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 French then this day of the week in French is lundi.

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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.
• 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.
• 1759

  Battle of Lagos Naval battle during the Seven Year’s War between Britain and France.
• 1813

  Gervasio Antonio de Posadas joins Argentina’s Second Triumvirate.
• 1934

  The creation of the position Führer is approved by the German electorate with 89.9% of the popular vote.
• 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.
• 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.
• 1981

  Gulf of Sidra Incident: United States fighters intercept and shoot down two Libyan Sukhoi Su-22 fighter jets over the Gulf of Sidra.
• 2003

  A car-bomb attack on United Nations headquarters in Iraq kills the agency’s top envoy Sergio Vieira de Mello and 21 other employees.
• 2010

  Operation Iraqi Freedom ends, with the last of the United States brigade combat teams crossing the border to Kuwait.

• 1871

  Orville Wright, American aviation pioneer (d. 1948)
• 1940

  Johnny Nash, American singer-songwriter
• 1944

  Eddy Raven, American country music artist
• 1945

  Charles Wellesley, Marquess of Douro, English heir of the 8th Duke of Wellington
• 1953

  Nanni Moretti, Italian film actor, director and producer
• 1963

  Joey Tempest, Swedish singer (Europe)
• 1963

  John Stamos, American actor
• 1982

  Willy Denzey, French singer
• 1989

  Romeo Miller, American rapper and basketball player
• 2004

  Xyriel Manabat, Filipino actress

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