What Day of the Week

August 21, 2018 was the 233^rd day of the year 2018 in the Gregorian calendar. There were 132 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week was Tuesday.

If you are trying to learn Spanish then this day of the week in Spanish is martes.

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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.
• 1778

  American Revolutionary War: British forces begin besieging the French outpost at Pondicherry.
• 1808

  Battle of Vimeiro: British and Portuguese forces led by General Arthur Wellesley defeat French force under Major-General Jean-Andoche Junot near the village of Vimeiro, Portugal, the first Anglo-Portuguese victory of the Peninsular War.
• 1911

  The Mona Lisa is stolen by a Louvre employee.
• 1942

  World War II: a Nazi flag is installed atop the Mount Elbrus.
• 1942

  World War II: the Guadalcanal campaign: American forces defeat an attack by Imperial Japanese Army soldiers in the Battle of the Tenaru.
• 1944

  Dumbarton Oaks Conference, prelude to the United Nations, begins.
• 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.
• 1968

  James Anderson, Jr. posthumously receives the first Medal of Honor to be awarded to an African American U.S. Marine.
• 1971

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

• 1665

  Giacomo F. Maraldi, French-Italian astronomer (d. 1729)
• 1801

  Guillaume Groen van Prinsterer, Dutch politician (d. 1876)
• 1934

  Sudhakarrao Naik, Indian politician( d. 2001)
• 1965

  Jim Bullinger, American baseball player
• 1970

  Craig Counsell, American baseball player
• 1976

  Nikos Vertis, Greek singer
• 1983

  Josh Harrington, American professional BMX rider
• 1984

  Neil Dexter, South African cricketer
• 1989

  Judd Trump, English snooker player
• 1996

  Jamia Simone Nash, American singer and actress

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