August 1 is Woman Astronomers Day.
August 1 is recognized in Canada as Emancipation Day, marking the 189th anniversary of the day that the Slavery Abolition Act officially came into effect across the British Empire.
On August 4, 1755: Nicolas-Jacque Conte invented the modern pencil.
It has been 78 years since the U.S. detonated atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, on August 6 and August 9, 1945.
On August 6, 1935, William Coolidge obtained a patent for the cathode ray tube, until recently ubiquitous in televisions and computer monitors (not to mention oscilloscopes).
August 8 is the 121st anniversary of the birth of Nobel Laureate Paul Dirac, considered to be one of the founders of quantum mechanics and quantum electrodynamics.
August 9 is recognized by the United Nations as the International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples.
August 13 is the peak of the annual Perseid meteor shower.
August 18 marks the 155th anniversary of the discovery of the element helium.
August 19 is World Humanitarian Day.
August 23 is the International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and its Abolition.
If you celebrate any of these, or have suggestions for upcoming celebrations or observances, please drop us a line or send a picture to CriticalLinks@centreforinquiry.ca.