What Day of the Week

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

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

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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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• 1777

  American Revolutionary War: The Americans led by General John Stark rout British and Brunswick troops under Friedrich Baum at the Battle of Bennington in Walloomsac, New York.
• 1793

  French Revolution: a levée en masse is decreed by the National Convention.
• 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.
• 1869

  Battle of Acosta Ñu: A Paraguayan battalion made up of children is massacred by the Brazilian Army during the War of the Triple Alliance.
• 1870

  Franco-Prussian War: The Battle of Mars-La-Tour is fought, resulting in a Prussian victory.
• 1891

  The Basilica of San Sebastian in Manila, the first all-steel church in Asia, is officially inaugurated and blessed.
• 1906

  An estimated 8.2 MW earthquake hits Valparaíso, Chile, killing 3,886 people.
• 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.
• 1960

  Joseph Kittinger parachutes from a balloon over New Mexico at 102800 ft, setting three records that still stand today: High-altitude jump, free-fall, and highest speed by a human without an aircraft.
• 1962

  Eight years after the remaining French India territories were handed to India, the ratifications of the treaty are exchanged to make the transfer official.

• 1815

  John Bosco, Italian priest and educator (d. 1888)
• 1895

  Liane Haid, Austrian actress (d. 2000)
• 1920

  Charles Bukowski, American poet (d. 1994)
• 1935

  Cliff Fletcher, Canadian National Hockey League executive
• 1943

  Sharon Baird, American actress and tap dancer
• 1946

  Lesley Ann Warren, American actress
• 1953

  Kathie Lee Gifford, American singer and actress
• 1970

  Killah Priest, American rapper
• 1975

  Didier Agathe, French footballer
• 1983

  Colin Griffiths, English TV presenter and DJ

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