What Day of the Week

August 16, 2020 is the 229^th day of the year 2020 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 137 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week is Sunday.

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

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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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• 1513

  Battle of Guinegate (Battle of the Spurs) – King Henry VIII of England defeats French Forces who are then forced to retreat.
• 1812

  War of 1812: American General William Hull surrenders Fort Detroit without a fight to the British Army.
• 1841

  U.S. President John Tyler vetoes a bill which called for the re-establishment of the Second Bank of the United States. Enraged Whig Party members riot outside the White House in the most violent demonstration on White House grounds in U.S. history.
• 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.
• 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.
• 1906

  An estimated 8.2 MW earthquake hits Valparaíso, Chile, killing 3,886 people.
• 1914

  World War I: Battle of Cer begins.
• 1930

  The first color sound cartoon, called Fiddlesticks, is made by Ub Iwerks.
• 1945

  An assassination attempt is made on Japan’s prime minister, Kantaro Suzuki.

• 1832

  Wilhelm Wundt, German psychologist (d. 1920)
• 1902

  Georgette Heyer, English novelist (d. 1974)
• 1930

  Frank Gifford, American football player and announcer
• 1942

  Barbara George, American singer and songwriter (d. 2006)
• 1950

  Marshall Manesh, Iranian-born American actor
• 1964

  Jimmy Arias, American tennis player
• 1964

  Matt Lukin, American bassist (Mudhoney)
• 1972

  Frankie Boyle, Scottish comedian
• 1980

  Vanessa Carlton, American singer/songwriter
• 1981

  Roque Santa Cruz, Paraguayan footballer

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