What Day of the Week

August 16, 2023 was the 228^th day of the year 2023 in the Gregorian calendar. There were 137 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week was Wednesday.

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

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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.

• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• 1927

  The Dole Air Race begins from Oakland, California, to Honolulu, Hawaii, during which six out of the eight participating planes crash or disappear.
• 1942

  World War II: The two-person crew of the U.S. naval blimp L-8 disappears without a trace on a routine anti-submarine patrol over the Pacific Ocean. The blimp drifts without her crew and crash-lands in Daly City, California.
• 1944

  First flight of the Junkers Ju 287.
• 1960

  Cyprus gains its independence from the United Kingdom.
• 1989

  A solar flare from the Sun creates a geomagnetic storm that affects micro chips, leading to a halt of all trading on Toronto’s stock market.

• 1355

  Countess Philippa Plantagenet of Ulster (d. 1382)
• 1645

  Jean de La Bruyère, French writer (d. 1696)
• 1876

  Ivan Bilibin, Russian illustrator (d. 1942)
• 1904

  Wendell Meredith Stanley, American chemist, Nobel laureate (d. 1971)
• 1909

  Paul Callaway, American organist and choral conductor (d. 1995)
• 1942

  Barbara George, American singer and songwriter (d. 2006)
• 1975

  Pantelis Konstantinidis, Greek footballer
• 1979

  Paul Gallacher, Scottish football player
• 1984

  Matteo Anesi, Italian speed skater
• 1986

  Yu Darvish, Japanese baseball player

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