What Day of the Week

August 19, 2019 was the 231^st day of the year 2019 in the Gregorian calendar. There were 134 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week was Monday.

If you are trying to learn Japanese then this day of the week in Japanese is Getsuyōbi.

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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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• 1745

  Prince Charles Edward Stuart raises his standard in Glenfinnan – the start of the Second Jacobite Rebellion, known as “the 45”.
• 1812

  War of 1812: American frigate USS Constitution defeats the British frigate HMS Guerriere off the coast of Nova Scotia, Canada earning her nickname “Old Ironsides”.
• 1839

  The French government announces that Louis Daguerre’s photographic process is a gift “free to the world”.
• 1848

  California Gold Rush: the New York Herald breaks the news to the East Coast of the United States of the gold rush in California (although the rush started in January).
• 1862

  Indian Wars: during an uprising in Minnesota, Lakota warriors decide not to attack heavily-defended Fort Ridgely and instead turn to the settlement of New Ulm, killing white settlers along the way.
• 1919

  Afghanistan gains full independence from the United Kingdom.
• 1934

  The creation of the position Führer is approved by the German electorate with 89.9% of the popular vote.
• 1940

  First flight of the B-25 Mitchell medium bomber.
• 1960

  Cold War: in Moscow, downed American U-2 pilot Francis Gary Powers is sentenced to ten years imprisonment by the Soviet Union for espionage.
• 2005

  The first-ever joint military exercise between Russia and China, called Peace Mission 2005 begins.

• 1590

  Henry Rich, 1st Earl of Holland, English soldier (d. 1649)
• 1871

  Orville Wright, American aviation pioneer (d. 1948)
• 1883

  José Mendes Cabeçadas, 95th Prime Minister of Portugal and 9th President of Portugal (d. 1965)
• 1900

  Gontran de Poncins, French writer and adventurer (d. 1962)
• 1925

  Claude Gauvreau, Canadian playwright (d. 1971)
• 1946

  Beat Raaflaub, Swiss conductor
• 1960

  Ron Darling, American baseball player and announcer
• 1982

  Willy Denzey, French singer
• 1983

  Missy Higgins, Australian singer-songwriter
• 1987

  Anaïs Lameche, Swedish singer (Play)

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