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Lauren Oliver. “Less than a month ago, all of August still stretched before us – long and golden and reassuring, like an endless period of delicious sleep.”. You Might Also Like. Reading ...
August 11: Play in the Sand Day, National Face Mask Day, National Hip Hop Day, National Raspberry Bombe Day. August 12: International Youth Day, National Middle Child Day, National Vinyl Record ...
August. August is the eighth month of the year in the Julian and Gregorian calendars. Its length is 31 days. [ 1] In the Southern Hemisphere, August is the seasonal equivalent of February in the Northern Hemisphere. In the Northern Hemisphere, August falls in summer. In the Southern Hemisphere, the month falls during winter.
By resolution 49/214 of 23 December 1994, the United Nations General Assembly decided that the International Day of the World's Indigenous People shall be observed on 9 August every year during the International Decade of the World's Indigenous People. The date marks the day of the first meeting, in 1982, of the UN Working Group on Indigenous ...
The present Italian name of the holiday, Ferragosto, may derive from the Latin name, Feriae Augusti ("Holidays of the Emperor Augustus"), [58] since the month of August took its name from the emperor. The feast was introduced by Bishop Cyril of Alexandria in the 5th century. In the course of Christianization, he put it on 15 August
This year, the sturgeon moon is positioned as a full moon in Aquarius, an Air sign and the 11th zodiac on the wheel. It’s on the opposite Axis from the fire sign, Leo. "This means that both ...
Sanka Vidanagama/NurPhoto via Getty Images. August's supermoon blue moon, the first of 2024's four consecutive supermoons, will appear full from Sunday through Wednesday, giving astronomy fans a ...
The Feast of the Assumption. The Nemoralia (also known as the Festival of Torches or Hecatean Ides) is a three-day festival originally celebrated by the ancient Romans on the Ides of August (August 13–15) in honor of the goddess Diana. Although the Nemoralia was originally celebrated at the Sanctuary of Diana at Lake Nemi, it soon became more ...