August 1, 2024, Special Days: The first day of the eighth month of the year, August 1, is here, and it is packed with festivals, events, celebrations and observances.National Girlfriends Day, a significant day to celebrate female friendships, will take place on Thursday. Muslim Women Rights Day is celebrated in India to commemorate the enactment of the Muslim Women Act, 2019, which prohibits the practice of Triple talaq in India. August is also National Breastfeeding Month, with August 1 to 7 being celebrated as World Breastfeeding Week. It highlights the importance of nursing as well as the struggles faced by the new mothers. Among the other celebrations, there are events such as National Mountain Climbing Day, Cycle to Work Day, World Wide Web Day, World Lung Cancer Day, International Childfree Day and more. August 2024 Festivals, Events and Holidays Calendar: Complete List of Important National and International Days and Dates in August.

List of Festivals & Events Falling on August 1, 2024 (Thursday)

  1. World Breastfeeding Week

  2. National Girlfriend Day

  3. Cycle to Work Day or Bike to Work Day

  4. Muslim Women Rights Day

  5. Homemade Pie Day

  6. International Childfree Day

  7. National Mountain Climbing Day

  8. Lammas Day

  9. National Raspberry Cream Pie Day

  10. National Spider-Man Day

  11. Swiss National Day

  12. Woman Astronomers Day

  13. World Lung Cancer Day

  14. World Wide Web Day

  15. Yorkshire Day

  16. Lokmanya Balgangadhar Tilak Death Anniversary

Birthdays and Birth Anniversaries

  1. Meena Kumari Birth Anniversary

  2. Kamala Nehru Birth Anniversary

  3. Bhagwan Dada Birth Anniversary

  4. Purushottam Das Tandon Birth Anniversary

  5. Anna Bhau Sathe Birth Anniversary

  6. Taapsee Pannu

  7. Mrunal Thakur

  8. Surveen Chawla

  9. Amar Upadhyay

  10. Kainaz Motivala

  11. Ira Dubey

  12. Jason Momoa

  13. Sam Mendes

  14. Yves Saint Laurent (designer)

  15. Bastian Schweinsteiger

July 31, 2024 Festivals and Events.

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