What Day of the Week

August 2, 2019 is the 214^th day of the year 2019 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 151 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week is Friday.

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

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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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• 1377

  Russian troops are defeated in the Battle on Pyana River because of drunkenness.
• 1776

  The signing of the United States Declaration of Independence took place.
• 1903

  Fall of the Ottoman Empire: an unsuccessful uprising led by the Internal Macedonian-Adrianople Revolutionary Organization against Ottoman Turkey, also known as the Ilinden-Preobrazhenie Uprising, takes place.
• 1943

  World War II: the Motor Torpedo Boat PT-109 is rammed by the Japanese destroyer Amagiri and sinks. Lt. John F. Kennedy, future U.S. President, saves all but two of his crew.
• 1944

  ASNOM: birth of the Socialist Republic of Macedonia, celebrated as Day of the Republic in the Republic of Macedonia.
• 1945

  World War II: the Potsdam Conference, at which the Allied Powers discuss the future of defeated Germany, is concluded.
• 1964

  Vietnam War: Gulf of Tonkin incident – North Vietnamese gunboats allegedly fire on the U.S. destroyers USS Maddox and USS Turner Joy.
• 1973

  A flash fire kills 51 at the Summerland amusement centre at Douglas, Isle of Man.
• 1989

  Pakistan is re-admitted to the Commonwealth of Nations after having restoring democracy for the first time since 1972.
• 1990

  Iraq invades Kuwait, eventually leading to the Gulf War.

• 1674

  Philip II, Duke of Orléans, Regent of France (d. 1723)
• 1740

  Jean Baptiste Camille Canclaux, French general (d. 1817)
• 1871

  John French Sloan, American artist (d. 1951)
• 1937

  Garth Hudson, Canadian organist and keyboardist (The Band)
• 1956

  Jim Neidhart, American professional wrestler
• 1960

  Linda Fratianne, American figure skater
• 1963

  Laura Bennett, American architect and designer
• 1973

  Susie O'Neill, Australian swimmer
• 1974

  Angie Cepeda, Colombian actress
• 1992

  Hallie Kate Eisenberg, American actress

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