August

• 7^th
  Purple Heart Day
• 9^th
  World Indigenous Peoples’ Day
• 12^th
  Tisha B’Av (Jewish) (August 12 - August 13)
• 13^th
  Obon (Buddhist) (August 13 - August 15)
• 15^th
  Assumption of Mary (Christian)
• 18^th
  Ullambana (Buddhist)
• 19^th
  Raksha Bandhan (Hindu)
• 22^nd
  International Day Commemorating the Victims of Acts of Violence Based on Religion or Belief
• 23^rd
  International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and its Abolition
• 26^th
  Krishna Janmashtami/Jayanti (Hindu)
• 26^th
  Women’s Equality Day
• 31^st
  International Day for People of African Descent