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August Observances


August is full of observances! Check out the list below and take action with CRS by engaging with our Facebook and Instagram posts that acknowledge these special designations. 

  • Black August

  • Black Philanthropy Month

  • National Black Business Month

  • International Peace Month 

  • National Wellness Month

  • August 2 – Anniversary of the birth of James Baldwin

  • August 6 – Anniversary of the Atomic Bombing of Hiroshima 

  • August 6 – Anniversary of the Voting Rights Act of 1965

  • August 9 – Anniversary of the death of Michael Brown in 2014

  • August 9 – Nagasaki Memorial Day

  • August 9 – International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples 

  • August 12 – Anniversary of the death of Jean-Michel Basquiat in 1988  

  • August 12 – International Youth Day

  • August 12-13 – Tish’a B’Av (Jewish)

  • August 13-16 – Obon (Buddhist) 

  • August 14 – National Navajo Code Talkers Day

  • August 14 – Anniversary of the signing of the Social Security Act in 1935

  • August 14 – Pakistani Independence Day

  • August 15 – Indian Independence Day

  • August 16 – Anniversary of the birth of Freddie Carlos Gray Jr. in 1989 

  • August 17 – National Nonprofit Day 

  • August 18 – 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution was ratified in 1920

  • August 19 – World Humanitarian Day 

  • August 20 – Economic Opportunity Act was signed into law in 1964

  • August 21 – International Day of Remembrance and Tribute to the Victims of Terrorism 

  • August 22 – International Day Commemorating the Victims of Acts of Violence Based on Religion or Belief 

  • August 22 – 60th anniversary of Fannie Lou Hamer’s speech on voting rights for Black Americans at the 1964 Democratic National Convention 

  • August 23 – International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and Its Abolition 

  • August 24 – Anniversary of the death of Bayard Rustin in 1987

  • August 26 – Women’s Equality Day 

  • August 28 – Anniversary of the 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom

  • August 28 – Anniversary of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s “I Have a Dream Speech” in 1963

  • August 28 – Give 8/28

  • August 30 – International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances 

  • August 31 – International Day for People of African Descent 

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