Share Filter Results Filter Results Event Duration Day Week Month Event Type Curricular Holiday Birthday Grade Level PK-K 1-2 3-4 5-6 7-8 9-12 Curricular Area Art English Language Arts Health History Math Music Physical Education STEAM Science Social Studies Spanish Genre Biography Concept Book Historical Fiction Humor Nonfiction Picture Book Poetry Realistic Fiction Sports Cultural Experience African (Global) African African American American Indian Asian (Global) Asian Asian American South Asian Disability Gender Women / Girls Transgender / Non-Conforming Men / Boys Immigrant / Refugee Jewish Latino/a/e/x (Global) Latino (US / Canada) Latino (Latin America) LGBTQ+ Middle Eastern Multiracial / Mixed Race Muslim Pacific Islander / Oceania Literary Calendar August 2019 SUN MON TUE WED THU FRI SAT 1 Swiss National Day 2 Anniversary of the Beginning of the Second Congo War James Howe's Birthday 3 Clown Week 4 Barack Obama's Birthday 5 National Underwear Day 6 Anniversary of Voting Rights Act 1965 Frank Asch's Birthday 7 Anniversary of Philippe Petit's World Trade Center Crossing Betsy Byars's Birthday Coleen Salley's Birthday More... 8 International Cat Day National Farmers Market Week 9 Anniverary of the Bombing of Nagasaki International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples Patricia McKissack's Birthday More... 10 Suzanne Collins's Birthday 11 Anniversary of the Invention of Hip Hop Joanna Cole's Birthday 12 Ann M. Martin's Birthday International Youth Day Mary Ann Hoberman's Birthday More... 13 Left Handers Day 14 National Navajo Code Talker Day 15 Independence Day (India) 16 Diana Wynne Jones's Birthday Eileen Spinelli's Birthday 17 Eric Schlosser's Birthday Fredrika Bremer's Birthday 18 Brian Pinkney's Birthday Paula Danziger's Birthday Roberto Clemente's Birthday 19 National Aviation Day World Humanitarian Day 20 Mélanie Watt's Birthday 21 Kwame Alexander's Birthday 22 National Immunization Awareness Month 23 International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and its Abolition Mac Barnett's Birthday 24 Pluto Demotion Day 25 Ian Falconer's Birthday Lane Smith's Birthday 26 Katherine Johnson's Birthday National Dog Day Women's Equality Day 27 Sarah Stewart's Birthday 28 Allen Say's Birthday Anniversary of the Murder of Emmett Till Robert Battle's Birthday 29 Karen Hesse's Birthday 30 Donald Crews's Birthday International Day Against Nuclear Tests 31 Kenneth Oppel's Birthday Embed this Literary Calendar on your website