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August 15: Day of the Week
August 15, 2024 is the 228th day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 138 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week is Thursday.
If you are trying to learn French then this day of the week in French is jeudi.
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Here’s the August calendar. You can also browse the full year monthly calendar.
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Zodiac & Birthstone
Leo is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Peridot is the modern birthstone for this month. Diamond is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
August 15 Historical Event(s)
1040
King Duncan I is killed in battle against his first cousin and rival Macbeth. The latter succeeds him as King of Scotland.
1281
Mongol invasion of Japan: The Mongolian fleet of Kublai Khan is destroyed by a “divine wind” for the second time in the Battle of Kōan.
1511
Afonso de Albuquerque of Portugal conquers Malacca, the capital of the Sultanate of Malacca.
1695
French forces end the Bombardment of Brussels, leaving a third of the buildings in the city in ruins.
1941
Corporal Josef Jakobs is executed by firing squad at the Tower of London at 7:12 am, making him the last person to be executed at the Tower for treason.
1948
The Republic of Korea is established south of the 38th parallel north.
1954
Alfredo Stroessner begins his dictatorship in Paraguay.
1960
Republic of the Congo (Brazzaville) becomes independent from France.
1971
President Richard Nixon completes the break from the gold standard by ending convertibility of the United States dollar into gold by foreign investors.
1995
In South Carolina, Shannon Faulkner becomes the first female cadet matriculated at The Citadel (she drops out less than a week later).
Who were born on August 15?
1575
Bartol Kašić, Croatian writer and linguist (d. 1650)
1859
Charles Comiskey, American baseball owner (d. 1931)
1865
Usui Mikao, Japanese spiritual figure (d. 1926)
1876
Stylianos Gonatas, Greek military officer and politician (d. 1966)
1893
Leslie Comrie, New Zealand astronomer and mechanical computation designer (d. 1950)
1954
Stieg Larsson, Swedish writer (d. 2004)
1969
Bernard Fanning, Australian singer/songwriter (Powderfinger)
1970
Maddie Corman, American actress
1973
Adnan Sami, British-born Pakastani music composer and singer
1980
Brandon Harrod, American songwriter
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