What Day of the Week

August 15, 2021 is the 227^th day of the year 2021 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 138 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week is Sunday.

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

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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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• 778

  The Battle of Roncevaux Pass, at which Roland is killed.
• 1185

  The cave city of Vardzia is consecrated by Queen Tamar of Georgia.
• 1914

  A male servant of American architect Frank Lloyd Wright sets fire to the living quarters of the architect’s Wisconsin home, Taliesin, murders seven people and burns the living quarters to the ground.
• 1914

  The Panama Canal opens to traffic with the transit of the cargo ship SS Ancon.
• 1920

  Battle of Warsaw so called Miracle at the Vistula.
• 1942

  World War II: Operation Pedestal – The SS Ohio reaches the island of Malta barely afloat carrying vital fuel supplies for the island’s defenses.
• 1944

  World War II: Operation Dragoon – Allied forces land in southern France.
• 1947

  Founder of Pakistan, Muhammad Ali Jinnah is sworn in as first Governor General of Pakistan in Karachi.
• 1960

  Republic of the Congo (Brazzaville) becomes independent from France.
• 2007

  An 8.0-magnitude earthquake off the Pacific coast devastates Ica and various regions of Peru killing 514 and injuring 1,090.

• 1857

  Albert Ballin, German shipping tycoon (d. 1918)
• 1892

  Louis, 7th duc de Broglie, French physicist, Nobel Prize Laureate (d. 1987)
• 1896

  Leon Theremin, Russian inventor (d. 1993)
• 1924

  Robert Bolt, English playwright and screenwriter (d. 1995)
• 1934

  Bobby Byrd, American soul/funk singer (d. 2007)
• 1950

  Anne, Princess Royal of the United Kingdom
• 1958

  Craig MacTavish, Canadian ice hockey player/coach
• 1972

  Matthew Wood, American actor and sound editor
• 1973

  Adam Willard, American musician (The Offspring)
• 1977

  Martin Biron, Canadian ice hockey goaltender

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