MONDAY – Aug 31

TODAY IS …
(All days repeat annually on today’s date unless otherwise noted; days may or may not be called “National”/”International”/”World” depending on source; sources listed often have additional info. We generally do not list special days which were created by commercial companies for the purpose of marketing, or unilaterally declared “holidays” created by sources like the National Day Calendar and Wellcat websites and self-declared “Queen of Holidays” Jace Shoemaker-Galloway to build their brands or drive traffic to their websites – or the hundreds of disease awareness listings which occur each year. We present only those specially designated days we feel your listeners would find most interesting or notable.)

NATIONAL TRAIL MIX DAY
Honors the mix that was developed as a healthy snack to be taken along on hikes. The idea of trail mix can be traced back to Native American Plains tribes, who carried a mixture of dried meat, usually bison, pounded into a powder and mixed with rendered fat and often dried berries. The mixture was packed into rawhide pouches and could last for months or even years without refrigeration. Trail mix recipes first appeared in hiking guides in the 1910s, and was popularized in its modern form by 1960s California surfers.

WORLD STOP SIGN DAY
On this date in 1914, Detroit police sergeant Harold Jackson created the first stop sign to help manage a dangerous intersection. The octagonal shape was standardized in 1923.

August is:

Black Business Month
Family Fun Month
International Peace Month
National Back to School Month
National Catfish Month
National Golf Month
National Peach Month
National Sandwich Month