What Day of the Week

August 11, 2019 is the 223^rd day of the year 2019 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 142 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week is Sunday.

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

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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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• 3114 BC

  The Mesoamerican Long Count calendar, used by several pre-Columbian Mesoamerican civilizations, notably the Mayans, begins.
• 106

  The south-eastern part of Dacia (modern Romania) becomes a Roman province: Roman Dacia.
• 1332

  Wars of Scottish Independence: Battle of Dupplin Moor – Scots under Domhnall II, Earl of Mar are routed by Edward Balliol.
• 1675

  Franco-Dutch War: forces of the Holy Roman Empire defeat the French in the Battle of Konzer Brücke.
• 1786

  Captain Francis Light establishes the British colony of Penang in Malaysia.
• 1812

  Peninsular War: French troops engage British-Portuguese forces in the Battle of Majadahonda.
• 1898

  Spanish-American War: American troops enter the city of Mayagüez, Puerto Rico.
• 1942

  Actress Hedy Lamarr and composer George Antheil receive a patent for a frequency hopping, spread spectrum communication system that later became the basis for modern technologies in wireless telephones and Wi-Fi.
• 1975

  East Timor: Governor Mário Lemos Pires of Portuguese Timor abandons the capital Dili, following a coup by the Timorese Democratic Union (UDT) and the outbreak of civil war between UDT and Fretilin.
• 2003

  NATO takes over command of the peacekeeping force in Afghanistan, marking its first major operation outside Europe in its 54-year-history.

• 1913

  Angus Wilson, British novelist (d. 1991)
• 1943

  Abigail Folger, American heiress and Manson murder victim (d. 1969)
• 1954

  Joe Jackson, English singer
• 1963

  Hiromi Makihara, Japanese baseball player
• 1966

  Nigel Martyn, English footballer
• 1976

  Iván Córdoba, Colombian footballer
• 1984

  Katie Rees, American beauty pageant contestant
• 1984

  Melky Cabrera, Dominican baseball player
• 1986

  Richard Keogh, Irish footballer
• 1993

  Alyson Stoner, American actress, model, singer and dancer

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