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Monday August 2nd
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Republic Day
Commemorates two major events in the history of the Republic of Macedonia The Ilinden Uprising against the Ottoman Empire in 1903 which took place on the Christian holiday for St. Elifah and the The First Assembly in 1944. People gather in monasteries, and there is a parade of horse riders from Skopje, to Krushevo
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Israeli President Shimon Peres (1923) |
Beach volleyball The 6th and final Grand Slam tournaments opens in Stare Jablonki, Poland Until 8th
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Tuesday August 3rd
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Opening of the Great Earls Court, London until 7th
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Wednesday August 4th
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Swimming European Swimming Championships, Budapest, Hungary Until 15th
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Thursday August 5th
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Victory and Homeland Thanksgiving Day
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First man on the moon Neil Armstrong (1930) |
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Friday August 6th
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200 National Celebrations around the World |
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The Hiroshima Peace Memorial Ceremony The ceremony is held in front of the Cenotaph for the A-bomb victims to remember those who lost their lives in the nuclear attack and to pray for world peace. The Mayor of Hiroshima delivers a Peace Declaration. At 8:15 a.m., the time the atomic bomb was dropped, the Peace Bell is rung, sirens sound and there is a one minute silence. Hiroshima , Japano
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Opening Day of Edinburgh Fringe
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Athletics IAAF Diamond League Stockholm, Sweden |
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100 Movies to watch out for |
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The Other Guys Police movie set in New York City
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Saturday August 7th
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200 National Celebrations around the World |
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Battle of Boyaca Day
Colombia celebrates the battle that confirmed their independence from Spanish Monarchy |
The Tall Ships are in Hartlepool, UK Until the 10th
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Orienteering Trondheim, Norway until 15th
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Sunday August 8th
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World's Greatest Festivals and Carnivals |
Birthdays |
200 National Celebrations around the World |
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City to Surf 14km Fun Run 60,000 runners make this one of the world's biggest and most famous fun runs. Sydney, Australia |
Darwin Fun, games and boats made from beer cans
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Actor Dustin Hoffman (1937) |
A national holiday in Turkmenistan devoted to the muskmelon, a crossbreed melon named after the first president and symbolic of the land’s fertility.
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FA Community Shield Marks the start of the 2010-11 English Football season |
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