Chinese Calendar of August 1956

Holiday	Solar Date	Lunar Date
Army Day(建军节)	August 01, 1956	June 25, 1956
Double Seventh Festival (七夕情人节)	August 12, 1956	July 7, 1956
Ghost Festival (中元节)	August 20, 1956	July 15, 1956

Solar Term	Solar Date	Lunar Date
Autumn Begins (Lìqīu, 立秋)	August 07, 1956	July 2, 1956
Limit of Heat (Chúshǔ, 处暑)	August 23, 1956	July 18, 1956

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Kim Cattrall [Actress] - Best known as sultry Samantha Jones on "Sex and the City"
Maureen McCormick [Singer] - Actress/singer played Marcia Brady of "The Brady Bunch"

Event	Auspicious Days in August
Wedding	3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 17, 19, 25, 28, 30, 31
Moving House	3, 5, 8, 9, 17, 18, 23, 25, 28, 29, 30
Marriage Engagement	4, 5, 6, 23, 29, 31
Child Birth/Cesarean	7, 8, 9, 13, 18, 19, 25, 28, 29, 30
Grand Opening	3, 17, 18, 28, 29
Adopting Children	11, 13, 18, 19, 21, 25, 29, 30, 31
Bed Installation	1, 3, 6, 7, 8, 13, 17, 19, 22, 23, 25, 28, 29, 30, 31
Break Ground	1, 3, 4, 7, 8, 10, 13, 14, 17, 20, 22, 25, 26, 29, 30, 31
Build House	4, 5, 6, 9
Sign Contract	3, 17, 18, 25, 28, 29, 30
Business Trading (Purchasing Vehicles)	17, 18, 25, 28, 29, 30
Decorating House	8, 13, 22, 23, 25, 29, 30
Travel	5, 7, 8, 9, 13, 19, 21, 23, 25, 28, 29, 31
Haircut	10, 31
Funeral	1, 3, 4, 8, 9, 10, 13, 14, 16, 17, 20, 25, 26, 28, 29
Growing Plants	3, 5, 11, 13, 14, 19, 23, 28, 29, 30, 31
Stove Installation	6, 12, 21, 24
House Cleaning	1, 2, 5, 9, 10, 13, 18, 19, 21, 22, 23, 25, 28
Installing a Door	3, 4, 9, 21, 22
Laying the Foundation Stone	4, 5, 13, 22
Meet Friend/Relative	3, 4, 5, 19, 20, 23, 30
Pray for Good Luck	1, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9, 17, 18, 19, 25, 28, 29, 30
Residence Relocation	3, 5, 17, 23, 25, 28
Sacrifice	1, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 12, 13, 14, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 24, 25, 26, 28, 29, 30, 31
See a Doctor	4, 14
Set up a Monument	3
Tear Down Building	2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 15, 17, 22, 23, 25, 27, 29
Treatment/Surgery	4, 6, 27