When was Virgin Mary's birthday and death?

We celebrate the Virgin Mary's birthday on September 8, exactly nine months after the feast of the Immaculate Conception, though we are not sure of her exact birthdate. In Medjugorje, where the Virgin Mary has been appearing since 1981, she did tell the visionaries that her real birthday is August 5. So, Christians who believe in the apparitions celebrate it also on this day, but still observe the Holy Day of September 8 as well.

As for her death, we do not know exactly either, but we celebrate the Feast of the Assumption on August 15. There is controversy as to whether Mary actually died or not, but it is a church law, or dogma, that she was assumed into heaven body and soul together, and we celebrate that great event on August 15. That is why we call it the Assumption, and not an Ascension, as we describe Jesus when he left the earth for Heaven. To ascend implies that you cause it to happen yourself, you ascend. To be assumed means that it was done to you. Mary did not have the power to ascend, she was taken to Heaven by God, assumed into Heaven. Did she die first? Again, in Medjugorje, Mary has told the visionaries that she did indeed die before she was assumed into heaven. If you believe her own Words at Medjugorje, then she did. Others say she was taken at the moment of death, or just before the moment of death.