FAMOUS BIRTHDAYS

Peter Marshall (entertainer)

Peter Marshall, American game show host, performer, and singer (born 1926)

Honorius

Honorius, Roman emperor (born 384)

August Schellenberg

August Schellenberg, Canadian actor (born 1936)

Hamid Gul

Hamid Gul, Pakistani general (born 1936)

Harry Harrison (writer)

Harry Harrison, American author and illustrator (born 1925)

Flooding of the Nile

The first day of Flooding of the Nile, or Wafaa El-Nil (Egypt and Coptic Church)

Ferragosto

Christian feast day: Feast day of the Assumption of Mary, one of the Catholic holy days of obligation (a public holiday in Austria, Belgium, Benin, Bosnia, Burundi, Cameroon, Chile, Colombia, Croatia, Cyprus, France, some states in Germany, Greece, Guatemala, Italy, Ivory Coast, Lebanon, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Madagascar, Malta, Mauritius, Paraguay, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Senegal, Seychelles, Slovenia, Spain, Switzerland, Togo, and Vanuatu); and its related observances: Ferragosto (Italy)

Awa Dance Festival

The main day of Bon Festival (Japan), and its related observances: Awa Dance Festival (Tokushima Prefecture)

Alypius of Thagaste

Christian feast day: Alypius of Thagaste

Armed Forces Day (Poland)

Altfrid

Christian feast day: Altfrid

August 15 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

Christian feast day: August 15 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

Māras

Christian feast day: Feast day of the Assumption of Mary, one of the Catholic holy days of obligation (a public holiday in Austria, Belgium, Benin, Bosnia, Burundi, Cameroon, Chile, Colombia, Croatia, Cyprus, France, some states in Germany, Greece, Guatemala, Italy, Ivory Coast, Lebanon, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Madagascar, Malta, Mauritius, Paraguay, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Senegal, Seychelles, Slovenia, Spain, Switzerland, Togo, and Vanuatu); and its related observances: Māras (Latvia)

Mother's Day

Christian feast day: Feast day of the Assumption of Mary, one of the Catholic holy days of obligation (a public holiday in Austria, Belgium, Benin, Bosnia, Burundi, Cameroon, Chile, Colombia, Croatia, Cyprus, France, some states in Germany, Greece, Guatemala, Italy, Ivory Coast, Lebanon, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Madagascar, Malta, Mauritius, Paraguay, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Senegal, Seychelles, Slovenia, Spain, Switzerland, Togo, and Vanuatu); and its related observances: Mother's Day (Antwerp and Costa Rica)

National Acadian Day

Christian feast day: Feast day of the Assumption of Mary, one of the Catholic holy days of obligation (a public holiday in Austria, Belgium, Benin, Bosnia, Burundi, Cameroon, Chile, Colombia, Croatia, Cyprus, France, some states in Germany, Greece, Guatemala, Italy, Ivory Coast, Lebanon, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Madagascar, Malta, Mauritius, Paraguay, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Senegal, Seychelles, Slovenia, Spain, Switzerland, Togo, and Vanuatu); and its related observances: National Acadian Day (Acadians)

Navy Day

Christian feast day: Feast day of the Assumption of Mary, one of the Catholic holy days of obligation (a public holiday in Austria, Belgium, Benin, Bosnia, Burundi, Cameroon, Chile, Colombia, Croatia, Cyprus, France, some states in Germany, Greece, Guatemala, Italy, Ivory Coast, Lebanon, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Madagascar, Malta, Mauritius, Paraguay, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Senegal, Seychelles, Slovenia, Spain, Switzerland, Togo, and Vanuatu); and its related observances: Navy Day (Romania)

Virgin of Candelaria

Christian feast day: Feast day of the Assumption of Mary, one of the Catholic holy days of obligation (a public holiday in Austria, Belgium, Benin, Bosnia, Burundi, Cameroon, Chile, Colombia, Croatia, Cyprus, France, some states in Germany, Greece, Guatemala, Italy, Ivory Coast, Lebanon, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Madagascar, Malta, Mauritius, Paraguay, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Senegal, Seychelles, Slovenia, Spain, Switzerland, Togo, and Vanuatu); and its related observances: Virgin of Candelaria, patron of the Canary Islands. (Tenerife, Spain)

San La Muerte

Christian feast day: San La Muerte (Paraguayan Folk Catholicism)

Santa Muerte

Christian feast day: Santa Muerte (Mexican Folk Catholicism)

Tarcisius

Christian feast day: Tarcisius

Public holidays in Equatorial Guinea

Constitution Day (Equatorial Guinea)

Public holidays in Paraguay

Founding of Asunción (Paraguay)

National Liberation Day of Korea

Independence Day, celebrates the independence of Korea from Japan in 1945: Gwangbokjeol, "Independence Day" (South Korea)

National Liberation Day of Korea

Independence Day, celebrates the independence of Korea from Japan in 1945: Jogukhaebangui nal, "Fatherland Liberation Day" (North Korea)

Public holidays in the Republic of the Congo

Independence Day, celebrates the independence of the Republic of the Congo from France in 1960.

Public holidays in Liechtenstein

National Day (Liechtenstein)

National Mourning Day (Bangladesh)

National Day of Mourning (Bangladesh)

Victory Day (Taliban)

Victory Day (Afghanistan), celebrating the 2021 Fall of Kabul

Memorial Ceremony for the War Dead

Victory over Japan Day (United Kingdom), and its related observances: End-of-war Memorial Day, when the National Memorial Service for War Dead is held (Japan)

Peter Marshall (entertainer)

Peter Marshall, American game show host, performer, and singer (born 1926)

Flooding of the Nile

The first day of Flooding of the Nile, or Wafaa El-Nil (Egypt and Coptic Church)

Ferragosto

Christian feast day: Feast day of the Assumption of Mary, one of the Catholic holy days of obligation (a public holiday in Austria, Belgium, Benin, Bosnia, Burundi, Cameroon, Chile, Colombia, Croatia, Cyprus, France, some states in Germany, Greece, Guatemala, Italy, Ivory Coast, Lebanon, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Madagascar, Malta, Mauritius, Paraguay, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Senegal, Seychelles, Slovenia, Spain, Switzerland, Togo, and Vanuatu); and its related observances: Ferragosto (Italy)