What Day of the Week

August 22, 2019 is the 234^th day of the year 2019 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 131 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week is Thursday.

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

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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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• 1485

  The Battle of Bosworth Field, the death of Richard III and the end of the House of Plantagenet.
• 1717

  Spanish troops land on Sardinia.
• 1798

  French troops land in Kilcummin harbour, County Mayo, Ireland to aid Wolfe Tone’s United Irishmen’s Irish Rebellion.
• 1902

  Theodore Roosevelt becomes the first President of the United States to ride in an automobile.
• 1942

  World War II: Brazil declares war on Germany and Italy.
• 1949

  Queen Charlotte earthquake: Canada’s largest earthquake since the 1700 Cascadia earthquake
• 1963

  American Joe Walker in an X-15 test plane reaches an altitude of 106 km.
• 1966

  Labor movements NFWA and AWOC merge to become the United Farm Workers Organizing Committee (UFWOC), predecessor of the United Farm Workers.
• 1985

  Manchester Air Disaster sees 55 people killed when a fire breaks out on a commercial aircraft at Manchester Airport.
• 1996

  Bill Clinton signs welfare reform into law, representing major shift in US welfare policy

• 1771

  Henry Maudslay, English inventor (d. 1831)
• 1932

  Gerald P. Carr, American astronaut
• 1950

  Lewis Libby, American White House Chief of Staff for George W. Bush
• 1960

  Holger Gehrke, German footballer
• 1961

  Debbi Peterson, American musician (The Bangles)
• 1967

  Layne Staley, American musician (Alice in Chains) (d. 2002)
• 1973

  Kristen Wiig, American comedian
• 1974

  Agustín Pichot, Argentine rugby player
• 1975

  Rodrigo Santoro, Brazilian actor
• 1983

  Laura Breckenridge, American actress

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