What Day of the Week

August 21, 2020 is the 234^th day of the year 2020 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 132 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week is Friday.

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

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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.
• 1852

  Tlingit Indians destroy Fort Selkirk, Yukon Territory.
• 1863

  Lawrence, Kansas is destroyed by Confederate guerrillas Quantrill’s Raiders in the Lawrence Massacre.
• 1911

  The Mona Lisa is stolen by a Louvre employee.
• 1918

  World War I: The Second Battle of the Somme begins.
• 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
• 1971

  A bomb exploded in the Liberal Party campaign rally in Plaza Miranda, Manila, Philippines with several anti-Marcos political candidates injured.
• 1983

  Philippine opposition leader Benigno Aquino, Jr. is assassinated at the Manila International Airport (now renamed Ninoy Aquino International Airport).
• 1986

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

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

• 1879

  Claude Grahame-White, British pioneer aviator and builder (d. 1959)
• 1937

  Donald Dewar, First Minister of Scotland (d. 2000)
• 1951

  Harry Smith, American television journalist
• 1954

  Chip Coffey, American psychic, medium and television personality.
• 1983

  Brody Jenner, American actor
• 1987

  Kim Kibum, a member of Korean boy band Super junior. actor and singer
• 1988

  Louise Setara, English singer-songwriter
• 1988

  Paris Bennett, American singer and finalist on American Idol (season 5)
• 1989

  Hayden Panettiere, American actress, model and singer
• 1992

  Brad Kavanagh, English songwriter and actor

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