What Day of the Week

August 17, 2023 was the 229^th day of the year 2023 in the Gregorian calendar. There were 136 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week was Thursday.

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

Holy Toledo! Did you know that coffee and word games are an excellent combination to sharpen your vocabulary? Let’s give it a quick spin. Within 30 seconds, how many words can you think of from these letters TONVHEO? Check your answers here: Word scramble TONVHEO. (Sponsored by WordFinder.Cafe)

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.

• 1918

  Bolshevik revolutionary leader Moisei Uritsky is assassinated.
• 1945

  Sukarno and Mohammad Hatta proclaim the independence of Indonesia, igniting the Indonesian National Revolution against the Dutch Empire.
• 1953

  Addiction: First meeting of Narcotics Anonymous in Southern California.
• 1978

  Double Eagle II becomes first balloon to cross the Atlantic Ocean when it lands in Miserey near Paris, 137 hours after leaving Presque Isle, Maine.
• 1979

  Two Soviet Aeroflot jetliners collide in mid-air over Ukraine, killing 156.
• 1980

  Azaria Chamberlain disappears, probably taken by a dingo, leading to what was then the most publicised trial in Australian history.
• 1982

  The first Compact Discs (CDs) are released to the public in Germany.
• 2005

  Over 500 bombs are set off by terrorists at 300 locations in 63 out of the 64 districts of Bangladesh
• 2008

  American swimmer Michael Phelps becomes the first person to win eight gold medals in one Olympic Games.
• 2009

  An accident at the Sayano–Shushenskaya Dam in Khakassia, Russia, kills 75 and shuts down the hydroelectric power station, leading to widespread power failure in the local area.

• 1473

  Richard, Duke of York
• 1786

  Davy Crockett, American frontiersman and soldier (d. 1836)
• 1873

  John A. Sampson, American gynecologist (d. 1946)
• 1921

  Geoffrey Rudolph Elton, British historian (d. 1994)
• 1926

  Jiang Zemin, Chinese politician
• 1946

  Martha Coolidge, American film director
• 1955

  Colin Moulding, English bass player, singer and songwriter (XTC)
• 1972

  Ken Ryker, American pornographic actor
• 1990

  Colin Bates, American actor
• 1991

  Austin Butler, American actor

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