Vegan's Almanac

The Death of the Prophet Muhammad; National Fufu Day; Portion of the tenth-century Muslim story, The Case of the Animals Versus Man.

World Lion Day; Publication of Fighting Nature: Travelling Menageries, Animal Acts and War Shows, by Peta Tait; The Lion Going To War, by Jean de La Fontaine.

National Book Lovers Day; There is no Frigate Like a Book, by Emily Dickinson.

Tarantula Appreciation Day; Sneak Some Zucchini Onto Your Neighbor's Porch Day; Neighbours, by Rudyard Kipling.

Birthday of Roger Yates; Birthday of Bruce Friedrich; August, by Algernon Charles Swinburne.

Farmworker Appreciation Day; Saturday on the Farm, by Edwin C. Ranck.

National Oyster Day; National Couscous Day; A Prayer for Breaking One’s Fast.

International Clouded Leopard Day; Birthday of Percy Bysshe Shelley; Birthday of Wayne Pacelle; Release of the film, Babe; To a Skylark, by Percy Bysshe Shelley.

National Watermelon Day; Birthday of Tobias Leenaert; Wortermelon Time, by James Whitcomb Riley.

International Golden Lion Tamarin Day; Birthday of Dr. Gemma Newman; Liz White became Leader of the Animal Protection Party in Canada; I No Longer Steal From Nature, by Al-Ma’arri.