What Day of the Week

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

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

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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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• 1504

  In Ireland, the Hiberno-Norman de Burghs (Burkes) and Anglo-Norman Fitzgeralds fight in the Battle of Knockdoe.
• 1692

  Salem witch trials: in Salem, Massachusetts, Province of Massachusetts Bay five people, one woman and four men, including a clergyman, are executed after being convicted of witchcraft.
• 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”.
• 1821

  Greek rebels massacre all the population of Navarino.
• 1909

  First automobile race at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway takes place.
• 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

  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

  Polish president Wojciech Jaruzelski nominates Solidarity activist Tadeusz Mazowiecki to be the first non-communist Prime Minister in 42 years.
• 2009

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

• 1711

  Edward Boscawen, British admiral (d. 1761)
• 1849

  Joaquim Nabuco, Brazilian writer, statesman, and abolitionist (d. 1910)
• 1883

  Gabrielle “Coco” Chanel, French clothing designer (d. 1971)
• 1906

  Philo Farnsworth, American inventor (d. 1971)
• 1930

  Frank McCourt, Irish-American author (d. 2009)
• 1951

  John Deacon, English musician (Queen)
• 1970

  Fat Joe, American rapper
• 1973

  Marco Materazzi, Italian footballer
• 1975

  Chynna Clugston, American comic book creator
• 1987

  Richard Stearman, English footballer

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