List of important days of the current month.
August
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| 6 August | Hiroshima Day is observed on August 6 to commemorate the atomic bombing of Hiroshima, Japan, in 1945, at the end of World War II. |
| 8 August | Quit India Day, also known as August Kranti Diwas, is celebrated by paying tribute to freedom fighters with national integration speeches and other events. The Quiz India Movement was a protest initiated to demand an end to the British rule in India. It was started on August 8, 1942. |
| 9 August | Nagasaki Day is observed by the people of Japan today. On August 9, 1945, the United States dropped the second nuclear bomb named "Fat Man" on Japan's Nagasaki. |
| 10 August | World Lion Day is celebrated on August 10 of every year to raise awareness about lions and to mobilize support for their protection and conservation. |
| 12 August | International Youth Day is an awareness day designated by the United Nations. The purpose of the day is to draw attention to a given set of cultural and legal issues surrounding youth. It was observed on 12 August, 2000. |
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| 19 August | World Photography Day, a day to celebrate the art and craft of photography and the passion that people have for this genre. The inception of this day dates back to 1837 when Frenchmen Joseph Nicephore Niepce and Louis Daguerre invented the "daguerreotype" which was the world’s first-ever photographic process. Two years later on January 9, 1939, the daguerreotype was officially endorsed by the French Academy of Sciences. Seven months later on August 19, 1839, the French government is believed to have purchased the patent for the device. They declared the invention of the daguerreotype as a gift to the world making it freely available to all and the day began to be marked as World Photography Day later on. |
| 21 August | World Senior Citizen's Day was celebrated for the first time in 1991. The day is intended to increase awareness of the factors and issues that affect older adults, such as health deterioration and elder abuse. |
| 29 August | India celebrates National Sports Day on August 29, the birth anniversary of hockey hero Major Dhyan Chand. In 2012, the day was declared India's National Sports Day. Major Dhyan Chand was a legend in Indian and international hockey. |
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