What Day of the Week

August 16, 2019 was the 228^th day of the year 2019 in the Gregorian calendar. There were 137 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week was Friday.

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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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• 1328

  The House of Gonzaga seizes power in the Duchy of Mantua, and will rule until 1708.
• 1858

  U.S. President James Buchanan inaugurates the new transatlantic telegraph cable by exchanging greetings with Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom. However, a weak signal forces a shutdown of the service in a few weeks.
• 1859

  The Tuscan National Assembly formally deposes the House of Habsburg-Lorraine.
• 1870

  Franco-Prussian War: The Battle of Mars-La-Tour is fought, resulting in a Prussian victory.
• 1896

  Skookum Jim Mason, George Carmack and Dawson Charlie discover gold in a tributary of the Klondike River in Canada, setting off the Klondike Gold Rush.
• 1913

  Completion of the Royal Navy battlecruiser HMS Queen Mary.
• 1913

  Tōhoku Imperial University of Japan (modern day Tōhoku University) becomes the first university in Japan to admit female students.
• 1914

  World War I: Battle of Cer begins.
• 1920

  Ray Chapman of the Cleveland Indians is hit on the head by a fastball thrown by Carl Mays of the New York Yankees, and dies early the next day. Chapman was the second player to die from injuries sustained in a Major League Baseball game, the first being Doc Powers in 1909.
• 1920

  The congress of the Communist Party of Bukhara opens. The congress would call for armed revolution.

• 1378

  Hongxi Emperor of China (d. 1425)
• 1860

  Martin Hawke, 7th Baron Hawke, England cricketer (d. 1938)
• 1904

  Wendell Meredith Stanley, American chemist, Nobel laureate (d. 1971)
• 1928

  Eddie Kirkland, American blues guitarist, harmonicist, singer, and songwriter (d. 2011)
• 1947

  Marc Messier, Canadian actor
• 1949

  Barbara Goodson, American voice actress
• 1957

  Randhir Singh, Indian cricketer
• 1980

  Hwangbo, Korean singer/rapper
• 1981

  Denis Gremelmayr, German male tennis player
• 1997

  Greyson Chance, American singer

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