What Day of the Week

August 22, 2021 is the 234^th day of the year 2021 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 131 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week is Sunday.

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

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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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• 565

  St. Columba reports seeing a monster in Loch Ness, Scotland.
• 1791

  Beginning of the Haitian Slave Revolution in Saint-Domingue.
• 1848

  The United States annexes New Mexico.
• 1864

  12 nations sign the First Geneva Convention. The Red Cross is formed.
• 1922

  Michael Collins, Commander-in-Chief of the Irish Free State Army is shot dead during an Anti-Treaty ambush at Béal na mBláth, County Cork, during the Irish Civil War.
• 1932

  The BBC first experiments with television broadcasting. (See also Timeline of the BBC.)
• 1961

  Ida Siekmann died attempting to cross the Berlin Wall.
• 1962

  The NS Savannah, the world’s first nuclear-powered cargo ship, completes its maiden voyage.
• 1985

  Manchester Air Disaster sees 55 people killed when a fire breaks out on a commercial aircraft at Manchester Airport.
• 1989

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

• 1893

  Wilfred Kitching, British Salvation Army general (d. 1977)
• 1904

  Deng Xiaoping, Chinese statesman (d. 1997)
• 1908

  Henri Cartier-Bresson, French photographer (d. 2004)
• 1939

  Carl Yastrzemski, American baseball player
• 1953

  Paul Ellering, American wrestling manager
• 1956

  Paul Molitor, baseball player
• 1964

  Mats Wilander, Swedish tennis player
• 1978

  Jeff Stinco, Canadian musician (Simple Plan)
• 1983

  Theo Bos, Dutch cyclist
• 1987

  Leonardo Moracci, Italian footballer

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