AUGUST
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| August 1 | National
Holiday of Benin, Switzerland |
| 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 |
| August 3 | Forgiveness
Day (*1st Sun
in August) Friendship Day (*1st Sun 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 |
| August 5 | 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 | Voting Rights Act of 1965 signed National Holiday of Bolivia, Jamaica |
| August 7 | Ralph Bunche born in Michigan, 1904 Helen Caldicott born in Australia, 1938 National Holiday of Côte d'Ivoire |
| August 8 | 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 |
| August 12 | 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 |
| 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 | Jakob von Uexkull born in Sweden, 1944 Bill Clinton born in Arkansas, 1946 Kyra Sedgwick born in New York, 1965 National
Holiday of Afghanistan |
| August 20 | National
Holiday of Hungary UN success: Cease-fire in Iran-Iraq War, 7 a.m. 1988 |
| August 21 | 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 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 | 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 | John Locke born in England, 1632 First World Conference on Desertification, Nairobi 1977 |
| August 30 | 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 |
| 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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