What Day of the Week

August 20, 2019 is the 232^nd day of the year 2019 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 133 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week is Tuesday.

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

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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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• 1391

  Konrad von Wallenrode becomes the 24th Hochmeister of the Teutonic Order.
• 1794

  Battle of Fallen Timbers – American troops force a confederacy of Shawnee, Mingo, Delaware, Wyandot, Miami, Ottawa, Chippewa, and Potawatomi warriors into a disorganized retreat.
• 1858

  Charles Darwin first publishes his theory of evolution through natural selection in The Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society of London, alongside Alfred Russel Wallace’s same theory.
• 1866

  President Andrew Johnson formally declares the American Civil War over.
• 1882

  Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky’s 1812 Overture debuts in Moscow.
• 1920

  The National Football League, (NFL), is founded in the United States.
• 1926

  Japan’s public broadcasting company, Nippon Hōsō Kyōkai (NHK) is established.
• 1950

  Korean War: United Nations repel an offensive by North Korean divisions attempting to cross the Naktong River and assault the city of Taegu.
• 1989

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

• 1886

  Paul Tillich, German-American theologian (d. 1965)
• 1924

  George Zuverink, American baseball player
• 1929

  Kevin Heffernan, Gaelic footballer
• 1940

  Rubén Hinojosa, American politician
• 1941

  Robin Oakley, British journalist
• 1946

  Connie Chung, American journalist
• 1948

  John Noble, Australian actor
• 1954

  Al Roker, American television personality
• 1982

  Youssouf Hersi, Ethiopian footballer
• 1990

  Ranomi Kromowidjojo, Dutch swimmer

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