What Day of the Week

August 11, 2020 was the 224^th day of the year 2020 in the Gregorian calendar. There were 142 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week was Tuesday.

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

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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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• 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.
• 1812

  Peninsular War: French troops engage British-Portuguese forces in the Battle of Majadahonda.
• 1918

  World War I: the Battle of Amiens ends.
• 1920

  The Latvian–Soviet Peace Treaty, which relinquished Russia’s authority and pretenses to Latvia, is signed, ending the Latvian War of Independence.
• 1929

  Babe Ruth becomes the first baseball player to hit 500 home runs in his career with a home run at League Park in Cleveland, Ohio.
• 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.
• 1959

  Sheremetyevo International Airport, the second-largest airport in Russia, opens.
• 1960

  Chad declares independence.
• 1961

  The former Portuguese territories in India of Dadra and Nagar Haveli are merged to create the Union Territory Dadra and Nagar Haveli.

• 1648

  Jeremiah Shepard, American minister (d. 1720)
• 1667

  Anna Maria Luisa de' Medici, Florentine patroness of the arts, the last scion of the House of Medici (d. 1743)
• 1926

  Claus von Bülow, Danish-born British socialite
• 1927

  Raymond Leppard, English conductor
• 1933

  Jerry Falwell, American preacher and televangelist (d. 2007)
• 1936

  Andre Dubus, American short-story writer (d. 1999)
• 1947

  Georgios Karatzaferis, Greek politician
• 1964

  Miguel A. Núñez, Jr., American actor
• 1964

  Nikki Randall, American pornographic actress
• 1976

  Iván Córdoba, Colombian footballer

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