What Day of the Week

August 10, 2019 was the 222^nd day of the year 2019 in the Gregorian calendar. There were 143 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week was Saturday.

If you are trying to learn Japanese then this day of the week in Japanese is Doyōbi.

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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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• 1809

  Quito, now the capital of Ecuador, declares independence from Spain. This rebellion will be crushed on August 2, 1810.
• 1905

  Russo-Japanese War: peace negotiations begin in Portsmouth, New Hampshire.
• 1948

  Candid Camera makes its television debut after being on radio for a year as Candid Microphone.
• 1949

  U.S. President Harry S. Truman signs the National Security Act Amendment, streamlining the defense agencies of the United States government, and replacing the Department of War with the United States Department of Defense.
• 1961

  First use in Vietnam War of the Agent Orange by the U.S. Army.
• 1969

  A day after murdering Sharon Tate and four others, members of Charles Manson’s cult kill Leno and Rosemary LaBianca.
• 1971

  The Society for American Baseball Research is founded in Cooperstown, New York.
• 1977

  In Yonkers, New York, 24-year-old postal employee David Berkowitz (“Son of Sam”) is arrested for a series of killings in the New York City area over the period of one year.
• 1993

  An earthquake measuring 7.0 on the Richter Scale hits the South Island of New Zealand.
• 2009

  Twenty people are killed in Handlová, Trenčín Region, in the deadliest mining disaster in Slovakia’s history.

• 1489

  Jacob Sturm von Sturmeck, German statesman and reformer (d. 1553)
• 1560

  Hieronymus Praetorius, German composer (d. 1629)
• 1645

  Eusebio Kino, Italian Catholic missionary (d. 1711)
• 1872

  Bill Johnson, American double-bassist (d. 1972)
• 1909

  Leo Fender, American luthier (d. 1991)
• 1912

  Jorge Amado, Brazilian novelist (d. 2001)
• 1914

  Carlos Menditeguy, Argentine racing driver (d. 1973)
• 1947

  Anwar Ibrahim, Malaysian politician, Deputy Prime Minister of Malaysia
• 1962

  Alan Muraoka, American actor
• 1985

  Enrico Cortese, Italian footballer

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