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August 21 is the 233rd day of the year (234th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 132 days remain until the end of the year. Events. Pre-1600. 959 – ...
A photo of Ninoy Aquino. Ninoy Aquino Day is a national non-working holiday in the Philippines observed annually on August 21 commemorating the assassination of former Senator Benigno "Ninoy" Aquino, Jr., the husband of Corazon Aquino, who later became the eleventh Philippine President.
The World Senior Citizen's Day is celebrated on 21 August each year. [1]The celebration took place for the first time in 1991. [2] [3] The day is intended to increase awareness of the factors and issues that affect older adults, such as health deterioration and elder abuse.
August 21. National Spumoni Day. National Senior Citizens Day. August 22. National Bao Day. National Take Your Cat to the Vet Day. National Tooth Fairy Day. World Plant Milk Day. August 23.
August 21 was declared Ninoy Aquino Day, a national holiday, through the passage of Republic Act No. 9256. [85] Under then- President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo , the observance of this holiday became moveable – to be celebrated on the "Monday nearest August 21" every year – as part of her controversial 'holiday economics' philosophy as ...
August 14: Bois Caiman: Vodou ceremony that would lead to the first large scale uprising of the enslaved of Saint Domingue and spark the Haitian Revolution; August 17: birth of pan-africanist leader Marcus Garvey (b. August 17, 1887 – d. June 10, 1940) August 21: beginning of Nat Turner's Rebellion (August 21-23, 1831) August 21: death of ...
“You can see the full moon on Monday, August 19,” Stardust tells Parade. She notes that onlookers won’t have to wait until the sun sets to witness its beauty in the sky, saying, “It will ...
August 21, 2024 at 6:47 AM. The launch of Boeing’s long-delayed 777X aircraft has encountered another problem, forcing the company to pause testing.