What Day of the Week

August 22, 2023 was the 234^th day of the year 2023 in the Gregorian calendar. There were 131 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week was Tuesday.

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

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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.

• 851

  Battle of Jengland: Erispoe defeats Charles the Bald near the Breton town of Jengland.
• 1654

  Jacob Barsimson arrives in New Amsterdam. He is the first known Jewish immigrant to America.
• 1780

  James Cook’s ship HMS Resolution returns to England (Cook having been killed on Hawaii during the voyage).
• 1848

  The United States annexes New Mexico.
• 1914

  World War I: in Belgium, British and German troops clash for the first time in the war.
• 1932

  The BBC first experiments with television broadcasting. (See also Timeline of the BBC.)
• 1934

  Bill Woodfull of Australia becomes the only cricket captain to twice regain The Ashes.
• 1962

  An attempt to assassinate French president Charles de Gaulle fails.
• 1971

  J. Edgar Hoover and John Mitchell announce the arrest of 20 of the Camden 28.
• 1992

  FBI HRT sniper Lon Horiuchi shoots and kills Vicki Weaver during an 11-day siege at her home at Ruby Ridge, Idaho.

• 1880

  Gorch Fock, German author and poet (d. 1916)
• 1921

  Dinos Dimopoulos, Greek film director and screenwriter (d. 2003)
• 1947

  Cindy Williams, American actress
• 1958

  Colm Feore, American actor
• 1964

  Mats Wilander, Swedish tennis player
• 1968

  Paul Colman, Australian guitarist (Newsboys)
• 1972

  Max Wilson, Brazilian racing driver
• 1972

  Steve Kline, American baseball player
• 1977

  Jenna Leigh Green, American actress
• 1985

  Joshua Samuel Fatu, American wrestler

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