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 Japanese then this day of the week in Japanese is Kayōbi.

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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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• 1920

  The first commercial radio station, 8MK (now WWJ), begins operations in Detroit, Michigan.
• 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.
• 1986

  In Edmond, Oklahoma, U.S. Postal employee Patrick Sherrill guns down 14 of his co-workers and then commits suicide.
• 1989

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

  Dissolution of the Soviet Union, August Coup: more than 100,000 people rally outside the Soviet Union’s parliament building protesting the coup aiming to depose President Mikhail Gorbachev.
• 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.
• 1993

  After rounds of secret negotiations in Norway, the Oslo Peace Accords are signed, followed by a public ceremony in Washington, D.C. the following month.
• 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.
• 2008

  Spanair Flight 5022, from Madrid to Gran Canaria, skids off the runway and crashes at Barajas Airport. 146 people are killed in the crash, and 8 more die later. Only 18 people survive.

• 1923

  Jim Reeves, US country music singer (d. 1964)
• 1930

  Mario Bernardi, Canadian conductor
• 1940

  Rex Sellers, Australian cricketer
• 1941

  Rich Brooks, American football coach
• 1946

  Ralf Hütter, German musician (Kraftwerk)
• 1949

  Katiana Balanika, Greek actress and singer
• 1954

  Quinn Buckner, American basketball player and coach
• 1973

  Todd Helton, American baseball player
• 1982

  Barney Rogers, Zimbabwean cricketer
• 1984

  Mirai Moriyama, Japanese actor

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