Happy World Elephant Day – Aug 12
August 12 World Elephant Day. Elephant Day began in 2012 to educate the public about the dangers of Asian and African elephants face daily. This set of 4 First […]
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World Organ Donation Day is celebrated every August 13
On August 13, 2005, the first World Organ Donation Day was celebrated. The Spanish National Transplant Organization organised the day to raise awareness about the need for people to sign […]
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Pakistan Independence Day is celebrated August 15
2025 marks the 78th Pakistan Independence Day. “You are free; you are free to go to your temples, you are free to go to your mosques or to any other […]
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August 15 is Liechtensteiner Staatsfeiertag Day!
Happy Liechtensteiner Staatsfeiertag Day! August 15 will be a day filled with fireworks, festivals, and bonfires celebrating Liechtenstein's National Day. National Day Procession and Fireworks at Vaduz Castle Liechtensteiner Staatsfeiertag […]
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Klondike Gold Rush kicks off a frenzy in Canada’s Yukon August 16
The Klondike Gold Rush is set into motion August 16, 1896 with the discovery of gold in Canada's Yukon territory. When out of the night, which was fifty below, and […]
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Frederick the Great died August 17, 1786
Frederick the Great, King of Prussia died August 17, 1786. Frederick the Great (1712-1786) Issued in 1933 to coincide with the opening session of the new Reichstag in Potsdam Frederick […]
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Honoré de Balzac born May
French novelist and playwright Honoré de Balzac died August 18, 1850 in Paris, France. Honoré de Balzac - For the Unemployed Intellectuals This semi-postal stamp was part of a series […]
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Father of modern Turkish poetry, Tevfik Fikret died 1915
On August 19, 1915 the father of modern Turkish poetry, Tevfik Fikret died in Istanbul. In attempting to define a new literature, Tevfik Fikret and his contemporaries often wrote in an […]
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Salvatore Quasimodo, Italian poet was born Aug. 20 1901
Nobel Prize poet Salvatore Quasimodo was born August 20, 1901 in Modica, Sicily. ...the birth of a poet is always a threat to the existing cultural order Salvatore 1959 Salvatore […]
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Stadtpark, Austria’s 1st public park
Vienna opened Stadtpark, Austria's first public park, August 21, 1862. Designed by Vienna's first city gardener, Rudolph Siebeck, in 1861 using original plans by Joseph Selleny Stadtpark Vienna and Botanic […]
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Irish hero Michael Collins killed in a roadside ambush Aug. 22 1922
Michael Collins, Irish Republic revolutionary, soldier & politician was assassinated in a roadside ambush on August 22, 1922. Collins was central figure in the Irish fight for independence from British […]
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Iraqi poet Nazik Al-Malaika born Aug 22, 1923
Nazik Al-Malaika, one of Iraq's great modern poets, was born August 22, 1923 in Baghdad. Al-Malaika was an anomaly in her society, and her legacy as a poet resulted from […]