What Day of the Week

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

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

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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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• 1777

  American Revolutionary War: British forces abandon the Siege of Fort Stanwix after hearing rumors of Continental Army reinforcements.
• 1780

  James Cook’s ship HMS Resolution returns to England (Cook having been killed on Hawaii during the voyage).
• 1827

  José de La Mar becomes President of Peru.
• 1942

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

  Queen Charlotte earthquake: Canada’s largest earthquake since the 1700 Cascadia earthquake
• 1952

  The penal colony on Devil’s Island is permanently closed.
• 1978

  The Frente Sandinista de Liberacion or FSLN occupies national palace in Nicaragua.
• 1985

  Manchester Air Disaster sees 55 people killed when a fire breaks out on a commercial aircraft at Manchester Airport.
• 1992

  FBI HRT sniper Lon Horiuchi shoots and kills Vicki Weaver during an 11-day siege at her home at Ruby Ridge, Idaho.
• 2007

  The Texas Rangers rout the Baltimore Orioles 30–3, the most runs scored by a team in modern MLB history.

• 1647

  Denis Papin, French physicist and inventor (d. c. 1712)
• 1764

  Charles Percier, French architect (d. 1838)
• 1836

  Archibald MacNeal Willard, American artist (d. 1918)
• 1873

  Alexander Bogdanov, Russian physician and philosopher (d. 1928)
• 1912

  John Lee Hooker, American musician (d. 2001)
• 1915

  Hugh Paddick, British actor (d. 2000)
• 1952

  Peter Laughner, American musician (Rocket From the Tombs, Pere Ubu) (d. 1977)
• 1959

  Pia Gjellerup, Danish politician
• 1967

  Ant, American comedian
• 1983

  Laura Breckenridge, American actress

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