What Day of the Week

August 18, 2019 is the 230^th day of the year 2019 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 135 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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• 1572

  Marriage in Paris of the future Huguenot King Henry IV of Navarre to Marguerite de Valois, in a supposed attempt to reconcile Protestants and Catholics.
• 1634

  Urbain Grandier, accused and convicted of sorcery, is burned alive in Loudun, France.
• 1864

  American Civil War: Battle of Globe Tavern – Union forces try to cut a vital Confederate supply-line into Petersburg, Virginia, by attacking the Wilmington and Weldon Railroad.
• 1891

  Major hurricane strikes Martinique, leaving 700 dead.
• 1903

  German engineer Karl Jatho allegedly flies his self-made, motored gliding airplane four months before the first flight of the Wright Brothers.
• 1938

  The Thousand Islands Bridge, connecting New York State, United States with Ontario, Canada over the St. Lawrence River, is dedicated by U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt.
• 1948

  The Australian cricket team completed a 4–0 Ashes series win over England during their undefeated Invincibles tour.
• 1966

  Vietnam War: the Battle of Long Tan ensues after a patrol from the 6th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment clashes with a Viet Cong force in Phuoc Tuy Province.
• 1977

  Steve Biko is arrested at a police roadblock under the Terrorism Act No 83 of 1967 in King William’s Town, South Africa. He would later die of the injuries sustained during this arrest bringing attention to South Africa’s apartheid policies.
• 2011

  The West Memphis Three are released from prison after 18 years in imprisonment.

• 1596

  Jean Bolland, Flemish Jesuit writer (d. 1665)
• 1896

  Jack Pickford, Canadian-born actor (d. 1933)
• 1923

  Sadashiv Shinde, Indian cricketer (d. 1955)
• 1935

  Hifikepunye Pohamba, President of Namibia
• 1944

  Robert Hitchcock, Australian Sculptor
• 1957

  Carole Bouquet, French actress
• 1962

  Geoff Courtnall, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1967

  Brian Michael Bendis, American comic-book writer
• 1980

  Bart Scott, American football player
• 1983

  Mika, Lebanese/British musician

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