1 Benin 's National Day

1 Jamaica , Trinidad and Tobago 's Abolition of Slavery Anniversary

1 Switzerland 's National Day

1 Warsaw Uprising Commemoration Day

2 Macedonia 's National Day

3 Niger 's Independence Day

4 Bahamas ' Abolition of Slavery, 1834

4 Grenada 's Emancipation Day

4 Jamaica 's Independence Day

5 Burkina Faso Republic Day

5 Croatia 's Homeland Thanksgiving Day

6 Bolivia 's Independence Day, 1825

7 Cote d'Ivoire 's National Day

9 UN: International Day of the World's Indigenous People

9 Singapore 's Independence Day

9 South Africa : National Women's Day

10 Ecuador 's Independence Day

11 Chad 's Independence Day Celebration

13 Central African Republic 's Independence Day, 1960

14 Pakistan 's Independence Day

15 Congo 's National Holiday Celebration

15 India 's Independence Day, 1947

15 Korea 's Liberation Day, 1945

16 Dominican Republic 's Restoration of the Republic

17 Gabon 's National Day Celebration

17 Indonesia 's Independence Day

19 Afghanistan 's Independence Day, 1919

20 Hungary 's National Day

23 UN: International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and its Abolition

24 Ukraine 's Independence Day

25 Uruguay 's Independence Day

25 USA : Minority Enterprise Development Week (8/25–8/31)

26 USA : Women's Equality Day

27 Republic of Moldova 's National Holiday

30 Peru 's Santa Rosa de Lima, National Holiday

30 Turkey 's Victory Day

31 Kazakhstan 's Constitution Day

31 Kyrgyzstan 's Independence Day

31 Malaysia 's National Day

31 Trinidad and Tobago 's Independence Day