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==Holidays and observances== | ==Holidays and observances== | ||
* [[ | * '''Messenger of Light Day''', a celebration of [[Helena Petrovna Blavatsky|H. P. Blavatsky's]] birthday, observed by Theosophists in Ukraine. (For example, see [[H. P. Blavatsky House-Museum]].) | ||
==External links== | ==External links== | ||
Revision as of 16:02, 16 December 2013
August 12 is the 224th day of the year (225th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. It is preceded by August 11, and succeeded by August 13. Following August 12, there are 141 days in the year.
Events
- 1880 – Rosa Bates and Edward Wimbridge, who had accompanied the Founders to India, left Bombay due to personal difficulties.
Births
- 1831 – Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, Co-founder of the Theosophical Society and main source of modern Theosophical teachings, at Yekaterinoslav, Russia (from 1926 Dnipropetrovsk, Ukraine). (d. 1891)
Deaths
- 1945 – George S. Arundale, English educator and third International President of Theosophical Society (Adyar), serving from 1934-1945. (b. 1878)
Holidays and observances
- Messenger of Light Day, a celebration of H. P. Blavatsky's birthday, observed by Theosophists in Ukraine. (For example, see H. P. Blavatsky House-Museum.)
External links
Calendar
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