What Day of the Week

August 21, 2021 is the 233^rd day of the year 2021 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 132 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week is Saturday.

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

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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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• 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.
• 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.
• 1852

  Tlingit Indians destroy Fort Selkirk, Yukon Territory.
• 1911

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

  World War II: the Guadalcanal campaign: American forces defeat an attack by Imperial Japanese Army soldiers in the Battle of the Tenaru.
• 1969

  An Australian, Michael Dennis Rohan, sets the Al-Aqsa Mosque on fire, a major catalyst of the formation of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation.
• 1971

  A bomb exploded in the Liberal Party campaign rally in Plaza Miranda, Manila, Philippines with several anti-Marcos political candidates injured.
• 1979

  Soviet dancer Alexander Godunov defects to the United States.
• 2001

  The Red Cross announces that a famine is striking Tajikistan, and calls for international financial aid for Tajikistan and Uzbekistan.

• 1597

  Roger Twysden, English antiquarian and royalist (d. 1672)
• 1947

  Sándor Erdős, Hungarian fencer
• 1952

  Keith Hart, Canadian professional wrestler
• 1966

  John Wetteland, Major League Baseball player
• 1967

  Serj Tankian, Armenian-born singer (System of a Down)
• 1976

  Jeff Cunningham, Jamaican American soccer player
• 1981

  Collie Buddz, (Colin Harper) Reggae & Dancehall artist
• 1983

  Brody Jenner, American actor
• 1990

  Bo Burnham, American comedic singer-songwriter and Internet Celebrity
• 1996

  Jamia Simone Nash, American singer and actress

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