What Day of the Week

August 21, 2020 is the 234^th day of the year 2020 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 132 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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• 1680

  Pueblo Indians capture Santa Fe from Spanish during the Pueblo Revolt.
• 1770

  James Cook formally claims eastern Australia for Great Britain, naming it New South Wales.
• 1772

  King Gustav III completes his coup d'état by adopting a new Constitution, ending half a century of parliamentary rule in Sweden and installing himself as an enlightened despot.
• 1945

  Physicist Harry K. Daghlian, Jr. is fatally irradiated in a criticality incident during an experiment with the Demon core at Los Alamos National Laboratory.
• 1963

  Xa Loi Pagoda raids: the Army of the Republic of Vietnam Special Forces loyal to Ngo Dinh Nhu, brother of President Ngo Dinh Diem, vandalises Buddhist pagodas across the country, arresting thousands and leaving an estimated hundreds dead.
• 1971

  A bomb exploded in the Liberal Party campaign rally in Plaza Miranda, Manila, Philippines with several anti-Marcos political candidates injured.
• 1976

  Operation Paul Bunyan at Panmunjeom, Korea.
• 1983

  Philippine opposition leader Benigno Aquino, Jr. is assassinated at the Manila International Airport (now renamed Ninoy Aquino International Airport).
• 1986

  Carbon dioxide gas erupts from volcanic Lake Nyos in Cameroon, killing up to 1,800 people within a 20-kilometer range.
• 1991

  Latvia declares renewal of its full independence after the occupation of Soviet Union.

• 1670

  James FitzJames, 1st Duke of Berwick, French military leader (d. 1734)
• 1912

  Hector “Toe” Blake, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (d. 1995)
• 1934

  Paul Panhuysen, Dutch composer, visual and sound artist
• 1952

  Joe Strummer, British musician and singer (The Clash) (d. 2002)
• 1963

  King Mohammed VI of Morocco
• 1970

  Nathan Jones, American professional wrestler
• 1981

  Jarrod Lyle, Australian Golfer
• 1981

  Tyler Winklevoss, American Rower and Entrepeneur
• 1983

  Josh Harrington, American professional BMX rider
• 1986

  Wout Brama, Dutch international footballer

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