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• Total days: 366 days
• Extra day: February 29 (Februray has 29 days instead of 28)
• Frequency: Happens every 4 years

Last updated 26-07-2026 by NA

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Women's Equality Day is celebrated in the United States on August 26 to commemorate the 1920 adoption of the Nineteenth Amendment (Amendment XIX) to the United States Constitution, which prohibits the states and the federal government from denying the right to vote to citizens of the United States on the basis of sex.

It was first celebrated in 1972, designated by Congress in 1973, and is proclaimed each year by the United States President.

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international day of the victims of enforced disappearances is observed on 30 August by UNO.

With the aim to raise awareness about the global problem of enforced disappearances.

The observance was established by the UN General Assembly in 2010, and it is marked annually on 30 August.
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• Global Handwashing Day is observed every year on October 15.
• It aims to raise awareness about the importance of handwashing with soap.
• Proper handwashing is an effective way to prevent the spread of diseases.
• The first Global Handwashing Day was observed on October 15, 2008.

Last verified on 29-08-2026

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• The Fat Man was dropped on Nagasaki, Japan, on August 9, 1945, at 11:01 AM.
• The atomic bomb pm Nagasaki was dropped on 9 August 1945.
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•  The United States detonated two atomic bombs over the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki On August 9, 1945. 
• The two bombings killed between 129,000 and 226,000 people
  
• “Fat Man” dropped an atomic bomb at 11:02 that morning.
• Little Boy was the name of the Atomic Bomb dropped on the city of Hiroshima
  
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