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 Japanese then this day of the week in Japanese is Getsuyōbi.

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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.
• 1164

  Battle of Harim: Nur ad-Din Zangi defeats the Crusader armies of the County of Tripoli and the Principality of Antioch.
• 1793

  The Rhône and Loire (Lêre) départments are created when the former département of Rhône-et-Loire is split into two.
• 1883

  The last quagga dies at the Artis Magistra zoo in Amsterdam.
• 1898

  The Hawaiian flag is lowered from Iolani Palace in an elaborate annexation ceremony and replaced with the flag of the United States to signify the transfer of sovereignty from the Republic of Hawai`i to the United States.
• 1960

  Echo 1A, NASA’s first successful communications satellite, is launched.
• 1976

  Between 1,000 and 3,500 Palestinians are killed in the Tel al-Zaatar massacre, one of the bloodiest events of the Lebanese Civil War
• 1977

  The Sri Lankan riots of 1977, targeting the minority Sri Lankan Tamil people, begin, less than a month after the United National Party came to power. Over 300 Tamils are killed.
• 1978

  The Treaty of Peace and Friendship between Japan and the People’s Republic of China is signed.
• 2005

  Sri Lanka’s foreign minister, Lakshman Kadirgamar, is fatally shot by an LTTE sniper at his home.

• 1910

  Yusof bin Ishak, first President of Singapore (d. 1970)
• 1925

  Ross McWhirter, Scottish co-founder of the Guinness Book of Records (d. 1975)
• 1932

  Dallin H. Oaks, American The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints apostle and former Utah Supreme Court Justice
• 1932

  Sirikit, Queen consort of Thailand, wife of Bhumibol Adulyadej (Rama IX)
• 1935

  John Cazale, American actor (d. 1978)
• 1939

  Skip Caray, American TV and radio baseball announcer (Atlanta Braves) (d. 2008)
• 1952

  Chen Kaige, Chinese film director
• 1956

  Bruce Greenwood, Canadian actor
• 1961

  Mark Priest, New Zealand cricketer
• 1973

  Richard Reid, British terrorist (the “Shoe Bomber”)

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