What happened on August 15 ?

Eastern Orthodoxy ? Feast of the Dormition of the Theotokos, the commemoration of the death of Mary, the mother of Jesus.

RC Saints ? Feast day of the Assumption of Mary, the mother of Jesus, Holy Day of Obligation. Public Holiday in: Austria, Belgium, Cameroon, Chile, Côte d'Ivoire, Croatia, Cyprus, East Timor, France, Greece, India, Italy, Lebanon, Lithuania, Malta, Mauritius, Poland, Portugal, Seychelles, Slovenia and Spain.

Acadie ? National Day

Egypt ? Flooding of the Nile Day

Hawaii ? Toro Nagashi (Floating Lantern Ceremony) to commemorate the end of the second world war

India ? Independence Day (from the United Kingdom, 1947)

Italy ? "Ferragosto", remembrance of an ancient Roman holiday in honor of Augustus (Feriae Augusti)

Korea ? Liberation Day

Ancient Latvia ? M?ras

Liechtenstein ? Liechtenstein Day

Poland ? Polish Armed Forces Day

Tuva ? Tuva Republic Day, Naadym

Roman Catholicism - the feasts of at least 3 saints: St. Alipius

St. Arnoul/Arnulphus

St. MacCartin/Ard/Aed

The Assumption of Mary - a holy day of obligation