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National Relaxation Day August 15 | ||
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V J Day Europe August 15 | ||
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National Lemon Meringue Pie Day August 15 | ||
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National Leathercraft Day August 15 | ||
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🏛️ Public Holidays
Also observed in: Assumption Day (AT,BE,DE,FR,GR,IT,PL,PT) · Asunción de la Virgen (CL,ES) · Assomption (FR) · Assumption (ES) · Assumption of Mary (CL) · Assumption of the Virgin Mary (CH) · Assunção de Nossa Senhora (PT) · Assunzione della Beata Vergine Maria (IT) · Independence Day (IN) · Liberation Day (KR) and 6 more
✡️ Religious Observances
- Christian: Assumption of Mary major
🕰️ On This Day in History
- 2015 — North Korea moves its clock back half an hour to introduce Pyongyang Time, 8½ hours ahead of UTC. ↗
- 2013 — At least 27 people are killed and 226 injured in an explosion in southern Beirut near a complex used by Lebanon's militant group... ↗
- 2013 — The Smithsonian announces the discovery of the olinguito, the first new carnivorous species found in the Americas in 35 years. ↗
- 2007 — An 8.0-magnitude earthquake off the Pacific coast devastates Ica and various regions of Peru killing 514 and injuring 1,090. ↗
- 2005 — Israel's unilateral disengagement plan to evict all Israelis from the Gaza Strip and from four settlements in the northern West Bank begins. ↗
🎂 Notable Births
- 1994 — Lasse Vigen Christensen, Danish footballer
- 1994 — Kosuke Hagino, Japanese swimmer
- 1993 — Clinton N'Jie, Cameroonian footballer
- 1993 — Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain, English footballer
- 1992 — Baskaran Adhiban, Indian chess player
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