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August 25: Day of the Week
August 25, 2024 is the 238th day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 128 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week is Sunday.
If you are trying to learn Japanese then this day of the week in Japanese is Nichiyōbi.
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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 25 Historical Event(s)
1580
Battle of Alcântara. Spain defeats Portugal.
1768
James Cook begins his first voyage.
1825
Uruguay declares its independence from Brazil.
1942
World War II: Battle of Milne Bay, Papua New Guinea.
1942
World War II: second day of the Battle of the Eastern Solomons. A Japanese naval transport convoy headed towards Guadalcanal is turned-back by an Allied air attack, losing one destroyer and one transport sunk, and one light cruiser heavily damaged.
1944
World War II: Paris is liberated by the Allies.
1989
Mayumi Moriyama becomes Japan’s first female cabinet secretary.
1991
Belarus gains its independence from the Soviet Union
1991
Linus Torvalds announces the first version of what will become Linux.
1991
The Battle of Vukovar begins. An 87-day siege of a Croatian city by the Yugoslav People’s Army (JNA), supported by various Serbian paramilitary forces, between August–November 1991 during the Croatian War of Independence
Who were born on August 25?
1624
François de la Chaise, French confessor of Louis XIV of France (d. 1709)
1817
Marie-Eugénie de Jésus, Founder of the Religious of the Assumption (d. 1898)
1918
Leonard Bernstein, American conductor and composer (d. 1990)
1928
Darrell Johnson, American baseball player (d. 2004)
1935
Charles Wright, American poet
1944
Jacques Demers, Canadian hockey coach
1970
Doug Glanville, American baseball player
1978
Kel Mitchell, American actor
1978
Robert Mohr, German rugby player
1987
Amy Macdonald, Scottish singer and songwriter
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Holy Toledo! Did you know that coffee and word games are an excellent combination to sharpen your vocabulary? Let’s give it a quick spin. Within 30 seconds, how many words can you think of from these letters MAHHSVUKPA? Check your answers here: Word scramble MAHHSVUKPA. (Sponsored by WordFinder.Cafe)
Are you not curious to discover some fun facts about your birthday? Find out ‘what happened on my birthday’ and what was the number one song on your day of birth. Know the meaning of your special day and who shares your birthday! (Sponsored link)
Now try another date like anniversaries, birthdays of someone you know or any other date that is special to you. Don’t forget to share the info to your friends, loved ones or social media followers. Who knows, they might appreciate and thank you for it.