What Day of the Week

August 18, 2023 is the 230^th day of the year 2023 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 135 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week is Friday.

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

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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.
• 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.
• 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.
• 1963

  American civil rights movement: James Meredith becomes the first black person to graduate from the University of Mississippi.
• 1965

  Vietnam War: Operation Starlite begins – United States Marines destroy a Viet Cong stronghold on the Van Tuong peninsula in the first major American ground battle of the war.
• 1971

  Vietnam War: Australia and New Zealand decide to withdraw their troops from Vietnam.
• 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.

• 1879

  Aleksandr Rodzyanko, Russian general (d. 1970)
• 1966

  Kang Soo-yeon, South Korean actress
• 1967

  Blas Elias, drummer
• 1967

  Brian Michael Bendis, American comic-book writer
• 1967

  Daler Mehndi, Indian bhangra/pop singer
• 1967

  Dan Peters, American musician
• 1971

  Jacob Vargas, American actor
• 1973

  Victoria Coren, British writer, presenter and poker player
• 1980

  Jeremy Shockey, American football player
• 1988

  Luke Jackson (author), English Author

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