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 French then this day of the week in French is dimanche.

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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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• 1185

  The cave city of Vardzia is consecrated by Queen Tamar of Georgia.
• 1248

  The foundation stone of Cologne Cathedral, built to house the relics of the Three Wise Men, is laid. (Construction is eventually completed in 1880.)
• 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.
• 1517

  Seven Portuguese armed vessels led by Fernão Pires de Andrade meet Chinese officials at the Pearl River estuary.
• 1519

  Panama City, Panama, is founded.
• 1549

  Jesuit priest Saint Francis Xavier comes ashore at Kagoshima (Traditional Japanese date: July 22, 1549).
• 1869

  The Meiji government in Japan establishes six new ministries, including one for Shinto.
• 1920

  Battle of Warsaw so called Miracle at the Vistula.
• 1963

  Execution of Henry John Burnett, the last man to be hanged in Scotland.
• 2007

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

• 1613

  Gilles Ménage, French scholar (d. 1692)
• 1860

  Florence Harding, American First Lady (d. 1924)
• 1863

  Alexei Krylov, Russian engineer and mathematician (d. 1945)
• 1930

  Ageeda Paavel, Estonian freedom fighter
• 1940

  Gudrun Ensslin, German terrorist (d. 1977)
• 1945

  Duffy Dyer, American baseball player
• 1954

  Stieg Larsson, Swedish writer (d. 2004)
• 1958

  Rondell Sheridan, American actor and comedian
• 1970

  Anthony Anderson, American comedian and actor
• 1982

  Casey Burgener, American weightlifter

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