What Day of the Week

August 18, 2019 is the 230^th day of the year 2019 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 135 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week is Sunday.

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

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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.
• 1634

  Urbain Grandier, accused and convicted of sorcery, is burned alive in Loudun, France.
• 1917

  A Great Fire in Thessaloniki, Greece destroys 32% of the city leaving 70,000 individuals homeless.
• 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.
• 1963

  American civil rights movement: James Meredith becomes the first black person to graduate from the University of Mississippi.
• 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.
• 1983

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

• 1803

  Nathan Clifford, American statesman, diplomat, and Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court (d. 1881)
• 1908

  Edgar Faure, French politician and historian (d. 1988)
• 1931

  Bramwell Tillsley, Canadian Salvation Army general
• 1931

  Dick White, English footballer
• 1933

  Roman Polanski, Polish-born director and actor
• 1955

  Taher ElGamal, Egyptian scientist
• 1971

  Richard D James, Irish musician (Aphex Twin)
• 1973

  Victoria Coren, British writer, presenter and poker player
• 1984

  Robert Huth, German footballer
• 1992

  Elizabeth Beisel, American swimmer

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