Holidays and Observances
- Christian Feast Day:
- Clare of the Cross
- Hyacinth of Poland
- Mammes of Caesarea (Catholic Church)
- August 17 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
- Independence Day, celebrates the proclamation of Indonesia's independence from Japan in 1945.
- Portunalia (Roman Empire)
- Prekmurje Union Day (Slovenia)
- San Martin Day (Argentina)
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“... if it be true that death is annihilation, then the man who believes that he will certainly go straight to heaven when he dies, provided he has fulfilled certain simply observances in this life, has a cheap pleasure which will not be followed by the least disappointment.”
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