What Day of the Week

August 10, 2021 is the 222^nd day of the year 2021 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 143 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week is Tuesday.

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

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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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• 1675

  The foundation stone of the Royal Greenwich Observatory in London is laid.
• 1861

  American Civil War: Battle of Wilson’s Creek – the war enters Missouri when a band of raw Confederate troops defeat Union forces in the southwestern part of the state.
• 1913

  Second Balkan War: delegates from Bulgaria, Romania, Serbia, Montenegro, and Greece sign the Treaty of Bucharest, ending the war.
• 1920

  World War I: Ottoman sultan Mehmed VI’s representatives sign the Treaty of Sèvres that divides up the Ottoman Empire between the Allies.
• 1932

  A 5.1 kg chondrite-type meteorite breaks into at least seven pieces and lands near the town of Archie in Cass County, Missouri.
• 1961

  First use in Vietnam War of the Agent Orange by the U.S. Army.
• 1988

  Japanese American internment: U.S. President Ronald Reagan signs the Civil Liberties Act of 1988, providing $20,000 payments to Japanese Americans who were either interned in or relocated by the United States during World War II.
• 1990

  More than 127 Muslims are killed in North East Sri Lanka by paramilitary troops.
• 1990

  The Magellan space probe reaches Venus.
• 2003

  The highest temperature ever recorded in the United Kingdom – 38.5 °C in Kent. It is the first time the United Kingdom has recorded a temperature over 100 °F.

• 1911

  A. N. Sherwin-White, English historian (d. 1993)
• 1942

  Betsey Johnson, American fashion designer
• 1945

  Laura Spurr, American Indian tribal chair (d. 2010)
• 1954

  Peter Endrulat, German footballer
• 1959

  Rosanna Arquette, American actress
• 1968

  Michael Bivins, American singer (New Edition, Bell Biv DeVoe)
• 1973

  Javier Zanetti, Argentinian footballer
• 1977

  Matt Morgan, British comedian
• 1979

  Ted Geoghegan, American filmmaker and author
• 1983

  Chrisna Bootha, South African netballer

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