What Day of the Week

August 15, 2022 is the 227^th day of the year 2022 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 138 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week is Monday.

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

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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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• 293 BC

  The oldest known Roman temple to Venus is dedicated.
• 778

  The Battle of Roncevaux Pass, at which Roland is killed.
• 1695

  French forces end the Bombardment of Brussels, leaving a third of the buildings in the city in ruins.
• 1863

  The Anglo-Satsuma War begins between the Satsuma Domain of Japan and the United Kingdom (Traditional Japanese date: July 2, 1863).
• 1920

  Battle of Warsaw so called Miracle at the Vistula.
• 1935

  Will Rogers and Wiley Post are killed after their aircraft develops engine problems during takeoff in Barrow, Alaska.
• 1939

  13 Stukas dive into the ground during a disastrous air-practice at Neuhammer. There are no survivors.
• 1969

  The Woodstock Music and Art Festival opens.
• 1973

  Vietnam War: The United States bombing of Cambodia ends.
• 1995

  In South Carolina, Shannon Faulkner becomes the first female cadet matriculated at The Citadel (she drops out less than a week later).

• 1171

  King Alfonso IX of Leon (d. 1230)
• 1785

  Thomas De Quincey, English author (d. 1859)
• 1859

  Charles Comiskey, American baseball owner (d. 1931)
• 1860

  Henrietta Vinton Davis, American elocutionist (d. 1941)
• 1872

  Sri Aurobindo, Indian writer and philosopher (d. 1950)
• 1877

  Tachiyama Mineemon, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 22nd Yokozuna (d. 1941)
• 1945

  Duffy Dyer, American baseball player
• 1957

  Željko Ivanek, Slovenian-American actor
• 1974

  Tomasz Suwary, Polish footballer
• 1975

  Kara Wolters, American basketball player

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