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.
• 1057

  King Macbeth is killed at the Battle of Lumphanan by the forces of Máel Coluim mac Donnchada.
• 1185

  The cave city of Vardzia is consecrated by Queen Tamar of Georgia.
• 1483

  Pope Sixtus IV consecrates the Sistine Chapel.
• 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.
• 1952

  A flash flood drenches the town of Lynmouth, England, killing 34 people.
• 1963

  Execution of Henry John Burnett, the last man to be hanged in Scotland.
• 1965

  The Beatles play to nearly 60,000 fans at Shea Stadium in New York City, in an event later seen as marking the birth of stadium rock.
• 1971

  Bahrain gains independence from the United Kingdom.
• 1984

  The PKK in Turkey starts a campaign of armed attacks upon the Turkish military

• 1876

  Stylianos Gonatas, Greek military officer and politician (d. 1966)
• 1879

  Ethel Barrymore, American actress (d. 1959)
• 1898

  Jan Brzechwa, Polish poet (d. 1966)
• 1926

  Costis Stephanopoulos, Greek politician
• 1926

  Sami Michael, Iraqi-born Israeli author
• 1930

  Ageeda Paavel, Estonian freedom fighter
• 1948

  George Ryton, British engineer
• 1958

  Rondell Sheridan, American actor and comedian
• 1972

  Jennifer Alexander, Canadian ballet dancer (d. 2007)
• 1974

  Tomasz Suwary, Polish footballer

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