Educators' Calendar: Canada

August 2022

31st July

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1st August

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2nd August

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3rd August

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4th August

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5th August

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6th August

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31st July

1st August

Respect for Parents Day

Polish Resistance Launched Uprising (1944)

2nd August

National Ice Cream Sandwich Day

MacKenzie's Grave Became National Site (1999)

3rd August

National Watermelon Day

Columbus Set Sail (1492)

4th August

Canada Entered First World War (1914)

Nazis Arrested Anne Frank & Family (1944)

5th August

Work Like a Dog Day

Electric Traffic Lights First Installed (1914)

Ballet Dancer Betty Oliphant's Birthday (1918)

Astronaut Neil Armstrong's Birthday (1930)

6th August

Wiggle Your Toes Day

Scientist Alexander Fleming's Birthday (1881)

Atomic Bomb Dropped on Hiroshima (1945)

Sonic Boom Smashed Kelowna Windows (1969)

7th August

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8th August

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9th August

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10th August

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11th August

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12th August

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13th August

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7th August

First Pictures of Earth Taken from Space (1959)

Around the World in Six Days (1982)

Lynne Cox Swam Bering Strait (1987)

8th August

Great Train Robbery Thieves Stole $6M (1963)

First Canadian Turtle Derby (1972)

U.S. Burger Giant Bought Tim Horton's (1995)

9th August

Book Lovers Day

International Day of World's Indigenous People

Jesse Owens Won Four Olympic Gold Medals (1936)

10th August

Smithsonian Institution Opened (1846)

Bell Made First Long Distance Call (1876)

Canada Got Its Own Bill of Rights (1960)

11th August

Martian Moon Phobos Discovered (1677)

Inmates Arrived at Alcatraz (1934)

12th August

International Youth Day

Tyrannosaurus Sue Discovered (1990)

Baseball Strike Halted Expos Team (1994)

13th August

International Left-Hander's Day

Abolitionist Lucy Stone's Birthday (1818)

First Two-Way Satellite Conversation (1948)

Causeway Linked Cape Breton from Mainland (1980)

14th August

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15th August

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16th August

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17th August

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18th August

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19th August

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20th August

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14th August

Japan Surrendered (1945)

The Great 2003 North American Blackout (2003)

15th August

Panama Canal Opened (1914)

Woodstock Music & Art Fair Opened (1969)

New Solar System Discovered (2001)

16th August

National Tell a Joke Day

Bathysphere Reached Record Depth (1934)

17th August

Folk Hero Davy Crockett's Birthday (1786)

Klondike Gold Rush Began (1896)

Churchill, Roosevelt, and King Met in Quebec (1943)

18th August

King Kong Premiered (1933)

Wizard of Oz Premiered (1939)

Dempsters Highway Opened Road Across Arctic (1979)

19th August

Snuffleupagus's Birthday

Adolf Hitler Elected Fuhrer (1934)

20th August

National Radio Day

21st August

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22nd August

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23rd August

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24th August

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25th August

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26th August

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27th August

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21st August

Mona Lisa Stolen (1911)

Figure Skater Josée Chouinard's Birthday (1969)

22nd August

National Tooth Fairy Day

23rd August

International Day for Remembrance of Slave Trade & Its Abolition

Tennis Player Patricia Hy-Boulais's Birthday (1965)

24th August

Mount Vesuvius Erupted (79)

First Swimmer Crossed the English Channel (1875)

René Lévesque's Birthday (1922)

25th August

New Orleans Founded by French (1718)

Tennis Player Althea Gibson's Birthday (1927)

Earth Photographed from the Moon (1966)

26th August

National Dog Day

Aviator Charles Lindbergh Died (1974)

27th August

Mother Teresa's Birthday (1910)

28th August

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29th August

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30th August

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31st August

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1st September

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2nd September

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3rd September

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28th August

Paul Anka Hit the Top of the Charts (1957)

MLK Gave "I Have a Dream" Speech (1963)

29th August

More Herbs, Less Salt Day

Astronaut Chris Hatfield's Birthday (1959)

Singer Amanda Marshall's Birthday (1972)

30th August

Cleopatra Committed Suicide (-30)

Toasted Marshmallow Day

Mary Shelley's Birthday (1797)

31st August

International Blog Day

Zoologist Helen Irene Battle's Birthday (1903)

Princess Diana Died (1997)

1st September

2nd September

3rd September

Month-Long Holidays and Events

Kids' Good Manners Month

Classical Music Month

Better Breakfast Month

National Chicken Month

Library Card Sign-Up Month

Be Kind to Editors & Writers Month