(Last Updated On: November 8, 2022)

August International Days

August 1

• World Scout Scarf Day
• International Childfree Day
• World Lung Cancer Day
• Yorkshire Day (UK)
• Lughnasa

August 2

August 3

August 4

• International Clouded Leopard Day

August 5

• International Traffic Light Day
• International Beer Day – First Friday in August

August 6

• International Hangover Day – Day after International Beer Day

August 7

August 8

• World Cat Day / International Cat Day
• International Infinity Day

August 9

• International Day of the World’s Indigenous People
• International Coworking Day

August 10

• World Lion Day
• World Calligraphy Day – Second Wednesday in August

August 11

August 12

• International Youth Day
• World Elephant Day

August 13

• International Lefthanders Day

August 14

• World Lizard Day

August 15

• V-J Day – (Observed in Europe)

August 16

August 17

August 18

August 19

• World Photography Day
• World Humanitarian Day
• International Orangutan Day
• International Bow Day

August 20

• World Mosquito Day
• International Day of Emergency Transport
• International Homeless Animals’ Day – Third Saturday in August
• World Honey Bee Day – Third Saturday in August
• International Geocaching Day – Third Saturday in August

August 21

• International Day of Remembrance and Tribute to the Victims of Terrorism

August 22

• International Day Commemorating the Victims Acts of Violence Based on Religious Belief
• World Plant Milk Day

August 23

• International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and its Abolition
• Black Ribbon Day

August 24

• International Strange Music Day

August 25

August 26

August 27

• World Rock Paper Scissors Day
• International Bat Nights – Last Full Weekend

August 28

• International Read Comics in Public Day

August 29

• International Day against Nuclear Tests
• According to Hoyle Day

August 30

• International Whale Shark Day
• International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearance

August 31

• International Overdose Awareness Day