What Day of the Week

August 1, 2019 was the 213^rd day of the year 2019 in the Gregorian calendar. There were 152 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week was 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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• 1834

  Slavery is abolished in the British Empire as the Slavery Abolition Act 1833 comes into force.
• 1838

  Non-labourer slaves in most of the British Empire are emancipated.
• 1914

  Germany declares war on Russia at the opening of World War I. The Swiss Army mobilises because of World War I.
• 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).
• 1960

  Dahomey (later renamed Benin) declares independence from France.
• 1960

  Islamabad is declared the federal capital of the Government of Pakistan.
• 1974

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

  Vigdís Finnbogadóttir is elected President of Iceland and becomes the country’s first democratically elected female head of state
• 2001

  Alabama Supreme Court Chief Justice Roy Moore has a Ten Commandments monument installed in the judiciary building, leading to a lawsuit to have it removed and his own removal from office.

• 1885

  George de Hevesy, Hungarian radiochemist and Nobel laureate (d. 1966)
• 1942

  André Gagnon, French Canadian pianist and composer
• 1949

  Kurmanbek Bakiyev, President of Kyrgyzstan
• 1954

  James Gleick, American author, journalist, and biographer
• 1960

  Chuck D, American activist and rapper (Public Enemy)
• 1963

  Lynette Sadleir, New Zealand Olympic synchronised swimmer
• 1964

  Adam Duritz, American musician (Counting Crows)
• 1977

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

  Jason Momoa, American actor
• 1987

  Rumi Hiiragi, Japanese actress

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