2015
First observance
National Coloring Book Day
Dover’s 2016 first-party release describes August 2, 2016 as the second annual National Coloring Book Day; its 2025 tenth-anniversary material is consistent with a 2015 inaugural…
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What is celebrated on August 2?
See the observances and verified observance-history milestones attached to August 2. Each observance keeps its own source and date details.
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2011
Later action
State Independence Day of the Republic of Tajikistan
Established the current general holiday-law framework that continues to list September 9 as State Independence Day.
1996
First observance
National Sisters Day
Tennessee HJR 378 describes 2 August 1996 as the first annual Sisters’ Day.
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Other in-depth guides on August 2
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American Family Day
Arizona Revised Statutes §1-301 enumerates American Family Day on the first Sunday in August and excludes it from the following-Monday substitution rule; origin details remain unresolved in…
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Día de la Virgen de los Ángeles
Costa Rica's Ministry of Labour states that August 2 commemorates the Virgen de los Ángeles under article 148 of the Labour Code and that the holiday is not moved to another day.
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Ilinden – Republic Day
Current North Macedonian Ministry of Defence material identifies 2 August – Ilinden as Republic Day and links the national commemoration to the Ilinden Uprising/Kruševo Republic tradition a…
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National Coloring Book Day
Dover Publications states that it launched National Coloring Book Day, identifies August 2 as the annual date, and marks 2025 as the tenth anniversary; its 2016 release calls that year the…
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National Friendship Day
Hallmark first-party material traces the Friendship Day idea to founder J.C. Hall in 1919, while National Day Calendar supports the current first-Sunday-in-August U.S. recurrence. This iden…
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National KidsDay
California ACR 86 describes National KidsDay as a special day set aside each year on the first Sunday in August and identifies a National KidsDay Alliance including Boys & Girls Clubs of Am…
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7 observances
All observances on this date
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American Family Day
Arizona Revised Statutes §1-301 enumerates American Family Day on the first Sunday in August and excludes it from the following-Monday substitution rule; origin details remain unresolved in…
Source-backedFixed AnnualIn-depth guide
Día de la Virgen de los Ángeles
Costa Rica's Ministry of Labour states that August 2 commemorates the Virgen de los Ángeles under article 148 of the Labour Code and that the holiday is not moved to another day.
Source-backedFixed AnnualIn-depth guide
Ilinden – Republic Day
Current North Macedonian Ministry of Defence material identifies 2 August – Ilinden as Republic Day and links the national commemoration to the Ilinden Uprising/Kruševo Republic tradition a…
Source-backedFixed AnnualIn-depth guide
National Coloring Book Day
Dover Publications states that it launched National Coloring Book Day, identifies August 2 as the annual date, and marks 2025 as the tenth anniversary; its 2016 release calls that year the…
Source-backedRule Based AnnualIn-depth guide
National Friendship Day
Hallmark first-party material traces the Friendship Day idea to founder J.C. Hall in 1919, while National Day Calendar supports the current first-Sunday-in-August U.S. recurrence. This iden…
Source-backedRule Based AnnualIn-depth guide
National KidsDay
California ACR 86 describes National KidsDay as a special day set aside each year on the first Sunday in August and identifies a National KidsDay Alliance including Boys & Girls Clubs of Am…
Source-backedRule Based AnnualIn-depth guide
National Sisters Day
National Day Calendar identifies the first Sunday in August as the annual date and attributes creation in 1996 to Tricia Eleogram; New Jersey workforce-engagement material independently use…
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