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SonjaMarie · Post by **SonjaMarie** » Sun August 15th, 2010, 7:11 pm

Aug 16: Daimonji (aka Gozan no Okuribi) (Japan)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gozan_no_Okuribi

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SonjaMarie · Post by **SonjaMarie** » Tue August 17th, 2010, 1:11 am

Aug 10, 2010 Ecuador's Independence Day - (Ecuador)

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SonjaMarie · Post by **SonjaMarie** » Tue August 17th, 2010, 1:13 am

Aug 17: National Day (Indonesia)

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SonjaMarie · Post by **SonjaMarie** » Thu August 19th, 2010, 12:27 am

Aug 19: Belka and Strelka (Russia)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soviet_space_dogs
Belka (Белка, literally, "squirrel", but as a dog's name most likely means "Whitey", from Russian: "белый" (for "white")) and Strelka (Стрелка, "Arrow") spent a day in space aboard Korabl-Sputnik-2 (Sputnik 5) on August 19, 1960 before safely returning to Earth.

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SonjaMarie · Post by **SonjaMarie** » Fri August 20th, 2010, 4:56 pm

Aug 21: Federal Election (Australia)

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SonjaMarie · Post by **SonjaMarie** » Fri August 20th, 2010, 11:44 pm

Aug 21: 205th Anniversary of the Birth of August Bournonville (Denmark)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/August_Bournonville

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SonjaMarie · Post by **SonjaMarie** » Tue August 24th, 2010, 12:29 am

Aug 24: Independence Day (Ukraine)

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SonjaMarie · Post by **SonjaMarie** » Sun August 29th, 2010, 11:46 pm

Aug 30: The 213th Anniversary of the Birth of Mary Shelley (Selected Countries)

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SonjaMarie · Post by **SonjaMarie** » Wed September 1st, 2010, 1:48 am

Sept 1: First Day of School (Poland)

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SonjaMarie · Post by **SonjaMarie** » Thu September 2nd, 2010, 1:06 am

Sept 2: National Day (Vietnam)

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