What Day of the Week

August 22, 2018 was the 234^th day of the year 2018 in the Gregorian calendar. There were 131 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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• 392

  Arbogast has Eugenius elected Western Roman Emperor.
• 565

  St. Columba reports seeing a monster in Loch Ness, Scotland.
• 1642

  Charles I calls the English Parliament traitors. The English Civil War begins.
• 1848

  The United States annexes New Mexico.
• 1849

  The first air raid in history. Austria launches pilotless balloons against the city of Venice.
• 1914

  World War I: in Belgium, British and German troops clash for the first time in the war.
• 1926

  Gold is discovered in Johannesburg, South Africa.
• 1949

  Queen Charlotte earthquake: Canada’s largest earthquake since the 1700 Cascadia earthquake
• 1966

  Labor movements NFWA and AWOC merge to become the United Farm Workers Organizing Committee (UFWOC), predecessor of the United Farm Workers.
• 1989

  Nolan Ryan strikes out Rickey Henderson to become the first Major League Baseball pitcher to record 5,000 strikeouts.

• 1601

  Georges de Scudéry, French writer (d. 1667)
• 1848

  Melville E. Stone, American newspaper publisher (d. 1929)
• 1862

  Claude Debussy, French composer (d. 1918)
• 1908

  Erwin Thiesies, German rugby player and coach (d. 1993)
• 1928

  Tinga Seisay, Sierra Leonean diplomat and pro-democracy advocate
• 1947

  Cindy Williams, American actress
• 1963

  Terry Catledge, American basketball player
• 1967

  Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, British actor
• 1967

  Alfred Gough, American screenwriter
• 1977

  Heiðar Helguson, Icelandic footballer

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