What Day of the Week

August 13, 2020 was the 226^th day of the year 2020 in the Gregorian calendar. There were 140 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week was Thursday.

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

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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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• 1536

  Buddhist monks from Kyōto’s Enryaku-ji temple set fire to 21 Nichiren temples throughout in what will be known as the Tenbun Hokke Disturbance. (Traditional Japanese date: July 27, 1536).
• 1806

  Battle of Mišar during the Serbian revolution begins. The battle will end two days later, with a decisive Serbian victory over the Ottomans.
• 1814

  The Convention of London, a treaty between the United Kingdom and the United Provinces, is signed in London.
• 1831

  Nat Turner sees a solar eclipse, which he believes is a sign from God. Eight days later he and 70 other slaves kill approximately 55 whites in Southampton County, Virginia.
• 1918

  Bayerische Motoren Werke AG (BMW) established as a public company in Germany.
• 1920

  Polish-Soviet War: the Battle of Warsaw begins and will last till August 25. The Red Army is defeated.
• 1960

  The Central African Republic declares independence from France.
• 1977

  Members of the British National Front (NF) clash with anti-NF demonstrators in Lewisham, London, resulting in 214 arrests and at least 111 injuries.
• 2004

  156 Congolese Tutsi refugees are massacred at the Gatumba refugee camp in Burundi.
• 2008

  South Ossetian War: Russian units occupy the Georgian city of Gori.

• 1889

  Camillien Houde, Quebec politician, mayor of Montreal (d. 1958)
• 1920

  Neville Brand, American actor (d. 1992)
• 1935

  Mudcat Grant, American baseball player
• 1949

  Philippe Petit, French high wire artist
• 1959

  Tom Niedenfuer, American baseball player
• 1970

  Alan Shearer, English footballer
• 1970

  Will Clarke, American novelist
• 1973

  Eric Medlen, American drag racer and rodeo star (d. 2007)
• 1984

  Boone Logan, American baseball player
• 1985

  Grega Bole, Slovenian cyclist

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