What Day of the Week

August 12, 2019 is the 224^th day of the year 2019 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 141 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week is Monday.

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

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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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• 30 BC

  Cleopatra VII Philopator, the last ruler of the Egyptian Ptolemaic dynasty, commits suicide, allegedly by means of an asp bite.
• 1099

  First Crusade: Battle of Ascalon Crusaders under the command of Godfrey of Bouillon defeat Fatimid forces led by Al-Afdal Shahanshah. This is considered the last engagement of the First Crusade.
• 1323

  Signature of the Treaty of Nöteborg between Sweden and Novgorod (Russia), that regulates the border between the two countries for the first time.
• 1499

  First engagement of the Battle of Zonchio between Venetian and Ottoman fleets.
• 1624

  The president of Louis XIII of France’s royal council is arrested, leaving Cardinal Richelieu in the role of the King’s principal minister.
• 1877

  Asaph Hall discovers the Mars moon Deimos.
• 1898

  An Armistice ends the Spanish-American War.
• 1952

  The Night of the Murdered Poets: 13 prominent Jewish intellectuals are murdered in Moscow.
• 1964

  South Africa is banned from the Olympic Games due to the country’s racist policies.
• 1994

  Major League Baseball players go on strike. This will force the cancellation of the 1994 World Series.

• 1902

  Mohammad Hatta, first Vice President of Indonesia (d. 1980)
• 1912

  Samuel Fuller, American film director (d. 1997)
• 1925

  Ross McWhirter, Scottish co-founder of the Guinness Book of Records (d. 1975)
• 1941

  Dana Ivey, American actress
• 1949

  Rick Ridgeway, American mountaineer
• 1960

  Greg Thomas, England cricketer
• 1965

  Peter Krause, American actor
• 1969

  Aga Muhlach, Filipino actor
• 1972

  Del the Funky Homosapien, American hip hop artist
• 1980

  Maggie Lawson, American actress

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