August 23: Day Of The Week
August 23, 2013 is the 235th day of the year 2013 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 130 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Friday.
If you are trying to learn French then this day of the week in French is vendredi.
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Here’s the August calendar. You can also browse the full year monthly calendar.
| August | ||||||
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| Sun | Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat |
| 1 | 2 | 3 | ||||
| 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 |
| 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 |
| 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 |
| 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 |
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 Events
- 1514 –Battle of Chaldiran ended with a decisive victory for the Sultan Selim I, Ottoman Empire, over the Shah Ismail I, Safavids founder.
- 1784 –Western North Carolina (now eastern Tennessee) declares itself an independent state under the name of Franklin; it wasn’t accepted into the United States, and only lasted for four years.
- 1858 –The Round Oak rail accident occurs in Brierley Hill in the Black Country, England. It is 'Arguably the worst disaster ever to occur on British railways'.
- 1873 –Albert Bridge in Chelsea, London opened.
- 1896 –Officially recognised date of the Cry of Pugad Lawin, the start of the Philippine Revolution is made in Pugad Lawin (Quezon City), in the province of Manila (actual date and location is disputed).
- 1954 –First flight of the C-130 Hercules transport aircraft.
- 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”.
- 1982 –Bachir Gemayel is elected Lebanese President amidst the raging civil war.
- 1990 –Armenia declares its independence from the Soviet Union.
- 2011 –Libyan leader Muammar al-Gaddafi is overthrown after the National Transitional Council forces take control of Bab al-Azizia compound during the 2011 Libyan Civil War.
Who were born on August 23?
- 1805 –Anton von Schmerling, Austrian statesman (d. 1893)
- 1843 –William Southam, Canadian newspaper publisher (d. 1932)
- 1854 –Moritz Moszkowski, Polish/German composer (d. 1925)
- 1868 –Edgar Lee Masters, American author (d. 1950)
- 1875 –William Eccles, English radio pioneer (d. 1966)
- 1947 –David Robb, British actor
- 1963 –Park Chan-wook, Korean director and screenwriter
- 1967 –Richard Petrie, New Zealand cricketer
- 1973 –Casey Blake, American baseball player
- 1978 –Kobe Bryant, American basketball player
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