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Worldwide Holidays or Events for August 2012

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.
Civic Holiday: Canada (Most Provinces)
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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