What Day of the Week

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

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

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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.
• 991

  Battle of Maldon: the English, led by Byrhtnoth, Ealdorman of Essex, are defeated by a band of inland-raiding Vikings near Maldon in Essex.
• 1628

  The Swedish warship ship sinks in the Stockholm harbour after only about 20 minutes of her maiden voyage.
• 1755

  Under the orders of Charles Lawrence, the British Army begins to forcibly deport the Acadians from Nova Scotia to the Thirteen Colonies.
• 1904

  Russo-Japanese War: the Battle of the Yellow Sea between the Russian and Japanese battleship fleets takes place.
• 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.
• 1948

  Candid Camera makes its television debut after being on radio for a year as Candid Microphone.
• 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.
• 1998

  HRH Prince Al-Muhtadee Billah is proclaimed the crown prince of Brunei with a Royal Proclamation.

• 1839

  Aleksandr Stoletov, Russian physicist (d. 1896)
• 1878

  Alfred Döblin, German writer (d. 1957)
• 1913

  Noah Beery, Jr., American actor (d. 1994)
• 1943

  Jimmy Griffin, American guitarist (Bread) (d. 2005)
• 1954

  Peter Endrulat, German footballer
• 1967

  Mart Sander, Estonian singer and actor
• 1971

  Sal Fasano, American baseball player
• 1974

  Rachel Simmons, American feminist and author
• 1975

  İlhan Mansız, Turkish footballer
• 1979

  Joanna García, American actress

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