What Day of the Week

August 22, 2022 is the 234^th day of the year 2022 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 131 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week is Monday.

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

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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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• 1639

  Madras (now Chennai), India, is founded by the British East India Company on a sliver of land bought from local Nayak rulers.
• 1777

  American Revolutionary War: British forces abandon the Siege of Fort Stanwix after hearing rumors of Continental Army reinforcements.
• 1791

  Beginning of the Haitian Slave Revolution in Saint-Domingue.
• 1827

  José de La Mar becomes President of Peru.
• 1851

  The first America’s Cup is won by the yacht America.
• 1944

  World War II: Holocaust of Kedros in Crete by German forces
• 1950

  Althea Gibson becomes the first black competitor in international tennis.
• 1952

  The penal colony on Devil’s Island is permanently closed.
• 1968

  Pope Paul VI arrives in Bogotá, Colombia. It is the first visit of a pope to Latin America.
• 1971

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

• 1760

  Pope Leo XII (d. 1829)
• 1800

  William S. Harney, U.S. general (d. 1889)
• 1845

  William Lewis Douglas, 42nd Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1924)
• 1928

  Tinga Seisay, Sierra Leonean diplomat and pro-democracy advocate
• 1949

  Diana Nyad, American swimmer
• 1951

  Chandra Prakash Mainali, Nepalese politician
• 1961

  Roland Orzabal, British musician (Tears for Fears)
• 1966

  GZA, American rapper
• 1968

  Alexander Mostovoi, Russian footballer
• 1986

  Keiko Kitagawa, Japanese actress

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