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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• 1331

  King Stephen Uroš III, after months of anarchy, surrenders to his son and rival Stephen Dušan, who succeeds as King of Serbia.
• 1778

  American Revolutionary War: British forces begin besieging the French outpost at Pondicherry.
• 1810

  Jean-Baptiste Bernadotte, Marshal of France, is elected Crown Prince of Sweden by the Swedish Riksdag of the Estates.
• 1831

  Nat Turner leads black slaves and free blacks in a rebellion.
• 1942

  World War II: a Nazi flag is installed atop the Mount Elbrus.
• 1944

  Dumbarton Oaks Conference, prelude to the United Nations, begins.
• 1982

  Lebanese Civil War: The first troops of a multinational force lands in Beirut to oversee the Palestine Liberation Organization’s withdrawal from Lebanon.
• 1992

  Ruby Ridge Standoff in Idaho
• 1993

  NASA loses contact with the Mars Observer spacecraft.
• 2001

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

• 1643

  King Afonso VI of Portugal (d. 1683)
• 1765

  William IV of the United Kingdom (d. 1837)
• 1925

  Judy Grable, American professional wrestler (d. 2008)
• 1936

  Radish Tordia, painter of Figurative Art from Georgia
• 1951

  Eric Goles, Chilean mathematician and computer scientist
• 1956

  Kim Cattrall, English-born actress
• 1959

  Jim McMahon, American football player
• 1973

  Steve McKenna, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1982

  Jason Eaton, New Zealand All Black rugby player
• 1986

  Usain Bolt, Jamaican sprinter

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