What Day of the Week

August 12, 2020 was the 225^th day of the year 2020 in the Gregorian calendar. There were 141 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week was Wednesday.

If you are trying to learn Japanese then this day of the week in Japanese is Suiyōbi.

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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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• 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.
• 1121

  Battle of Didgori: the Georgian army under King David the Builder wins a decisive victory over the famous Seljuk commander Ilghazi.
• 1687

  Battle of Mohács: Charles of Lorraine defeats the Ottomans.
• 1806

  Santiago de Liniers re-takes the city of Buenos Aires after the first British invasion.
• 1831

  French intervention forces William I of the Netherlands to abandon his attempt to suppress the Belgian Revolution.
• 1960

  Echo 1A, NASA’s first successful communications satellite, is launched.
• 1964

  South Africa is banned from the Olympic Games due to the country’s racist policies.
• 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 first free flight of the Space Shuttle Enterprise.
• 1992

  Canada, Mexico and the United States announce completion of negotiations for the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA).

• 1891

  C. E. M. Joad, English philosopher and broadcaster (d. 1953)
• 1911

  Cantinflas, Mexican actor (d. 1993)
• 1926

  Wallace Markfield, American writer (d. 2002)
• 1930

  Jacques Tits, Belgian mathematician
• 1954

  Ibolya Dávid, Hungarian lawyer and politician
• 1972

  Mark Kinsella, Irish footballer
• 1973

  Joseba Beloki, Spanish cyclist
• 1982

  Iza Calzado, Filipino TV actress
• 1983

  Klaas-Jan Huntelaar, Dutch footballer
• 1983

  Manoa Vosawai, Italian rugby player

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