Flag Day celebrations had been occurring in Sydney since 1985. They were initiated by the vexillographer John Christian Vaughan to commemorate the first occasion when the Flag was flown in 1901.

On Flag Day, ceremonies are held in some major centres, and the Governor-General and some politicians attend or release statements to the media.

Spring is seen as a time of growth, renewal, of new life (both plant and animal) being born. The term is also used more generally as a metaphor for the start of better time.

In the southern hemisphere, the meteorological definition is from September 1 through November 30, corresponding to the fall months in the north.

Officially, the day commemorates those Namibians who died for independence, especially during the Namibian War of Independence which began on 26 August. Since Samuel Maherero’s return from exile for burial in 1923, The Herero people have commemorated 26 August as a gesture of defiance

The first was July 3rd, 1991, when Linus Benedict Torvalds posted his first query to a newsgroup for some information he needed to help him with a project but he does not actually mention what the project is.

The next was August 25th, 1991, when Linus Benedict Torvalds first let the cat out of the bag about his project.

Finally came Linus Benedict Torvalds’ call to arms on October 5th, 1991 and he refers to his earlier message, which clearly mentions “I’m doing a (free) operating system”.

Therefore, by convention, the Linux kernel was “born” on August 25th, 1991.

August 23rd is significant because, during the night of August 22 to August 23, 1791 on the island of Santo Domingo, an uprising began which set forth events leading to the abolition of the transatlantic slave trade. UNESCO Member States organize events every year on that date, inviting participation from young people, educators, artists and intellectuals.

Mirra Alfassa became the President of the first World Council of World Union on 20 August 1964, and since then, 20th August is celebrated as World Union Day.

Father’s Day is a secular celebration inaugurated in the early twentieth century to complement Mother’s Day in celebrating fatherhood and parenting by males, and to honor and commemorate fathers and forefathers. Father’s Day is celebrated on a variety of dates worldwide and typically involves gift-giving to fathers and family-oriented activities.

Although government forces killed four people before surrendering, the revolution was unusual in that the revolutionaries did not use direct violence to achieve their goals. The population, holding red carnations (cravos in Portuguese), convinced the regime soldiers not to resist. The soldiers readily swapped their bullets for flowers. It was the end of the Estado Novo, the longest authoritarian regime in Western Europe.

Freedom Day on April 25 is a national holiday in Portugal, with official and some popular commemorations, though some right-wing and apolitical sectors of the population still regard the developments after the coup d’état as pernicious for the country. On the other hand, some of the military leaders are unhappy that the leftist inspiration of the uprising has since been abandoned.