What Day of the Week

August 20, 2021 is the 232^nd day of the year 2021 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 133 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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• 20

  Agrippa Postumus, adoptive-son of the late Roman Emperor Augustus, is executed by his guards while in exile under mysterious circumstances
• 1083

  Canonization of the first King of Hungary, Saint Stephen and his son Saint Emeric.
• 1391

  Konrad von Wallenrode becomes the 24th Hochmeister of the Teutonic Order.
• 1882

  Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky’s 1812 Overture debuts in Moscow.
• 1914

  World War I: German forces occupy Brussels.
• 1940

  British Prime Minister Winston Churchill makes the fourth of his famous wartime speeches, containing the line “Never was so much owed by so many to so few”.
• 1955

  In Morocco, a force of Berbers from the Atlas Mountains region of Algeria raid two rural settlements and kill 77 French nationals.
• 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.

• 1517

  Antoine Perrenot de Granvelle, French church leader (d. 1586)
• 1890

  H. P. Lovecraft, American writer (d. 1937)
• 1905

  Jack Teagarden, American musician (d. 1964)
• 1923

  Jim Reeves, US country music singer (d. 1964)
• 1941

  Dave Brock, British musician and founder of Hawkwind
• 1941

  Jo Ramirez, Mexican motor racing team manager and author
• 1946

  Connie Chung, American journalist
• 1967

  Terri Poch, American yogini and professional wrestler
• 1979

  Haha, South Korean entertainer
• 1990

  Ranomi Kromowidjojo, Dutch swimmer

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