At a Glance
August 24
Observances & Celebrations
Commemorative holidays, national days, religious feasts, and international traditions observed on this date.
FeaturedNational observance
Independence Day or Den' Nezalezhnosti, celebrates the independence of Ukraine from the Soviet Union in 1991.
Russia
Flag observance
Flag Day (Liberia)
Religious observance
Feast of August 24 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
Religious observance
Feast of Aurea of Ostia
Religious observance
Feast of Bartholomew the Apostle (Roman Catholic, Anglican)
Italy
Religious observance
Feast of Edward Klinik
Religious observance
Feast of Emily de Vialar
Religious observance
Feast of Jeanne-Antide Thouret
Religious observance
Feast of Maria Micaela Desmaisieres
Religious observance
Feast of Massa Candida (Martyrs of Utica)
Religious observance
Feast of Owen (Audoin)
Observance
International Strange Music Day
Observance
National Waffle Day (United States)
United States
Observance
Nostalgia Night (Uruguay)
Uruguay
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