rocket launcher from the Ghouta chemical attack
Rocket launcher from the Ghouta chemical attack
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August 22: Madras Day in Chennai, India (1639)

A girl sits on a street next to the bodies of two other malnourished children
Photograph of famine in Calcutta published in The Statesman
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August 23: Black Ribbon Day

Proclamation of Rebellion
Proclamation of Rebellion
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August 24: Feast day of Saint Bartholomew the Apostle (Western Christianity); Independence Day in Ukraine (1991)

Henry Cabot Lodge Jr.
Henry Cabot Lodge Jr.
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August 25:

Aaliyah
Aaliyah
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August 26: Heroes' Day in Namibia; Women's Equality Day in the United States

Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen
Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen
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August 27: Independence Day in Moldova (1991)

Destroyed buildings after the attack in the Anglo-Zanzibar War
Destroyed buildings after the attack in the Anglo-Zanzibar War
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August 28

Ryugyong Hotel
Ryugyong Hotel
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August 29: Feast of the Beheading of John the Baptist (Catholicism, Anglicanism)

Michael Faraday
Michael Faraday
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August 30: Victory Day in Turkey (1922)

Guru Ram Das
Guru Ram Das
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August 31: Independence Day in Malaysia (1957); Romanian Language Day in Moldova and Romania

Cartoon depicting Jack the Ripper as a phantom stalking Whitechapel
Cartoon depicting Jack the Ripper as a phantom stalking Whitechapel
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