What Day of the Week

August 13, 2019 is the 225^th day of the year 2019 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 140 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week is Tuesday.

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

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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.
• 1806

  Battle of Mišar during the Serbian revolution begins. The battle will end two days later, with a decisive Serbian victory over the Ottomans.
• 1868

  A massive earthquake near Arica, Peru, causes an estimated 25,000 casualties, and the subsequent tsunami causes considerable damage as far away as Hawaii and New Zealand.
• 1898

  Spanish–American War: Spanish and American forces engaged in a mock battle for Manila, after which the Spanish commander surrendered in order to keep the city out of Filipino rebel hands.
• 1937

  The Battle of Shanghai begins.
• 1954

  Radio Pakistan broadcasts the “Qaumī Tarāna”, the national anthem of Pakistan for the first time.
• 1960

  The Central African Republic declares independence from France.
• 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.
• 1978

  150 Palestinians in Beirut are killed in a terrorist attack during the second phase of the Lebanese Civil War.

• 1792

  Adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen, queen consort of the United Kingdom, wife of King William IV of the United Kingdom (d. 1849)
• 1866

  Giovanni Agnelli, Italian industrialist, founder of Fiat (d. 1945)
• 1906

  Miklós Borsos, Hungarian sculptor (d. 1990)
• 1907

  Sir Basil Spence, Scottish architect (d. 1976)
• 1914

  Luis Mariano, Basque operetta singer (d. 1970)
• 1930

  Don Ho, American vocalist and pianist (d. 2007)
• 1938

  Dave “Baby” Cortez, American pop keyboardist
• 1949

  Philippe Petit, French high wire artist
• 1973

  Brittany Andrews, American pornographic actress
• 1984

  Boone Logan, American baseball player

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