August Equality & Diversity Calendar
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CG Partnership is strongly involved in Equality and Diversity. That's why we thought it was important to share these dates with you.
Previous Months |
In History
| 3 August 2003 | The Anglican Church in America votes to approve the appointment of an openly gay bishop, The Rev Gene Robinson. |
| 3 August 1936 | Jesse Owens wind the 100 metres gold at the Berlin Olympics |
| 4 August 1964 | Three civil rights activists found dead; Mississippi Burning, the film based on the FBI investigation was made in 1988 |
| 4 August 1944 | capture of Anne Frank |
| 22 August 1950 | Althea Gibson becomes the first African-American on U.S. tennis tour |
| 28 August 1963 | Martin Luther King makes his famous ‘I have a dream’ speech: “I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the colour of their skin but by the content of their character” |
Calendar
| 1-30 | August is Ramadan, the Muslim month of fasting. |
| 1 August | Lughnasadh - Lammas (Pagan) - harvest festival and one of the Pagan festivals of Celtic origin which split the year into four |
| 9 August | Tisha B'Av (Jewish) - commemorates a series of tragedies that have befallen the Jewish people over the years, many of which have coincidentally happened on this day. |
| 15 August | Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary (Christian) |
| 22 August | Anmashtami - Krishna Jayanti (Hindu) - marks the birth of Krishna, the most highly venerated God in the Hindu pantheon. |
| 31 August | Eid-Ul-Fitr (Muslim) – celebrates the end of Ramadan. |
09:38, 02 August 2011 by cgpartnership