What Day of the Week

August 21, 2020 was the 234^th day of the year 2020 in the Gregorian calendar. There were 132 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week was 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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• 1689

  The Battle of Dunkeld in Scotland.
• 1831

  Nat Turner leads black slaves and free blacks in a rebellion.
• 1863

  Lawrence, Kansas is destroyed by Confederate guerrillas Quantrill’s Raiders in the Lawrence Massacre.
• 1879

  The Virgin Mary, along with St. Joseph and St. John the Evangelist, reportedly appears at Knock Shrine in Knock, County Mayo, Ireland.
• 1888

  The first successful adding machine in the United States is patented by William Seward Burroughs.
• 1942

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

  Dumbarton Oaks Conference, prelude to the United Nations, begins.
• 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.
• 1986

  Carbon dioxide gas erupts from volcanic Lake Nyos in Cameroon, killing up to 1,800 people within a 20-kilometer range.
• 2001

  NATO decides to send a peace-keeping force to the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia.

• 1798

  Jules Michelet, French historian (d. 1874)
• 1920

  Christopher Robin Milne, inspiration for the Winnie-the-Pooh stories (d. 1996)
• 1924

  Jack Weston, American actor (d. 1996)
• 1933

  Janet Baker, English mezzo-soprano
• 1951

  Char Margolis, American medium
• 1953

  Ivan Stang, American writer
• 1956

  Kim Cattrall, English-born actress
• 1965

  Caryn Mower, American actress, stuntwoman and former professional wrestler
• 1975

  Alicia Witt, American actress
• 1978

  Alan Lee, Irish footballer

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