August 1st 2024 - Holidays and Observances

 

(click on the day for details)

• Armed Forces Day (Lebanon)
• Armed Forces Day (China) or Anniversary of the Founding of the People's Liberation Army (People's Republic of China)
• Azerbaijani Language and Alphabet Day (Azerbaijan)
• Emancipation Day is commemorated in many parts of the former British Empire, which marks the day the Slavery Abolition Act 1833 came into effect which abolished chattel slavery in the British Empire:
  • Emancipation Day is a public holiday in Barbados, Bermuda, Guyana, Jamaica, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Trinidad and Tobago
• Christian feast day:
  • Abgar V of Edessa (Syrian Church)
  • Alphonsus Maria de' Liguori
  • Æthelwold of Winchester
  • Bernard Võ Văn Duệ (one of Vietnamese Martyrs)
  • Blessed Gerhard Hirschfelder
  • Eusebius of Vercelli
  • Exuperius of Bayeux
  • Felix of Girona
  • Peter Apostle in Chains
  • Procession of the Cross and the beginning of Dormition Fast (Eastern Orthodoxy)
  • The Holy Maccabees
  • August 1 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
• Minden Day (United Kingdom)
• National Day, celebrates the independence of Benin from France in 1960.
• National Day, commemorates Switzerland becoming a single unit in 1291.
• Official Birthday and Coronation Day of the King of Tonga (Tonga)
• Parents' Day (Democratic Republic of the Congo)
• Statehood Day (Colorado)
• Swiss National Day (Switzerland)
• The beginning of autumn observances in the Northern hemisphere and spring observances in the Southern hemisphere (Neopagan Wheel of the Year😞
  • Lughnasadh in the Northern hemisphere, Imbolc in the Southern hemisphere; traditionally begins on the eve of August 1. (Gaels, Ireland, Scotland, Neopagans)
  • Lammas (England, Scotland, Neopagans)
  • Pachamama Raymi (Quechuan in Ecuador and Peru)
• Victory Day (Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam)
• World Scout Scarf Day
• Yorkshire Day (Yorkshire, England)
• World RNA Day

 

Observances (click on the day, BD, or week for details)

Albariño Day

Cycle to Work Day

Guadalcanal Province Day

Homemade Pie Day

India Pale Ale Day - 1

National IPA Day (India Pale Ale Beer) - 2

International Can-It Forward Day

International Childfree Day

National Planner Day

National Minority Donor Awareness Day

National Promise to Care Day

National Raspberry Cream Pie Day

National Wellness Month

Play Ball Day

Respect For Parents Day

Rounds Resounding Day

Santo Domingo Celebrations Start - 1

Santo Domingo Celebrations Start - 2

Spider-Man Day

Start Up Day Across America

Woman Astronomers Day

World Lung Cancer Day

World Wide Web Day

National Pinball Day

National Spritz Day

National Mountain Climbing Day

 

Jerry Garcia’s Birthday

Robert Van Tromp’s Birthday

Jason Momoa’s Birthday

Hailey Peters’s Birthday

Coolio’s Birthday

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Fun Observances

National Girlfriend Day

August 1 is Girlfriend’s Day. It is unclear whether the unknown creators of this holiday wanted it to be a day for people to honor their female friends or for them to celebrate their female romantic partners.

Either way, take this day to tell the special women in your life that they mean a lot to you, and that you love, honor, and respect them.

The term girlfriend first came into use in 1863 as a way to describe a woman's female friend in youth. It was not until the 1920s when the word started being used as a way to describe a person's female romantic partner.

How to Celebrate?

While we think that every day of the year should be your girlfriend's day, Girlfriend's Day is a good excuse to do something extra special for that extraordinary woman in your life. Here are some ways you can celebrate this day:

• Do something special for your partner to show them how much you care and love them. Maybe surprise your partner with a gift and dinner? Or take them out to see their favorite band perform or arrange for a romantic lunch picnic in the park.
• Don’t have a partner? Why not celebrate your girlfriends with a girls night out or a girls only party.
• Watch Girlfriends, an American sitcom that follows the lives of four friends.

Did You Know…

…that in the fashion world, girlfriend style refers to a type of clothing for men that is borrowed from women's clothing?

 

 

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SCENE: My teenage daughter and me in the car.

Lauren: Dad, do you know what the most commonly used letter in a girl’s name is?

Me: Hmm, is it a consonant or a vowel? (Silence.) Please tell me you know what consonants and vowels are.

Lauren: You’re no fun, Dad. Forget it.

Me: What is a vowel?

Lauren: OK, OK. A vowel is … ahh … eh … well, oh … uh …

Me: Close enough.

 

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I was really embarrassed when my wife caught me playing with my son’s train set by myself.

In a moment of panic, I threw a bed sheet over it.

I think I managed to cover my tracks.

 

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Teacher: What is an evangelist?

Student: Someone who plays the evangelo.

 

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For 98 percent of the students at the school where my wife teaches, English is a second language. But that didn't stop them from giving her Christmas cards.

Still, their enthusiasm for the occasion sometimes exceeded their grasp of English. Among the many cards that flooded her desk were:

"Happy Birthday, Grandma,"

"Get Well Soon," and

"Congratulations on Passing Your Driving Test!"

 

 

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Paul Reubens, best known for his portrayal of Pee Wee Herman, passed away at the age of 70 after a brave six-year battle with cancer.

R.I.P.

 

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