What Day of the Week

August 13, 2022 is the 225^th day of the year 2022 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 140 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week is Saturday.

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

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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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• 3114 BC

  According to the Lounsbury correlation, the start of the Maya calendar.
• 1516

  The Treaty of Noyon between France and Spain is signed. Francis I of France recognises Charles’s claim to Naples, and Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor, recognises Francis’s claim to Milan.
• 1553

  Michael Servetus is arrested by John Calvin in Geneva as a heretic.
• 1906

  The all black infantrymen of the U.S. Army’s 25th Infantry Regiment are accused of killing a white bartender and wounding a white police officer in Brownsville, Texas, despite exculpatory evidence; all are later dishonorably discharged.
• 1913

  First production in the UK of stainless steel by Harry Brearley.
• 1920

  Polish-Soviet War: the Battle of Warsaw begins and will last till August 25. The Red Army is defeated.
• 1942

  Major General Eugene Reybold of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers authorizes the construction of facilities that would house the “Development of Substitute Materials” project, better known as the Manhattan Project.
• 1961

  The German Democratic Republic closes the border between the eastern and western sectors of Berlin to thwart its inhabitants’ attempts to escape to the West.
• 2004

  Hurricane Charley, a Category 4 storm, strikes Punta Gorda, Florida and devastates the surrounding area.
• 2011

  The main stage collapses at the Indiana State Fair in Indianapolis during a hurricane-force wind gust ahead of an approaching severe thunderstorm, killing 7 and injuring 45.

• 1872

  Richard Willstätter, German chemist, Nobel Laureate (d. 1942)
• 1907

  Sir Basil Spence, Scottish architect (d. 1976)
• 1935

  Mudcat Grant, American baseball player
• 1938

  Dave “Baby” Cortez, American pop keyboardist
• 1951

  Dan Fogelberg, American singer-songwriter (d. 2007)
• 1952

  Hughie Thomasson, American guitarist (Outlaws, Lynyrd Skynyrd) (d. 2007)
• 1958

  Randall “Randy” Shughart, American Medal of Honor recipient (d. 1993)
• 1965

  Hayato Matsuo, Japanese composer
• 1970

  Matt Hyson, American professional wrestler
• 1984

  James Morrison, British singer

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