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• Holidays/special occasions:
  • Lughnasadh (Pagan; cross-quarter day) / Lammas (Christian; Scottish quarter day)

• Holidays/special occasions:
  • Obon (Festival of the Dead; Chinese lunar calendar) (Buddhist; Japan)

• Holidays/special occasions:
  • Napoleon Bonaparte's birthday, 1769

• Historic events:
  • Woodstock Festival (Bethel, NY, 1969)

• Holidays/special occasions:
  • Gene Roddenberry's birthday, 1921

• Holidays/special occasions:
  • Ramadan begins (Islamic; 1st Ramadan, 1430 A.H.)

• Historic events:
  • I Have A Dream speech delivered by Martin Luther King, Jr., 1963

• Events:
  • American Folk Festival (Bangor, Maine)

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