What Day of the Week

August 21, 2019 is the 233^rd day of the year 2019 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 132 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week is Wednesday.

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

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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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• 1192

  Minamoto Yoritomo becomes Seii Tai Shōgun and the de facto ruler of Japan. (Traditional Japanese date: July 12, 1192)
• 1689

  The Battle of Dunkeld in Scotland.
• 1770

  James Cook formally claims eastern Australia for Great Britain, naming it New South Wales.
• 1831

  Nat Turner leads black slaves and free blacks in a rebellion.
• 1918

  World War I: The Second Battle of the Somme begins.
• 1942

  World War II: a Nazi flag is installed atop the Mount Elbrus.
• 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.
• 1991

  Coup attempt against Mikhail Gorbachev collapses.
• 2007

  Hurricane 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.

• 1665

  Giacomo F. Maraldi, French-Italian astronomer (d. 1729)
• 1925

  Maurice Pialat, French actor and director (d. 2003)
• 1930

  Frank Perry, American film director (d. 1995)
• 1933

  Michael Dacher, German mountaineer (d. 1994)
• 1940

  Endre Szemerédi, Hungarian mathematician
• 1970

  Craig Counsell, American baseball player
• 1973

  Nikolay Valuev, Russian boxer
• 1985

  Melissa M, French singer
• 1990

  Bo Burnham, American comedic singer-songwriter and Internet Celebrity
• 1990

  Fabian Heimpel, German rugby player

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