August 8 - Holidays

Holidays

• Christian Feast Day:
  • Cyriacus
  • Dominic de Guzman, founder of the Dominican Order.
  • Hormisdas
  • Largus
  • Mary MacKillop
  • Smaragdus (and companions)
  • August 8 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

• Earliest day on which Melon Day can fall, while August 14 is the latest; celebrated on the second Sunday in August. (Turkmenistan)
• Farmer’s Day or Nane Nane, Swahili for "8-8". (Tanzania)
• Father's Day or Bā bā Day (爸爸節), Bā Bā is Mandarin for "father" and "8-8", or August 8. (Taiwan)
• Flag Day, namesday of Queen Silvia. (Sweden)