What Day of the Week

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

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

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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.
• 1782

  American Revolutionary War: Battle of Blue Licks – the last major engagement of the war, almost ten months after the surrender of the British commander Lord Cornwallis following the Siege of Yorktown.
• 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”.
• 1919

  Afghanistan gains full independence from the United Kingdom.
• 1927

  Metropolitan Sergius proclaims the declaration of loyalty of the Russian Orthodox Church to the Soviet Union.
• 1934

  The creation of the position Führer is approved by the German electorate with 89.9% of the popular vote.
• 1955

  In the Northeast United States, severe flooding caused by Hurricane Diane, claims 200 lives.
• 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.
• 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.

• 1871

  Orville Wright, American aviation pioneer (d. 1948)
• 1915

  Alfred Rouleau, French Canadian businessman and administrator (Desjardins Group) (d. 1985)
• 1930

  Frank McCourt, Irish-American author (d. 2009)
• 1931

  Willie Shoemaker, American jockey (d. 2003)
• 1953

  Nanni Moretti, Italian film actor, director and producer
• 1959

  Ricky Pierce, American basketball player
• 1960

  Ron Darling, American baseball player and announcer
• 1969

  Patrick Van Horn, American actor
• 1982

  Willy Denzey, French singer
• 1984

  Ryan Taylor, English footballer

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