Holidays and Observances
- Christian Feast Day:
- Edith Stein
- Firmus and Rusticus
- Herman of Alaska (Russian Orthodox Church and related congregations)
- Jean Vianney
- Nath Í of Achonry
- Romanus Ostiarius
- Secundian, Marcellian and Verian
- August 9 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
- International Day of the World's Indigenous People (International)
- National Day, celebrates the independence of Singapore from Malaysia in 1965.
- National Peacekeepers' Day, celebrated on Sunday closest to the day (Canada)
- National Women's Day (South Africa)
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