What Day of the Week

August 19, 2021 is the 231^st day of the year 2021 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 134 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week is Thursday.

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

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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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• 1612

  The “Samlesbury witches”, three women from the Lancashire village of Samlesbury, England, are put on trial, accused for practicing witchcraft, one of the most famous witch trials in English history.
• 1768

  Saint Isaac’s Cathedral is founded in Saint Petersburg, Russia.
• 1821

  Greek rebels massacre all the population of Navarino.
• 1861

  First ascent of Weisshorn, fifth highest summit in the Alps.
• 1895

  American frontier murderer and outlaw, John Wesley Hardin, is killed by an off-duty policeman in a saloon in El Paso, Texas.
• 1953

  Cold War: The CIA and MI6 help to overthrow the government of Mohammed Mossadegh in Iran and reinstate the Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi.
• 1960

  Sputnik program: Sputnik 5 – the Soviet Union launches the satellite with the dogs Belka and Strelka, 40 mice, 2 rats and a variety of plants.
• 1989

  Several hundred East Germans cross the frontier between Hungary and Austria during the Pan-European Picnic, part of the events which began the process of the Fall of the Berlin Wall.
• 2005

  A series of strong storms lashes Southern Ontario spawning several tornadoes as well as creating extreme flash flooding within the city of Toronto and its surrounding communities. In Toronto, it is also dubbed as the Toronto Supercell.
• 2009

  A series of bombings in Baghdad, Iraq, kills 101 and injures 565 others.

• 1849

  Joaquim Nabuco, Brazilian writer, statesman, and abolitionist (d. 1910)
• 1853

  Aleksei Brusilov, Russian general (d. 1926)
• 1900

  Colleen Moore, American film actress.(d. 1988)
• 1907

  Archie League, generally considered the first air traffic controller (d. 1986)
• 1930

  Frank McCourt, Irish-American author (d. 2009)
• 1957

  Ian Gould, England cricketer
• 1957

  Martin Donovan, American actor
• 1968

  Nikolaos Kaklamanakis, Greek windsurfer
• 1984

  Ryan Taylor, English footballer
• 1987

  Richard Stearman, English footballer

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