What Day of the Week

August 11, 2020 is the 224^th day of the year 2020 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 142 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week is 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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• 106

  The south-eastern part of Dacia (modern Romania) becomes a Roman province: Roman Dacia.
• 355

  Claudius Silvanus, accused of treason, proclaims himself Roman Emperor against Constantius II.
• 1812

  Peninsular War: French troops engage British-Portuguese forces in the Battle of Majadahonda.
• 1858

  The Eiger in the Bernese Alps is ascended for the first time by Charles Barrington accompanied by Christian Almer and Peter Bohren.
• 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.
• 1952

  Hussein bin Talal is proclaimed King of Jordan.
• 1961

  The former Portuguese territories in India of Dadra and Nagar Haveli are merged to create the Union Territory Dadra and Nagar Haveli.
• 1965

  Race riots (the Watts riots) begin in the Watts area of Los Angeles, California.
• 1982

  A bomb explodes on Pan Am Flight 830, en route from Tokyo to Honolulu, killing one teenager and injuring 15 passengers.
• 2003

  A heat wave in Paris results in temperatures rising to 112 °F, leaving about 144 people dead.

• 1648

  Jeremiah Shepard, American minister (d. 1720)
• 1900

  Philip Phillips, American archaeologist (d. 1994)
• 1907

  Ted a'Beckett, Australian cricketer (d. 1989)
• 1933

  Jerry Falwell, American preacher and televangelist (d. 2007)
• 1946

  John Conlee, American country music singer
• 1959

  László Szlávics, Jr., Hungarian sculptor and medalist
• 1968

  Noordin Mohammad Top, Malaysian Islamist terrorist (d. 2009)
• 1971

  Alejandra Barros, Mexican actress
• 1974

  Hadiqa Kiyani, Pakistani singer
• 1982

  Alan Halsall, British actor

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