Civic Holiday 2020: History and Significance of the day
Civic Holiday (Provincial Day) is the most broadly used name for a public holiday celebrated in parts of Canada on the first Monday in August. The holiday is known by a variety of names in various areas and regions, remembering…
Kadooment Day 2020: What is Crop Over? Why and when is it celebrated?
Kadooment Day is a public holiday in Barbados on the First Monday in August. It denotes the finale of the six-week Crop Over festival and is one of the most colorful and energetic of the Caribbean carnivals. What is Crop…
Heritage Day 2020: History and Significance of the day in Alberta
Heritage Day is celebrated in Alberta on the first Monday of August every year to recognize and praise the variety and wealth of the cultural legacy of the region of Alberta. Heritage Day 2020 falls on August 3. Even though…
August Full Moon: Here is everything about Sturgeon Moon
The rising of the August Full Moon—the “Sturgeon Moon” or “Grain Moon”— will be best found in the southeastern sky on Monday, August 3, 2020. With it comes the opportunity to observe the awesome sight of an orangey full Moon…
Vicki Draves: Google Doodle celebrates the first Asian American woman to win Olympic gold medals
Google Doodle celebrates Olympic athlete, Filipino American competition diver and coach Victoria “Vicki” Draves, a woman who won gold medals in both platform and springboard diving in the 1948 Summer Olympics in London, on August 3, 2020. Who was Vicki…
Lammas Day 2020: What is Loaf Mass? When and how is it celebrated?
Lammas Day (Anglo-Saxon hlaf-mas, “loaf-mass”), otherwise called Loaf Mass Day, is a Christian harvest holiday celebrated in some English-speaking countries in the Northern Hemisphere on 1 August. It is a holiday that is praised by certain individuals in various English-speaking…
Yorkshire Day 2020: History and Significance of the day
Yorkshire Day is celebrated on 1 August to promote the memorable English county of Yorkshire in the United Kingdom. The Yorkshire Ridings Society is set to make Yorkshire Day daily to remember. A day when the entire county celebrates and…
Facts about Philippine artist Pacita Abad
Google is celebrating Filipino visual artist, activist, and feminist Pacita Abad for a momentous day in the history of the Philippines, with a colorful Doodle on July 31, 2020. Interesting facts about Pacita Abad Pacita Abad was born on October…
Somers Day 2020: History and Significance of the day
Somers Day is a public holiday in Bermuda, held on the Friday before the first Monday in August. This festival is one of the days, that is known as Cup Match, and it’s devoted to Admiral Sir George Somers, who…
Eid al-Adha 2020: History and Significance of the day
Bakra Eid otherwise called Eid-ul-Adha is a significant festival celebrated by Muslims over the world. Out of the two Eids, Eid al-Fitr and Eid-ul-Adha, which are praised by Muslims, Bakra Eid is supposed to be holier. It is praised toward…
