What Day of the Week

August 15, 2020 is the 228^th day of the year 2020 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 138 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week is Saturday.

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

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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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• 982

  Holy Roman Emperor Otto II is defeated by the Saracens in the battle of Capo Colonna, in Calabria
• 1281

  Mongol invasion of Japan: The Mongolian fleet of Kublai Khan is destroyed by a “divine wind” for the second time in the Battle of Kōan.
• 1430

  Francesco Sforza, lord of Milan, conquers Lucca.
• 1511

  Afonso de Albuquerque of Portugal conquers Malacca, the capital of the Sultanate of Malacca.
• 1599

  Nine Years War: Battle of Curlew Pass – Irish forces led by Hugh Roe O'Donnell successfully ambush English forces, led by Sir Conyers Clifford, sent to relieve Collooney Castle.
• 1914

  The First Russian Army, led by Pavel Rennenkampf, enters Eastern Prussia.
• 1944

  World War II: Operation Dragoon – Allied forces land in southern France.
• 1945

  World War II: Japan surrenders to end the war.
• 1963

  President Fulbert Youlou is overthrown in the Republic of Congo, after a three-day uprising in the capital.
• 1977

  The Big Ear, a radio telescope operated by Ohio State University as part of the SETI project, receives a radio signal from deep space; the event is named the “Wow! signal” from the notation made by a volunteer on the project.

• 1858

  E. Nesbit, English author (d. 1924)
• 1886

  Bill Whitty, Australian cricketer (d. 1974)
• 1912

  Dame Wendy Hiller, English actress (d. 2003)
• 1924

  Robert Bolt, English playwright and screenwriter (d. 1995)
• 1949

  Beverly Lynn Burns, American pilot
• 1961

  Ed Gillespie, American White House counsel to George W. Bush
• 1965

  Rob Thomas, American writer
• 1968

  Debra Messing, American actress
• 1975

  Brendan Morrison, Canadian hockey player
• 1979

  Carl Edwards, American NASCAR driver

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