What Day of the Week

August 11, 2021 is the 223^rd day of the year 2021 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 142 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week is Wednesday.

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

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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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• 2492 BC

  Traditional date of the defeat of Bel by Hayk, progenitor and founder of the Armenian nation.
• 355

  Claudius Silvanus, accused of treason, proclaims himself Roman Emperor against Constantius II.
• 1898

  Spanish-American War: American troops enter the city of Mayagüez, Puerto Rico.
• 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.
• 1959

  Sheremetyevo International Airport, the second-largest airport in Russia, opens.
• 1965

  Race riots (the Watts riots) begin in the Watts area of Los Angeles, California.
• 1972

  Vietnam War: the last United States ground combat unit leaves South Vietnam.
• 1982

  A bomb explodes on Pan Am Flight 830, en route from Tokyo to Honolulu, killing one teenager and injuring 15 passengers.
• 1984

  “We begin bombing in five minutes” - United States President Ronald Reagan, while running for re-election, jokes while preparing to make his weekly Saturday address on National Public Radio.
• 1999

  The Salt Lake City Tornado tears through the downtown district of the city, killing one.

• 1836

  Warren Brown, American politician (d. 1919)
• 1925

  Floyd Curry, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 2006)
• 1946

  Marilyn vos Savant, American newspaper columnist
• 1948

  Jan Palach, Czechoslovakian student protester (d. 1969)
• 1952

  Bob Mothersbaugh AKA Bob 1, American guitarist (Devo)
• 1959

  László Szlávics, Jr., Hungarian sculptor and medalist
• 1962

  Ennis Whatley, American basketball player
• 1964

  Nikki Randall, American pornographic actress
• 1976

  Will Friedle, American actor
• 1981

  Fiona Sit, Hong Kong singer and actress

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