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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• 1780

  American Revolutionary War: Battle of Camden – The British defeat the Americans near Camden, South Carolina.
• 1812

  War of 1812: American General William Hull surrenders Fort Detroit without a fight to the British Army.
• 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.
• 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.
• 1913

  Completion of the Royal Navy battlecruiser HMS Queen Mary.
• 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.
• 1972

  In an unsuccessful coup d'état attempt, the Royal Moroccan Air Force fires upon Hassan II of Morocco’s plane while he is traveling back to Rabat.

• 1761

  Yevstigney Fomin, Russian composer (d. 1800)
• 1868

  Bernarr McFadden, American publisher (d. 1955)
• 1909

  Paul Callaway, American organist and choral conductor (d. 1995)
• 1929

  Bill Evans, American jazz pianist (d. 1980)
• 1929

  Wyatt Tee Walker, American civil rights activist
• 1937

  David Behrman, US composer and producer
• 1948

  Mike Jorgensen, American baseball player
• 1954

  George Galloway, British politician
• 1959

  Laura Innes, American actress
• 1991

  G.E.M., Hong Kong singer

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