What Day of the Week

August 10, 2020 is the 223^rd day of the year 2020 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 143 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week is Monday.

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

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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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• 955

  Battle of Lechfeld: Otto I, Holy Roman Emperor defeats the Magyars, ending 50 years of Magyar invasion of the West.
• 1680

  The Pueblo Revolt begins in New Mexico.
• 1809

  Quito, now the capital of Ecuador, declares independence from Spain. This rebellion will be crushed on August 2, 1810.
• 1846

  The Smithsonian Institution is chartered by the United States Congress after James Smithson donates $500,000.
• 1954

  At Massena, New York, the groundbreaking ceremony for the Saint Lawrence Seaway is held.
• 1961

  First use in Vietnam War of the Agent Orange by the U.S. Army.
• 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.
• 2006

  Scotland Yard disrupts a major terrorist plot to destroy aircraft traveling from the United Kingdom to the United States.
• 2009

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

• 1856

  William Willett, English daylight saving time advocate (d. 1915)
• 1912

  Jorge Amado, Brazilian novelist (d. 2001)
• 1919

  Sacha Vierny, French cinematographer (d. 2001)
• 1923

  Fred Ridgway, English cricketer
• 1927

  Vernon Washington, American actor (d. 1988)
• 1952

  Diane Venora, American actress
• 1965

  Mike E. Smith, American jockey
• 1967

  Reinout Scholte, Dutch cricketer
• 1971

  Kevin Randleman, American mixed martial artist
• 1985

  Enrico Cortese, Italian footballer

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