August 2012 Holidays, Special Days and Events

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Celebrate a holiday or special day every day in August 2012. Learn about holidays you never heard of. Be sure to check back every day for recipes, crafts, games and lots more fun things to do. Enjoy! Click on the dates for more events and information for each date.

August Seasonal Specials:

Summer Printables
Lemonade Stand Printables
Camping Printables
Old Fashioned Ice Cream Social
August Coloring Calendar

August 1 - Colorado, National Parks and Explorers

• Colorado Admission Day
• Francis Scott Key's Birthday, 1779
• Hawai'i Volcanoes National Park Established
• William Clark's Birthday
• Sports Day
• Switzerland Founded, 1291

August 2 - Independence, Virgin Islands and Harding

• Signing of the Declaration of Independence
• Virgin Islands National Park Established
• Warren G. Harding Dies
• National Ice Cream Sandwich Day; Recipes

August 3 - Columbus, Coolidge and Hitler

• Columbus Sets Sail
• Calvin Coolidge Sworn In
• Adolf Hitler becomes Fuhrer
• Statue of Liberty Reopens
• Watermelon Day

August 4 - President Obama, U.S. Coast Guard and Louis Armstrong

• President Barack Obama's Birthday
• U.S. Coast Guard Day
• Louis Armstrong's Birthday
• William Schuman's Birthday, 1910

August 5 - Neil Armstrong, Taxes and Traffic Lights

• Neil Armstrong's Birthday
• First Federal Income Tax
• Traffic Light Installed

August 6 - First Ladies, Hiroshima and the Constitution

• Edith Kermit Roosevelt's Birthday
• Hiroshima Peace Day
• Delegates Debate Constitution
• Root Beer Float Day
• Wiggle Your Toes Day

August 7 - Purple Hearts, Lighthouses and Pennies

• Purple Heart Anniversary
• U.S. Bureau of Lighthouses Created
• Lincoln Memorial on Penny
• National Kids Day
• American Family Day

August 8

• National Waffle Day

August 9

• International Art Appreciation Day

August 10

• Missouri Admission Day

August 11

• Play in the Sand Day

August 12

• Jack Nicklaus won his 14th PGA Golf Tournament title, 1973

August 13

• Annie Oakley's Birthday, 1860
• International Left-Handers Day

August 14

• Yukon Discovery Day

August 15

• National Relaxation Day

August 16

• Joke Day

August 17

• Davy Crockett's Birthday

August 18

• Wizard of Oz Premiered

August 19

• National Aviation Day
• National Potato Day

August 20

• National Radio Day

August 21

• Hawaii Statehood Day

August 22

• National Tooth Fairy Day

August 23

• National Sponge Cake Day

August 24

• National Peach Pie Day

August 25

• National Banana Split Day

August 26

• Susan B Anthony Day

August 27

• Volcano Eruption - Krakatau

August 28

• Dream Day

August 29

• First Scout Camp Opened, 1934

August 30

• National Toasted Marshmallow Day

August 31

• Thomas Edison patented the Peephole Kinetoscope

August is:
National Inventors Month

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