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 French then this day of the week in French is dimanche.

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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.
• 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.
• 1332

  Wars of Scottish Independence: Battle of Dupplin Moor – Scots under Domhnall II, Earl of Mar are routed by Edward Balliol.
• 1898

  Spanish-American War: American troops enter the city of Mayagüez, Puerto Rico.
• 1920

  The Latvian–Soviet Peace Treaty, which relinquished Russia’s authority and pretenses to Latvia, is signed, ending the Latvian War of Independence.
• 1982

  A bomb explodes on Pan Am Flight 830, en route from Tokyo to Honolulu, killing one teenager and injuring 15 passengers.
• 1999

  The Salt Lake City Tornado tears through the downtown district of the city, killing one.
• 2003

  A heat wave in Paris results in temperatures rising to 112 °F, leaving about 144 people dead.
• 2003

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

• 1667

  Anna Maria Luisa de' Medici, Florentine patroness of the arts, the last scion of the House of Medici (d. 1743)
• 1833

  Robert G. Ingersoll, American politician and soldier (d. 1899)
• 1932

  Israel Harold “Izzy” Asper, Canadian tax lawyer (d. 2003)
• 1932

  John Gorrie, English director
• 1932

  Peter Eisenman, American architect
• 1950

  Gennidy Nikonov, Russian weapon engineer, designer of the AN-94 attack rifle (d. 2003)
• 1957

  Ian Stuart Donaldson, British singer (Skrewdriver) (d. 1993)
• 1959

  Gustavo Cerati, Argentinian guitarist and singer-songwriter (Soda Stereo)
• 1968

  Noordin Mohammad Top, Malaysian Islamist terrorist (d. 2009)
• 1984

  Katie Rees, American beauty pageant contestant

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