What happened to flags on 14 August
2 flags in the atlas carry this date. The sentence under each one is where that is written down, in its own article.
- Iran 1905
The first official flag of Iran was adopted on 14 August 1905.
From Flag of Iran on Wikipedia, as it read on 2026-08-29
- Pakistan 1947
It was adopted by the Constituent Assembly of Pakistan on 11 August 1947, and it became the official flag of the Dominion of Pakistan on 14 August 1947, following independence from the British Empire.
From Flag of Pakistan on Wikipedia, as it read on 2026-08-29
How a day gets onto this site
A flag is here because a sentence in its own English Wikipedia article puts it on this date, and that sentence is printed above. Nothing was worked out from a year, and nothing was written for the occasion. Every sentence names the article it came from and the version of that article it was read in, so you can go and check it.
The calendar is still short rather than full. A third of the year has no page here, because a flag only gets a day when a sentence in its article puts something on one, and plenty of articles never do. Nothing is invented to fill the gap.