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August 2007
3-9 National Smile Week

1 World Wide Web Anniversary
– Photo Flashbulb Invented (1930)
National Raspberry Cream Pie Day

2 Signing of the Declaration of Independence (1776)
- National Ice Cream Sandwich Day (USA)

3 Christopher Colombus Set Sail (1492)
Watermelon Day

4 Gestapo Arrest Anne Frank (1944)
- Chocolate Chip Day

5 Neil Armstrong's Birthday (1930)
– Friendship Day
- Mustard Day - This special day was created by the
Mount Horeb Mustard Museum in Wisconsin. The
festival began in 1991, and is usually celebrated on
the first weekend in August (so the actual day of the
celebration varies from year to year).

6 Hiroshima Day
– National Kids Day
- Wiggle Your Toes Day

7 First Pictures of Earth Taken from Space (1959)
- Lighthouse Day

8 National Waffle Day
– First Canadian Turtle Derby (1972)

9 International Art Appreciation Day
– President Richard Nixon Resigned (1974)
- National Women's Day (S Africa)

10 Missouri Admission Day
– Smithsonian Institution Founded (1846)
- 10-12 Kool Aid Days - A refreshing beverage that is
this popular worldwide deserves more than one day
of celebration. Check the official Kool Aid Days
website to find out about events that are taking
place.

11 Martian Moon Phobos Discovered (1677)

12-18 National Friendship Week

12 International Youth Day
– Tyrannosaurus Sue Discovered (1990)

13 International Left-Hander's Day - visit the official
Left Handers' Day website that provides fascinating
facts and good research info.
– First Two-Way Satellite Conversation (1948)

14 V-J Day
– Widescale Power Outage in the U.S. (2003)

15 Panama Canal Opened (1914)
- Independence Day India

16 Bathysphere Reached Record Depth (1934)

17 Davy Crockett's Birthday (1786)
– Woodstock Festival Ended (1969)

18 King Kong Premiered (1933)

19 National Aviation Day

20 National Rodeo Day
- Lemonade Day

21 Hawaii Statehood Day
- Aloha Day
– Mona Lisa Stolen (1911)

22 National Tooth Fairy Day

23 International Day for the Remembrance of the
Slave Trade and Its Abolition

24 National Peach Pie Day
– First Swimmer Crossed the English Channel (1875)

25 Earth Photographed from the Moon (1966)

26 Women's Equality Day
- National Dog Day (USA)

27 Lyndon B. Johnson's Birthday (1908)

28 Dream Day
–Martin Luther King Jr's "I have a dream" Speech
– Full "Sturgeon" Moon

29 Hurricane Katrina (2005)

30 Thurgood Marshall Confirmed

31 International Blog Day
- National Trail Mix Day (USA)

MONTH LONG EVENTS
- Back to School Month
- Women's Month (South Africa)
- Family Fun Month
- Inventor's Month
- Kid's Vision and Learning Month

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