What Day of the Week

August 15, 2023 is the 227^th day of the year 2023 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 138 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week is Tuesday.

If you are trying to learn Spanish then this day of the week in Spanish is martes.

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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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• 1040

  King Duncan I is killed in battle against his first cousin and rival Macbeth. The latter succeeds him as King of Scotland.
• 1309

  The city of Rhodes surrenders to the forces of the Knights of St. John, completing their conquest of Rhodes. The knights establish their headquarters on the island and rename themselves the Knights of Rhodes.
• 1511

  Afonso de Albuquerque of Portugal conquers Malacca, the capital of the Sultanate of Malacca.
• 1549

  Jesuit priest Saint Francis Xavier comes ashore at Kagoshima (Traditional Japanese date: July 22, 1549).
• 1695

  French forces end the Bombardment of Brussels, leaving a third of the buildings in the city in ruins.
• 1939

  13 Stukas dive into the ground during a disastrous air-practice at Neuhammer. There are no survivors.
• 1941

  Corporal Josef Jakobs is executed by firing squad at the Tower of London at 7:12 am, making him the last person to be executed at the Tower for treason.
• 1947

  India gains Independence from the British Indian Empire and joins the Commonwealth of Nations.
• 1971

  President Richard Nixon completes the break from the gold standard by ending convertibility of the United States dollar into gold by foreign investors.
• 2005

  Israel’s unilateral disengagement plan to evict all Israelis from the Gaza Strip and from four settlements in the northern West Bank begins.

• 1844

  Thomas-Alfred Bernier, Canadian journalist and politician (d. 1908)
• 1898

  Jan Brzechwa, Polish poet (d. 1966)
• 1909

  Hugo Winterhalter, American composer and bandleader (d. 1973)
• 1925

  Mike Connors, American actor
• 1933

  Jim Lange, American game show host
• 1934

  Nino Ferrer, French-Italian singer (d. 1998)
• 1947

  Jenny Hanley, British TV presenter
• 1967

  Peter Hermann American actor
• 1977

  Nicole Paggi, American actress
• 1978

  Kerri Walsh, American beach volleyball player

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