by Sarah Statz Cords

August is:
American Artist Appreciation Month
American Indian Heritage Month
Audio Book Appreciation Month
Elvis Week: August 10-16
Happiness Happens Month
National Aviation Week: August 15-21
National Black Business Month
National Golf Month
National Inventors Month
Psychic Week: August 2-6
Simplify Your Life Week: August 1-7

Holidays in August Include:
August 1: Friendship Day
August 1: Girlfriend’s Day
August 1: Sisters’ Day
August 11-Sep. 9: Ramadan
August 12: International Youth Day
August 21: Senior Citizens’ Day
August 26: Women’s Equality Day

August Famous Birthdays
Martha Stewart: August 3, 1941
Louis Armstrong: August 4, 1900
Barack Obama (44th president of the U.S.): August 4, 1961
Lucille Ball: August 6, 1911
Garrison Keillor: August 7, 1942
Herbert Hoover (31st president of the U.S.): August 10, 1874
Alfred Hitchcock: August 13, 1899
Danielle Steel: August 14, 1947
Napoleon Bonaparte: August 15, 1769
Julia Child: August 15, 1912
Benjamin Harrison (23rd president of the U.S.): August 20, 1833
Lyndon B. Johnson (36th president of the U.S.): August 27, 1908
Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley: August 30, 1797

August Historical Events:
August 1, 1990: World Wide Web creation by Tim Berners-Lee and Robert Cailliau
August 6, 1945: Atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima
August 9, 1945: Atomic bomb dropped on Nagasaki
August 14, 1945: V-J Day
August 15, 1969: Woodstock concerts begin
August 18, 1920: 19th Amendment ratified (giving women the right to vote)

Other August Display Ideas:
Back to School!

Sources include: Chase’s 2010 Calendar of Events; About.com August Holidays page; Brownielocks and the 3 Bears August Holidays List; Seasonal Arts and Crafts for August; Book Group Themes for August.

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