What Day of the Week

August 18, 2021 is the 230^th day of the year 2021 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 135 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week is Wednesday.

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

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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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• 1783

  A huge fireball meteor is seen across the United Kingdom as it passes over the east coast.
• 1848

  Camila O'Gorman and Ladislao Gutierrez are executed on the orders of Argentine dictator Juan Manuel de Rosas.
• 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.
• 1877

  Asaph Hall discovers Martian moon Phobos.
• 1891

  Major hurricane strikes Martinique, leaving 700 dead.
• 1917

  A Great Fire in Thessaloniki, Greece destroys 32% of the city leaving 70,000 individuals homeless.
• 1920

  The Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution is ratified, guaranteeing women’s suffrage.
• 1963

  American civil rights movement: James Meredith becomes the first black person to graduate from the University of Mississippi.
• 1989

  Leading presidential hopeful Luis Carlos Galán is assassinated near Bogotá in Colombia.
• 2008

  President of Pakistan Pervez Musharaf resigns due to the threat of impeachment.

• 1803

  Nathan Clifford, American statesman, diplomat, and Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court (d. 1881)
• 1841

  William Halford, American naval officer (d. 1919)
• 1896

  Jack Pickford, Canadian-born actor (d. 1933)
• 1915

  Max Lanier, baseball player (d. 2007)
• 1929

  Hugues Aufray, French singer
• 1954

  Umberto Guidoni, Italian NASA astronaut
• 1960

  Fat Lever, American basketball player
• 1966

  Gustavo Charif, Argentine artist
• 1969

  Mark Kuhlmann, German rugby player
• 1983

  Michael Montgomery, American football player

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