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August 23: Day of the Week
August 23, 2024 is the 236th day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 130 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week is Friday.
If you are trying to learn Spanish then this day of the week in Spanish is viernes.
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Here’s the August calendar. You can also browse the full year monthly calendar.
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Zodiac & Birthstone
Virgo 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 23 Historical Event(s)
1305
Sir William Wallace is executed for High Treason at Smithfield in London.
1328
Battle of Cassel: French troops stop an uprising of Flemish farmers.
1514
Battle of Chaldiran ended with a decisive victory for the Sultan Selim I, Ottoman Empire, over the Shah Ismail I, Safavids founder.
1555
Calvinists are granted rights in the Netherlands.
1650
Colonel George Monck of the English Army forms Monck’s Regiment of Foot, which will later become the Coldstream Guards.
1914
World War I: Japan declares war on Germany and bombs Qingdao, China.
1944
World War II: Marseille liberated.
1944
World War II King Michael of Romania dismisses the pro-Nazi government of General Antonescu, who is arrested. Romania switches sides from the Axis to the Allies (see King Michael’s Coup)
1973
A bank robbery gone wrong in Stockholm, Sweden, turns into a hostage crisis; over the next five days the hostages begin to sympathise with their captors, leading to the term “Stockholm syndrome”.
1990
Armenia declares its independence from the Soviet Union.
Who were born on August 23?
1524
François Hotman, French lawyer and writer (d. 1590)
1900
Louise Nevelson, American sculptor (d. 1988)
1910
Lonny Frey, American baseball player (d. 2009)
1953
Ernst Savkovic, German footballer
1960
Gary Hoey, American Guitarist
1970
Brad Mehldau, American pianist
1970
Krishnakumar Kunnath, Indian singer
1973
Malaika Arora Khan, Indian actress and model
1988
Jeremy Lin, American basketball player
1989
Heiko Schwarz, German footballer
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