Calendar Days—Holidays, Special Days & Downright Crazy Days in August

Last month I continued my end of the month post listing all the crazy special days in the coming month. I always share this info on the last Thursday of every month. So be sure to drop by. Today I’m going to continue with the upcoming crazy and normal holidays in the month of June.

Using the calendar for blog post or even article ideas is a great way to jumpstart your creativity. It's also a fun writing prompt idea. 


Calendar days are also great conversation starters for social media sites like Facebook and Twitter.

August Holidays, Special Days & Downright Crazy Days

August is:

Family Fun Month

National Catfish Month

Admit You’re Happy Month

National Picnic Month

Inventor’s Month

National Win with Civility Month

American Artists Appreciation Month

American Indian Heritage Month

National Minority Donor Awareness Month

National Runaway Prevention Month

It's Romance Awareness Month!

Black Business Month

Cataract Awareness Month

National Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders Awareness Month

National Goat Cheese Month

National Immunization Awareness Month

National Panini Month

What Will Be Your Legacy Month

Romance Awareness Month

National Eye Exam Month

Peach Month

National Golf Month

Water Quality Month

Weekly Celebrations

Week 1:

National Simplify your Life Week

International Clown Week

World Breast Feeding Week

It's Assistance Dog Week!

Week 2:

National Smile Week

National Fraud Awareness Week

National Farmers’ Market Week

Old Fiddler’s Week

Exercise with Your Child Week

Single Working Womens’ Week

Rock for Life Week

Assistance Dog Week

National Resurrect Romance Week

Week 3:

Friendship week

Elvis Week

Feeding Pets of the Homeless Week

Week 4:

Be Kind to Humankind Week

National Safe at Home Week

Individual Days

August 1

National Raspberry Cream Pie Day

Vegetarian Day

National Minority Donor Awareness Day

Girlfriends Day

Spiderman Day

World Wide Web Day

Us Air Force Day

Yorkshire Day

August 2

National Ice Cream Sandwich Day

August 3

National Watermelon Day

National Mustard Day (first Saturday in August)

Celebrate the Twins in your life!

August 4

International Forgiveness Day (first Sunday in August)

Friendship day (first Sunday in August)

Sisters Day (first Sunday in August)

Twin Day Festival

National Doll Day (first Sunday in August)

U.S. Coast Guard Day

Single Working Womans’ Day

Chocolate Chip Day

August 5

Beer Day

Work Like a Dog Day

Assistance Dog Day

National Oyster Day

National Underwear Day

August 6

Wiggle Your Toes Day

Hiroshima Day

National Root Beer Float Day

National Night Out (First Tuesday of August)

Fresh Breath Day

National Lighthouse Day, August 7

August 7

National Lighthouse Day

Sea Serpent Day

Professional Speakers Day

Purple Heart Day

August 8

Sneak Some Zucchini onto Your Neighbor’s Porch Day

Happiness Happens Day

Odie Day (Garfield’s Pal)

August 9

Rice Pudding Day

National Polka Festival

International Day of The World’s Indigenous People

Worldwide Art Day

Book Lover’s Day

August 10

Lazy Day

Garage Sale Day (anyone who’s ever held one knows this is NOT a Lazy Day!)

National Duran Duran Day

Skyscraper Appreciation Day

Smithsonian Day

National S’mores Day

August 11

Son and Daughter Day

Ingersoll Day

Presidential Joke Day (did you hear the one about…)

Vinyl Record Day, August 12

August 12

Middle Child’s Day

Vinyl Record Day

IBM PC Day

Sewing Machine Day

Youth Day

August 13

Left Hander’s Day

Blame Someone Else Day

Chinese Valentine’s Day (also known as Daughter’s Day )

August 14

V-J Day (marks the end of WWII. There are actually 3 dates with this designation. August 14—Japan surrenders; August 15‑Surrender announced to the world; September 2‑Ceremony and formal signing of surrender.)

National Creamsicle Day

National Navajo Code Talkers Day

August 15

V-J Day (see note above)

Lion Day

National Failures Day

Best Friends Day

Chauvin Day

National Relaxation Day

National Airborne Day, August 16

August 16

National Tell a Joke Day

Hug Your Boss Day

National Airborne Day

Men’s Grooming Day

Bratwurst Festival

August 17

National Thriftshop Day

International Geocaching Day (Third Saturday in August)

International Homeless Animals Day (Third Saturday in August)

The Meaning of IS Day

August 18

Bad Poetry Day

Birth Control Pills Day

Mail Order Catalog Day

Serendipity day

World Daffodil Day

God’s Preeminence Day (Third Sunday in August)

August 19

Potato Day

World Humanitarian Day

Aviation Day

Cupcake Day

National Radio Day, August 20

August 20

National Radio Day

August 21

Spumoni Day

Senior Citizen’s Day

Poets Day

August 22

National Tooth Fair Day (is also designated on February 28)

Be an Angel Day

August 23

National Spongecake Day

Valentino Day

Ride the Wind Day

August 24

Knife Day

Vesuvius Day

Pluto Demoted Day

William Wilberforce Day

National Waffle Day

Kiss and Make Up Day, August 25

August 25

Kiss and Make Up Day

Founders Day

August 26

National Cherry Popsicle Day

Women’s Equality Day

National Dog Day

August 27

Global Forgiveness Day

Petroleum Day

The Duchess Who Wasn’t Day (Margaret Wolfe Hungerford http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margaret_Wolfe_Hungerford, she’s responsible for the popular phrase, “Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.” It’s from her book, Molly Bawn) Just Because Day

August 28

World Sauntering Day

Radio commercials Day

Crackers over the Keyboard Day

Race Your Mouse Around the Icons Day

August 29

More Herbs, Less Salt Day

Individual Rights Day

According to Hoyle Day

International Day Against Nuclear Tests

Slinky Day, August 30

August 30

National Toasted Marshmallow Day

Slinky Day

National Holistic Pet Day

Frankenstein Day

August 31

Love Litigating Lawyers Day

National Trail Mix Day

Franchise Appreciation Day

Now let's do a little brainstorming for next month. What are some of your favorite days from the list and how do you propose using them?

Don't forget to join the conversation!

Blessings,

Edie