What Day of the Week

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

If you are trying to learn French then this day of the week in French is mercredi.

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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)
• 1680

  Pueblo Indians capture Santa Fe from Spanish during the Pueblo Revolt.
• 1810

  Jean-Baptiste Bernadotte, Marshal of France, is elected Crown Prince of Sweden by the Swedish Riksdag of the Estates.
• 1852

  Tlingit Indians destroy Fort Selkirk, Yukon Territory.
• 1863

  Lawrence, Kansas is destroyed by Confederate guerrillas Quantrill’s Raiders in the Lawrence Massacre.
• 1959

  President Dwight D. Eisenhower signs an executive order proclaiming Hawaii the 50th state of the union. Hawaii’s admission is currently commemorated by Hawaii Admission Day
• 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

  Soviet Union-dominated Warsaw Pact troops invade Czechoslovakia, crushing the Prague Spring; on the same day, Nicolae Ceauşescu, leader of Communist Romania, publicly condemns the Soviet maneuver, encouraging the Romanian population to arm itself against possible Soviet reprisals.
• 1979

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

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

• 1597

  Roger Twysden, English antiquarian and royalist (d. 1672)
• 1665

  Giacomo F. Maraldi, French-Italian astronomer (d. 1729)
• 1813

  Jean Stas, Belgian chemist (d. 1891)
• 1929

  X. J. Kennedy, American poet
• 1950

  Arthur Bremer, American criminal, who shot George C Wallace in May 1972.
• 1961

  David Morales, American disc jockey
• 1961

  V. B. Chandrasekhar, Indian cricketer
• 1969

  Josée Chouinard, Canadian figure skater
• 1978

  Alan Lee, Irish footballer
• 1981

  Jarrod Lyle, Australian Golfer

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