What Day of the Week

August 15, 2019 is the 227^th day of the year 2019 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 138 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week is Thursday.

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

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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.
• 1040

  King Duncan I is killed in battle against his first cousin and rival Macbeth. The latter succeeds him as King of Scotland.
• 1519

  Panama City, Panama, is founded.
• 1534

  Saint Ignatius of Loyola and six classmates take initial vows, leading to the creation of the Society of Jesus in September 1540.
• 1869

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

  Battle of Warsaw so called Miracle at the Vistula.
• 1940

  An Italian submarine torpedoes and sinks the Greek cruiser Elli at Tinos harbour during peacetime, marking the most serious Italian provocation prior to the outbreak of the Greco-Italian War in October.
• 1942

  World War II: Operation Pedestal – The SS Ohio reaches the island of Malta barely afloat carrying vital fuel supplies for the island’s defenses.
• 1947

  Founder of Pakistan, Muhammad Ali Jinnah is sworn in as first Governor General of Pakistan in Karachi.
• 1971

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

• 1858

  E. Nesbit, English author (d. 1924)
• 1876

  Stylianos Gonatas, Greek military officer and politician (d. 1966)
• 1877

  Tachiyama Mineemon, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 22nd Yokozuna (d. 1941)
• 1898

  Jan Brzechwa, Polish poet (d. 1966)
• 1923

  Rose Marie, American actress
• 1927

  Eddie Leadbeater, England cricketer (d. 2011)
• 1938

  Janusz A. Zajdel, Polish writer
• 1949

  Richard Deacon, Welsh sculptor
• 1961

  Ed Gillespie, American White House counsel to George W. Bush
• 1981

  Oliver Perez, American baseball player

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