| August
1 |
National
Holiday of Benin, Switzerland
Former
USA President Jimmy Carter negotiated ceasefire in Sudan to vaccinate
children under World Health Organization auspices 1995
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| August
2 |
James
Baldwin born in New York, 1924
Niall
O'Brien born in Dublin, Ireland, 1939
National
Holiday of Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia
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| August
3 |
Forgiveness
Day
[1st Sunday]
Friendship
Day [1st
Sunday]
National
KidsDay [First
Sunday in August] *
First
World Arms Commission established San Sebastian, Spain, by League
of Nations 1920
Margaret
Kuhn born in New York, 1905
Martin
Sheen born in Ohio, 1940 |
| August
4 |
Raoul
Wallenberg born in Sweden, 1912
Robert
Thurman born in New
York, 1941
David
Lange born in New Zealand,
1942
Albert
Einstein urged scientists to refuse military work, 1931
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| August
5 |
Forgiveness
Day
[1st Sunday]
Friendship
Day [1st
Sunday]
National
KidsDay [First
Sunday in August] *
Abbe
Pierre (Henri Groues) born in Lyon, France, 1912
Wendell
Berry born in Kentucky, 1934
USA,
USSR, UK signed treaty to ban nuclear tests in the atmosphere,
Moscow 1963
|
| August
6 |
Hiroshima
Day / No Nukes Day
Voting
Rights Act of 1965 signed
National
Holiday of Bolivia, Jamaica
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| August
7 |
Ralph
Bunche born in Michigan, 1904
Helen
Caldicott born in Australia, 1938
National
Holiday of Côte d'Ivoire
|
| August
8 |
Happiness
Day
Dustin
Hoffman born in California, 1937
USA
President Truman signed ratification of UN Charter, Washington,
D.C. 1945
|
| August
9 |
*
International
Day of the World's Indigenous People
Nagasaki
Day
National
Holiday of Singapore
Mildred
Robbins Leet born in New York, 1922
Satish
Kumar born in India, 1936
|
| August
10 |
National
Holiday of Ecuador
President
Nelson Mandela of South Africa established Truth and Reconciliation
Commission, Desmond Tutu chair 1996 |
| August
11 |
Robert
G. Ingersoll born in New York, 1833
Bishop
Antonio Fortich born in the Philippines, 1913
National
Holiday of Chad
International
Peace Academy founded by Maj. Gen. Jit Rikhye and Brig. Michael
Harbottle 1980
|
| August
12 |
*
International
Youth Day
Civil
Rights Day
George
Soros born in Budapest, Hungary, 1930
American
Friends Service Committee founded by Quakers, 1917
|
| August
13 |
Lucy
Stone born in Massachusetts, 1818
Felix
Adler born in Germany, 1851
|
| August
14 |
Social
Security Act signed by Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1935
Atlantic
Charter issued by USA President Roosevelt and UK Prime Minister
Churchill, stating principles of world security, 1941
Community
of Peace People founded in Northern Ireland, 1976
Poul
Hartling born in Denmark, 1914
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| August
15 |
Oscar
Romero born in El Salvador, 1917
Maxine
Waters born in Missouri, 1938
Melinda
Gates born in Texas, 1964
National
Holiday of Congo, Liechtenstein, Republic of Korea
|
| August
16 |
George
Meany born in New York, 1894
Menachem
Begin born in Belarus, 1913
E.F.
Schumacher born in Germany, 1911
Madonna
born in Michigan, 1958
Harmonic
Convergence meditation took place around the world, 1987
|
| August
17 |
Sean
Penn born in California, 1960
National
Holiday of Gabon, Indonesia
|
| August
18 |
Margaret
"Maddy" Murie born in Washington, 1902
Rosalynn
Carter born in Georgia, 1927
Robert
Redford born in California, 1937
19th
Amendment ratified granting women the right to vote, 1920
Founding
of World Federation of United Nations Associations (WFUNA) by
Czech Jan Masaryk and British John Ennals 1950
|
| August
19 |
*
World Humanitarian Day
Jakob
von Uexkull born in Sweden, 1944
Bill
Clinton born in Arkansas, 1946
Kyra
Sedgwick born in New York, 1965
National
Holiday of Afghanistan
Opening
of first World Conference on Population, Bucharest, Romania 1974
|
| August
20 |
National
Holiday of Hungary
UN
success: Cease-fire in Iran-Iraq War, 7 a.m. 1988 |
| August
21 |
National
Senior Citizens Day
National
Homeless Animals Day
|
| August
22 |
Be
An Angel Day (Do
one small act of service for someone)
First
UN Conference on Crime Prevention, Geneva 1955
|
| August
23 |
*
International
Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and Its Abolition
Antonia
Novello born in Puerto Rico, 1944
Iccho
Itoh born in Japan, 1945
Queen
Noor born in Washington, DC, 1951
|
| August
24 |
Howard
Zinn born in New York, 1922
Paulo
Coelho born in Brazil, 1947
National
Holiday of Ukraine
|
| August
25 |
National
Holiday of Uruguay
Zilda
Arns Neumann born in Brazil, 1943
Elvis
Costello born in England, 1954
Claudia
Schiffer born in Germany, 1970
UN
Success in Yemen: UAR and Saudi Arabia signed treaty 1969
|
| August
26 |
Women's
Equality Day
Yogi
Bhajan born in India (now Pakistan), 1929
Jinzaburo
Takagi born in Japan, 1938
Barbara
Ehrenreich born in Montana, 1941
|
| August
27 |
Charles
Gates Dawes born in Ohio, 1865
Mother
Teresa born in Macedonia, 1910
Joan
Kroc born in Minnesota, 1928
National
Holiday of Republic of Moldova
|
| August
28 |
Leo
Tolstoy born in Russia, 1828
Roger
Tory Peterson born in New York, 1908
Anna
Politkovskaya born in New York, 1958
Martin
Luther King Jr. gave his “I Have
a Dream” speech, 1963
Participants
in 'Religious Summit' and 'Millennium World Peace Summit' of 159
Heads of State made commitments to support peace, disarmament,
human rights, protection of the environment and eliminate poverty,
New York, 2000
|
| August
29 |
*
International Day against Nuclear Tests
John Locke
born in England, 1632
First
World Conference on Desertification, Nairobi 1977
|
| August
30 |
*
International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances
Roy Wilkins
born in Missouri, 1901
Sylvia
Earle born in New Jersey, 1935
Molly
Ivins born in California, 1944
John
Lennon and Stevie Wonder gave
"One to One" aid concert, 1972
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| August
31 |
National
Holiday of Kyrgyzstan, Malaysia, Trinidad and Tobago
Josephine
St. Pierre Ruffin born in Massachusetts, 1842
Maria
Montessori born in Italy, 1870
Ramon
Magsaysay born in Philippines, 1907
Richard
Gere born in Pennsylvania, 1949
Gary
Webb born in California, 1955
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