What Day of the Week

August 18, 2022 is the 230^th day of the year 2022 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 135 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week is Thursday.

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

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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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• 1590

  John White, the governor of the Colony of Roanoke, returns from a supply trip to England and finds his settlement deserted.
• 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.
• 1868

  French astronomer Pierre Jules César Janssen discovers helium.
• 1903

  German engineer Karl Jatho allegedly flies his self-made, motored gliding airplane four months before the first flight of the Wright Brothers.
• 1948

  The Australian cricket team completed a 4–0 Ashes series win over England during their undefeated Invincibles tour.
• 1950

  Julien Lahaut, the chairman of the Communist Party of Belgium is assassinated by far-right elements.
• 1958

  Vladimir Nabokov’s controversial novel Lolita is published in the United States.
• 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.
• 2011

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

• 1900

  Glenn Albert Black, American archaeologist (d. 1964)
• 1923

  Sadashiv Shinde, Indian cricketer (d. 1955)
• 1931

  Dick White, English footballer
• 1949

  Rudy Hartono, Indonesian badminton player
• 1958

  Madeleine Stowe, American actress
• 1962

  Felipe Calderón, President of Mexico
• 1971

  Jacob Vargas, American actor
• 1971

  Richard D James, Irish musician (Aphex Twin)
• 1980

  Rob Nguyen, Australian racing driver
• 1988

  G-Dragon, South Korean musician (Big Bang)

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