What Day of the Week

August 18, 2020 is the 231^st day of the year 2020 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 135 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week is Tuesday.

If you are trying to learn French then this day of the week in French is mardi.

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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.
• 1587

  Virginia Dare, granddaughter of governor John White of the Colony of Roanoke, becomes the first English child born in the Americas.
• 1634

  Urbain Grandier, accused and convicted of sorcery, is burned alive in Loudun, France.
• 1783

  A huge fireball meteor is seen across the United Kingdom as it passes over the east coast.
• 1891

  Major hurricane strikes Martinique, leaving 700 dead.
• 1958

  Brojen Das from Bangladesh swims across the English Channel in a competition, as the first Bangali as well as the first Asian to ever do it. He became first among 39 competitors.
• 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.
• 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.
• 1976

  In the Korean Demilitarized Zone at Panmunjeom, the Axe Murder Incident results in the death of two US soldiers.
• 2005

  A Massive power blackout hits the Indonesian island of Java, affecting almost 100 million people, the largest and most widespread power outage in history.

• 1885

  Nettie Palmer, Australian poet and essayist (d. 1964)
• 1909

  Gérard Filion, French Canadian businessman and journalist (d. 2005)
• 1934

  Roberto Clemente, Puerto Rican baseball player and humanitarian (d. 1972)
• 1952

  Patrick Swayze, American actor (d. 2009)
• 1962

  Felipe Calderón, President of Mexico
• 1964

  Kenny Walker, American basketball player
• 1965

  Koji Kikkawa, Japanese singer
• 1971

  Jacob Vargas, American actor
• 1979

  Mohib Mirza, Pakistani actor
• 1981

  César Delgado, Argentine footballer

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