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Worldwide Holidays or Events for August 2011

1st August
Confederation Day: Switzerland.

Emancipation Day: Trinidad & Tobago.

People's Liberation Army Day: China.

2nd August
Discovery Day: Trinidad.

Freedom Day: Guyana.

3rd August
Independence Day: Niger.

Martyrs' Day: Guinea.

4th August
Independence Day: Burkina Faso, Jamaica.
5th August

Workers' Day: Iceland.

6th August
Accession Day: United Arab Emirates.

Farmer's Day: Zambia.

7th August
Battle of Boyaca: Colombia.

Republic Day: Ivory Coast.
8th August

Peace Day: Iraq.

9th August
Independence Day: Georgia.

National Day: Singapore.

10th August
Independence Day: Ecuador.

11th August
Heroes' Day: Zimbabwe.

Independence Day: Chad.

12th August
Queen's Birthday: Thailand.

Armed Forces Day: Zimbabwe.

13th August
Arequipa Week: Peru.

Independence Day: Central African Republic, Congo.

Women's Day: Tunisia.

14th August
Gohst Month begins: Taiwan.

Independence Day: Pakistan.

15th August
Independence Day: India.

National Day: Liechtenstein.

Republic Day: South Korea.

16th August
Il Palio, Siena:
Continuing in ancient tradition, the contradas compete on horses around the town square of Siena, Italy, every July 2nd and August 16th.

Independence Day: Gabon, Indonesia.

Republic Day: Dominican Republic.

17th August
Death of San Martin: Argentina.

18th August
Jashn: Afghanistan - celebrating liberation from the British, in 1919, and lasts for a week.

20th August
Istvan's Day - Celebrations marking the formation of Hungary.

Lovers' Day: Taiwan.

Independence Day: Senegal.

21st August
Independence Day in The Baltics:
Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania.

24th August
Independence Day: Russia.

National Day: Ukraine.

National Flag Day: Kazakhstan, Liberia.

25th August
Constitution Day: Paraguay.

Independence Day: Uruguay.

Independence Day: Belarus.

27th August
Independence Day: Moldova.
28th August

Chung Yuan Festival: Taiwan.

29th August
Independence Day: Uzbekistan.

30th August
Children's Day: Afghanistan.

St. Rose of Lima Day: Peru.

Victory Day: Turkey.

31st August
Independence Day: Kyrgyzstan, Trinidad & Tobago.

National Day: Malaysia.
Pashtunistan Day: Afghanistan

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