What Day of the Week

August 1, 2018 was the 213^rd day of the year 2018 in the Gregorian calendar. There were 152 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week was Wednesday.

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

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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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• 527

  Justinian I becomes the sole ruler of the Byzantine Empire.
• 1291

  The Old Swiss Confederacy is formed with the signature of the Federal Charter.
• 1801

  First Barbary War: The American schooner USS Enterprise captures the Tripolitan polacca Tripoli in a single-ship action off the coast of modern-day Libya.
• 1834

  Slavery is abolished in the British Empire as the Slavery Abolition Act 1833 comes into force.
• 1960

  Dahomey (later renamed Benin) declares independence from France.
• 1964

  The Belgian Congo is renamed the Republic of the Congo.
• 1966

  Purges of intellectuals and imperialists becomes official People’s Republic of China policy at the beginning of the Cultural Revolution.
• 1980

  Buttevant Rail Disaster kills 18 and injures dozens of train passengers in Ireland.
• 1984

  Commercial peat-cutters discover the preserved bog body of a man, called Lindow Man, at Lindow Moss, Cheshire, North West England.
• 2007

  The I-35W Mississippi River Bridge spanning the Mississippi River in Minneapolis, Minnesota, collapses during the evening rush hour.

• 1910

  James Henry Govier, British artist (d. 1974)
• 1937

  Al D'Amato, United States Senator from New York
• 1953

  Howard Kurtz, American journalist
• 1955

  Trevor Berbick, Jamaican boxer (d. 2006)
• 1958

  Rob Buck, American musician (10,000 Maniacs) (d. 2000)
• 1978

  Andy Blignaut, Former Zimbabwean cricketer
• 1979

  Jason Momoa, American actor
• 1979

  Junior Agogo, Ghanaian footballer
• 1987

  Rumi Hiiragi, Japanese actress
• 1989

  Madison Bumgarner, American baseball player

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