What Day of the Week

August 19, 2020 was the 232^nd day of the year 2020 in the Gregorian calendar. There were 134 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week was Wednesday.

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

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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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• 1561

  An 18-year-old Mary, Queen of Scots, returns to Scotland after spending 13 years in France.
• 1772

  Gustavus III of Sweden stages a Coup d'état, in which he assumes power and enacts a new constitution that divides power between the Riksdag and the King.
• 1934

  The creation of the position Führer is approved by the German electorate with 89.9% of the popular vote.
• 1944

  World War II: Liberation of Paris – Paris rises against German occupation with the help of Allied troops.
• 1945

  Vietnam War: Viet Minh led by Ho Chi Minh take power in Hanoi, Vietnam.
• 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

  Cold War: in Moscow, downed American U-2 pilot Francis Gary Powers is sentenced to ten years imprisonment by the Soviet Union for espionage.
• 1965

  Japanese prime minister Eisaku Sato becomes the first post-World War II sitting prime minister to visit Okinawa.
• 1989

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

• 1631

  John Dryden, English poet (d. 1700)
• 1646

  John Flamsteed, first English Astronomer Royal (d. 1719)
• 1689

  Samuel Richardson, English writer (d. 1761)
• 1875

  Stjepan Seljan, Croatian explorer (d. 1936)
• 1900

  Gontran de Poncins, French writer and adventurer (d. 1962)
• 1907

  Thruston B. Morton, American politician (d. 1982)
• 1965

  Kyra Sedgwick, American actress
• 1969

  Kirk Herbstreit, American football analyst (College GameDay)
• 1980

  Houcine Camara, French singer
• 1984

  Ryan Taylor, English footballer

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