Holidays and Observances
- Christian Feast Day:
- Abban of Ireland
- Aurea of Ostia
- Bartholomew (Roman Catholic, Anglican)
- Ouen
- August 24 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
- Earliest date on which Notting Hill Carnival can fall, while August 31 is the latest; celebrated on the last Monday in August and the day before. (Notting Hill)
- National Day or Den' Nezalezhnosti, celebrates the independence of Ukraine from the Soviet Union in 1991.
- One of the three Mundus patet, a harvest feast involving the dead. (Roman Empire)
- Nostalgia Night in Uruguay.
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