What Day of the Week

August 11, 2023 is the 223^rd day of the year 2023 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 142 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week is Friday.

If you are trying to learn Spanish then this day of the week in Spanish is viernes.

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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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• 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.
• 1934

  The first civilian prisoners arrive at the Federal prison on Alcatraz Island.
• 1959

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

  Chad declares independence.
• 1965

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

• 1833

  Kido Takayoshi, Japanese politician (d. 1877)
• 1870

  Tom Richardson, English cricketer (d. 1912)
• 1892

  Archie Wiles, West Indian cricketer (d. 1957)
• 1913

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

  Pervez Musharraf, Pakistani politician
• 1967

  Collin Chou, Taiwanese actor
• 1973

  Nigel Harman, British actor
• 1976

  Ben Gibbard, American guitarist and singer-songwriter (Death Cab for Cutie, The Postal Service)
• 1977

  Dênio, Brazilian footballer
• 1981

  Fiona Sit, Hong Kong singer and actress

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