What Day of the Week

August 1, 2019 is the 213^rd day of the year 2019 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 152 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week is Thursday.

If you are trying to learn Spanish then this day of the week in Spanish is jueves.

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Here’s the August calendar. You can also browse the full year monthly calendar.

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.

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• 607

  Ono no Imoko is dispatched as envoy to the Sui court in China (Traditional Japanese date: July 3, 607).
• 1498

  Christopher Columbus becomes the first European to visit what is now Venezuela.
• 1838

  Non-labourer slaves in most of the British Empire are emancipated.
• 1840

  Labourer slaves in most of the British Empire are emancipated.
• 1842

  The Lombard Street Riot erupts in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, US.
• 1927

  The Nanchang Uprising marks the first significant battle in the Chinese Civil War between the Kuomintang and Communist Party of China. This day is commemorated as the anniversary of the founding of the People’s Liberation Army.
• 1944

  The Warsaw Uprising against the Nazi occupation breaks out in Warsaw, Poland.
• 1957

  The United States and Canada form the North American Air Defense Command (NORAD).
• 1974

  Cyprus dispute: The United Nations Security Council authorizes the UNFICYP to create the “Green Line”, dividing Cyprus into two zones.
• 1980

  Buttevant Rail Disaster kills 18 and injures dozens of train passengers in Ireland.

• 1926

  Theo Adam, German bass-baritone
• 1933

  Masaichi Kaneda, Japanese baseball player
• 1935

  Geoff Pullar, Former England cricketer
• 1951

  Pete Mackanin, American baseball player
• 1956

  Tom Leykis, American radio personality
• 1958

  Rob Buck, American musician (10,000 Maniacs) (d. 2000)
• 1963

  Koichi Wakata, Japanese astronaut
• 1972

  Devon Hughes, American professional wrestler
• 1973

  Gregg Berhalter, American footballer
• 1991

  Marco Puntoriere, Italian footballer

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