Holidays &  Other Interesting events happening in AUGUST:
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Month Long Events in August: 

• Twins Day celebration in Twinsburg, Ohio. The first celebration of Twins Day occurred in 1975 with twins from Ohio and surrounding states. This event today brings twins from all over the world. Twins from countries like France, Japan, and even Asia come to this event. The French newspaper Le Monde, television reporters from Qatar-based Al Jazeera to the BBC cover this event.
• High School fall sports practices and band practices begin across the United States.
• Edinburgh Festival is an internationally famous arts festival that takes place during August
• National Immunization Awareness Month
• National Psoriasis Awareness Month
• In many European countries, August is the holiday month for most workers
• The Philippines celebrates August as the Buwan ng Wika ("Language Month")
• In the United States, August is National Back to School month. Some US School districts and systems return to school in August.
• In the United States, August is National Goat Cheese Month.
• American Adventures Month
• Audio Appreciation Month
• Black Business Month
• Cataract Awareness Month
• Children's Eye Health and Safety Month
• Children's Vision and Learning Month
• Get Ready for Kindergarten Month
• Happiness Happens Month
• Inventors' Month
• Neurosurgery Outreach Month
• Panini Month
• Spinal Muscular Atrophy Awareness Month
• What Will Be Your Legacy Month

• During August 13 to August 19, Philippines's schools and theaters celebrate the National Week of the Filipino Language (in Filipino, "Linggo ng Wika").
• The Sturgis Motorcycle Rally is held the first full week in August each year.
• During the first week of August in Wales, the National Eisteddfod of Wales is held, in which many aspects of Welsh art and culture are celebrated.
• During the first week of August in Sweden, the Medieval Week of Wisby in Gotland is held each year.
• During the first week of August is World Breastfeeding Week.
• The Sturgis Motorcycle Rally is held the first full week in August each year.
• The middle week of August is the peak of the Perseid meteor shower.
• The Pennsic War, a massive gathering of the Society for Creative Anachronism, takes place about the first week of August every year.
• The first week of August is "Indian Week" for the Penobscot Tribe in Old Town, Maine. In this week, members of the Penobscot Tribe from all over Maine venture to the Penobscot Indian Island Reservation in Old Town and take part in games, Native American arts and crafts, pow-wows, cook-outs, etc.

• In Swedish, the month is named augusti, literally plural of the Latin augustus - "the venerable".
• In Finnish, the month is called elokuu, meaning "month of reaping" or literally, "month of life".
• In Irish, August is known as Lúnasa, a modern rendition of Lughnasadh, from the god Lugh.The first Monday in August is a holiday in the Republic of Ireland.
• In Polish, the month is called sierpień, meaning "month of sickle".
• In French, the month is called août.
• In Portuguese, Spanish, and Italian, the month is called agosto.
• In Japanese, the month is called hachigatsu (八月), meaning, simply, "eighth month."
• In Russian, the month is called Avgust (Авгуcт)
• In Greek, the month is called Augoustos (Αύγουστος')
• In Dutch, the month is called Augustus
• In Latvian, the month is called Augusts
• In Lithuanian, the month is called rugpjūtis
• In Welsh, the month is called Awst
• In Croatian, the month is called kolovoz

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