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 Japanese then this day of the week in Japanese is Kayōbi.

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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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• 1838

  The Wilkes Expedition, which would explore the Puget Sound and Antarctica, weighs anchor at Hampton Roads in 1838
• 1868

  French astronomer Pierre Jules César Janssen discovers helium.
• 1870

  Franco-Prussian War: Battle of Gravelotte is fought.
• 1903

  German engineer Karl Jatho allegedly flies his self-made, motored gliding airplane four months before the first flight of the Wright Brothers.
• 1958

  Vladimir Nabokov’s controversial novel Lolita is published in the United States.
• 1976

  In the Korean Demilitarized Zone at Panmunjeom, the Axe Murder Incident results in the death of two US soldiers.
• 1983

  Hurricane Alicia hits the Texas coast, killing 22 people and causing over USD $1 billion in damage (1983 dollars).
• 1989

  Leading presidential hopeful Luis Carlos Galán is assassinated near Bogotá in Colombia.
• 2000

  A federal jury finds the US EPA guilty of discrimination against Dr. Marsha Coleman-Adebayo, under the Civil Rights Act of 1964, later inspiring passage of the No FEAR Act.
• 2011

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

• 1692

  Louis Henri, Duc de Bourbon, Prime Minister of France (d. 1740)
• 1754

  François, marquis de Chasseloup-Laubat, French general (d. 1833)
• 1803

  Nathan Clifford, American statesman, diplomat, and Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court (d. 1881)
• 1939

  Harald Heide-Steen Jr., Norwegian actor and comedian (d. 2008)
• 1961

  Bob Woodruff, American journalist, anchor
• 1969

  Everlast, American musician
• 1971

  Richard D James, Irish musician (Aphex Twin)
• 1972

  Masahiro Nakai, Japanese singer
• 1977

  Régine Chassagne, Canadian musician (Arcade Fire)
• 1983

  Danny!, American record producer/hip-hop artist

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