August is:
- National Inventors Month;
- National Water Quality Month; and
- American Artist Appreciation Month.
Other (unusual) July holidays and events
| 8/1 |
International Friendship Day start of National Clown Week |
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| 8/8 |
start of National Smile Week |
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| 8/13 |
International Left-Handers Day |
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| 8/15 |
The Wizard of Oz, starring Judy Garland, premieres in Hollywood, California in 1939 Woodstock opens in 1969 start of National Friendship Week |
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| 8/28 | Martin Luther King, Jr.’s “I Have a Dream” speech given in 1963 |
