At a Glance
August 9
Observances & Celebrations
Commemorative holidays, national days, religious feasts, and international traditions observed on this date.
FeaturedNational observance
International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples (United Nations)
National observance
National Day, celebrates the independence of Singapore from Malaysia in 1965.
Religious observance
Feast of August 9 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
Religious observance
Feast of Blessed Florentino Asensio Barroso
Religious observance
Feast of Candida Maria of Jesus
Religious observance
Feast of Edith Stein (St Teresa Benedicta of the Cross)
Religious observance
Feast of Firmus and Rusticus
Religious observance
Feast of Herman of Alaska (Russian Orthodox Church and related congregations; Episcopal Church (USA))
Russia
Religious observance
Feast of Mary Sumner (Church of England)
Religious observance
Feast of Nath Í of Achonry
Religious observance
Feast of Romanus Ostiarius
Religious observance
Feast of Secundian, Marcellian and Verian
Observance
Battle of Gangut Day (Russia)
Russia
Observance
Meyboom (Brussels and Leuven, Belgium)
Observance
National Peacekeepers' Day, celebrated on Sunday closest to the day (Canada)
Canada
Observance
National Women's Day (South Africa)
South Africa