Holidays on Earth Today: August 1, 2008

Holidays are such an important part of each countries tradition along with supporting its culture. Some of the most popular holidays on earth either revolve around the Christian belief such as Easter and Christmas however there are other popular ones such as Independence Day, New Year Day, and Valentines and so on. Then there are strange and weird holidays that really have no meaning besides the mere purpose to have an excuse to celebrate something. Have you ever wondered what is going on around the world today?

Today marks the 214th day of the year!

152 days left this year!

Here is what is going on today around the world:

1. United States:

*Girlfriend's Day

*National Urban Eden Day

*Respect for Parents Day

*Rounds Resounding Day

*Solar Eclipse

*Work Like a Dog Day

*MTV Anniversary

*World Wide Web Anniversary

*Admission Day: Colorado

*National Raspberry Cream Pie Day

*National Night Out

*Laughter Day: Southern California

*Cross-Quarter Day

*National Non-Parent Day

*Feast of Bread

*Lady Day Eve

*Rounds Resounding Day

*Sports Day

*Document Delivery Day

*Cheyenne Frontier Day

*Pod Body Day: Portland, Maine

*Braham Pie Day

*Spiderman Day

*US Air Force Day

*Tempestt Bledsoe Birthday: 1973

*Dan Donegan Birthday: 1968

*Adam Duritz Birthday: 1964

*Coolio Birthday: 1963

*Sandi Griffiths Birthday: 1945

*Lionel Bart Birthday: 1930

*Robert Todd Lincoln Birthday: 1843

*William Clark Birthday: 1770

2. United Kingdom:

*Lughnasa: Harvest Festival: Ireland

*Gule of August: Wales

*Lammas Day

*Yorkshire Day

*National Farming and Agriculture Day

3. Trinidad:

*Emancipation Day

4. Tobago:

*Emancipation Day

5. Australia:

*Picnic Day

6. Nicaragua:

*Fiesta Day

7. Ghana:

*Homowo: Hooting at Hunger

8. Benin:

*Independence Day

*National Day

9. Angola:

*Armed Forces Day

10. Barbados:

*Emancipation Day

11. Switzerland:

*Confederation Day

*National Day

12. Mongolia:

Mini Fêtes French Polynesia

National Day Switzerland

13. China:

*People's Liberation Army Founding Anniversary

14. Zaire:

*Parent's Day

15. Solomon Islands:

*Special Holiday Guadalcanal Province

16. Nicaragua:

*St. Dominic's Day

*Fiesta Day

17. Cyprus:

*TMT Day

18. Congo:

*Parent's Day

19. Lebanon:

*Army's Day

20. International:

*Feast Day: St. Alphonsus Mary de' Liguori; St. Ethelwold; Abgar V of Edessa;

St. Eusebius; St. Exuperius; St. Felix; & St. Peter Julian Eymard.

* World Scout Day