What Day of the Week

August 20, 2020 is the 233^rd day of the year 2020 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 133 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week is Thursday.

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

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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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• 636

  Battle of Yarmouk: Arab forces led by Khalid ibn al-Walid take control of Syria and Palestine away from the Byzantine Empire, marking the first great wave of Muslim conquests and the rapid advance of Islam outside Arabia.
• 917

  Battle of Acheloos: Tsar Simeon I of Bulgaria decisively defeats a Byzantine army.
• 1000

  The foundation of the Hungarian state by Saint Stephen. Today celebrated as a National Day in Hungary.
• 1391

  Konrad von Wallenrode becomes the 24th Hochmeister of the Teutonic Order.
• 1944

  World War II: the Battle of Romania begins with a major Soviet offensive.
• 1989

  The pleasure boat Marchioness sinks on the River Thames following a collision, 51 people are killed.
• 1991

  Estonia, annexed by the Soviet Union in 1940, issues a decision on the re-establishment of independence on the basis of historical continuity of her pre-World War II statehood.
• 1997

  Souhane massacre in Algeria; over 60 people are killed and 15 kidnapped.
• 1998

  The Supreme Court of Canada rules that Quebec cannot legally secede from Canada without the federal government’s approval.
• 2002

  A group of Iraqis opposed to the regime of Saddam Hussein take over the Iraqi Embassy in Berlin for five hours before releasing their hostages and surrendering.

• 1916

  Paul Felix Schmidt, Estonian–German chess player (d. 1984)
• 1934

  Armi Kuusela, Finnish beauty queen
• 1937

  Andrei Konchalovsky, Russian film director
• 1941

  Robin Oakley, British journalist
• 1971

  Steve Stone, English footballer
• 1976

  Chris Drury, American hockey player
• 1977

  James Ormond, England cricketer
• 1977

  Manuel Contepomi, Argentine rugby player
• 1980

  Rochelle Gadd, British actress
• 1990

  Ranomi Kromowidjojo, Dutch swimmer

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