August 21: Day of the Week
August 21, 2022 is the 233rd day of the year 2022 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 132 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week is Sunday.
If you are trying to learn French then this day of the week in French is dimanche.
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Here’s the August calendar. You can also browse the full year monthly calendar.
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Zodiac & Birthstone
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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August 21 Historical Event(s)
- 1772King 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.
- 1852Tlingit Indians destroy Fort Selkirk, Yukon Territory.
- 1942World War II: a Nazi flag is installed atop the Mount Elbrus.
- 1942World War II: the Guadalcanal campaign: American forces defeat an attack by Imperial Japanese Army soldiers in the Battle of the Tenaru.
- 1944Dumbarton Oaks Conference, prelude to the United Nations, begins.
- 1959President Dwight D. Eisenhower signs an executive order proclaiming Hawaii the 50th state of the union. Hawaii’s admission is currently commemorated by Hawaii Admission Day
- 1979Soviet dancer Alexander Godunov defects to the United States.
- 1983Philippine opposition leader Benigno Aquino, Jr. is assassinated at the Manila International Airport (now renamed Ninoy Aquino International Airport).
- 1991Coup attempt against Mikhail Gorbachev collapses.
- 2007Hurricane Dean makes its first landfall in Costa Maya, Mexico with winds at 165 mph. Dean is the first storm since Hurricane Andrew to make landfall as a Category 5.
Who were born on August 21?
- 1813Jean Stas, Belgian chemist (d. 1891)
- 1826Karl Gegenbaur, German anatomist (d. 1903)
- 1925Judy Grable, American professional wrestler (d. 2008)
- 1937Gustavo Noboa, former President of Ecuador
- 1945Jerry DaVanon, baseball player
- 1962Tsutomu Miyazaki Japanese Serial killer (d. 2008)
- 1965Jim Bullinger, American baseball player
- 1966John Wetteland, Major League Baseball player
- 1978Bhumika Chawla, Indian Actress
- 1984B.J. Upton, American baseball player
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