What Day of the Week

August 1, 2021 is the 213^th day of the year 2021 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 152 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week is Sunday.

If you are trying to learn French then this day of the week in French is dimanche.

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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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• 69

  Batavian rebellion: The Batavians in Germania Inferior (Netherlands) revolt under the leadership of Gaius Julius Civilis.
• 1664

  The Ottoman Empire is defeated in the Battle of Saint Gotthard by an Austrian army led by Raimondo Montecuccoli, resulting in the Peace of Vasvár.
• 1800

  The Act of Union 1800 is passed in which merges the Kingdom of Great Britain and the Kingdom of Ireland into the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.
• 1840

  Labourer slaves in most of the British Empire are emancipated.
• 1907

  The start of first Scout camp on Brownsea Island, the origin of the worldwide Scouting movement.
• 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.
• 1975

  CSCE Final Act creates the Conference for Security and Co-operation in Europe.
• 1980

  Buttevant Rail Disaster kills 18 and injures dozens of train passengers in Ireland.
• 1980

  Vigdís Finnbogadóttir is elected President of Iceland and becomes the country’s first democratically elected female head of state

• 1555

  Edward Kelley, English spirit medium (d. 1597)
• 1713

  Charles I, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg (d. 1780)
• 1885

  George de Hevesy, Hungarian chemist, Nobel laureate (d. 1966)
• 1931

  Ramblin' Jack Elliott, American folk musician
• 1933

  Dom DeLuise, American actor and comedian (d. 2009)
• 1945

  Sandi Griffiths, American singer, The Lawrence Welk Show
• 1946

  Boz Burrell, British musician (King Crimson, Bad Company) (d. 2006)
• 1947

  Dennis Zine, Los Angeles city councilman
• 1977

  Damien Saez, French musician, songwriter, and author
• 1979

  Honeysuckle Weeks, Welsh-born actress

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