August 5 - Holidays

Holidays and observances

• Barsi Bhagat Puran Singh (Sikhism)
• Christian Feast Day:
  • Abel of Reims
  • Addai
  • Afra
  • Cassian of Autun
  • Dedication of Saint Mary Major (Roman Catholic Church)
  • Emygdius
  • Memnius
  • Oswald of Northumbria
  • August 5 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

• Independence Day, celebrates the independence of Burkina Faso from France in 1960.
• The beginning of Bogotá's Carnival (Bogotá)
• Victory and Homeland Thanksgiving Day and the Day of Croatian defenders (Croatia)
• International Beer Day