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2019 International Year of Indigenous Languages
1944 August 2: Roma Genocide Remembrance Day
1825 August 6: Bolivia Independence Day
1962 August 6: Jamaica Independence Day
August 9: International Day of World’s Indigenous Peoples
1965 August 9: Singapore National Day
1809 August 10: Ecuador Independence Day
August 14: Navajo Code Talkers Day
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