What Day of the Week

August 22, 2020 is the 235^th day of the year 2020 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 131 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week is Saturday.

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

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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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• 476

  Odoacer is named Rex italiae by his troops.
• 1639

  Madras (now Chennai), India, is founded by the British East India Company on a sliver of land bought from local Nayak rulers.
• 1780

  James Cook’s ship HMS Resolution returns to England (Cook having been killed on Hawaii during the voyage).
• 1831

  Nat Turner’s slave rebellion commences just after midnight in Southampton, Virginia, leading to the deaths of more than 50 whites and several hundred African Americans who are killed in retaliation for the uprising.
• 1848

  The United States annexes New Mexico.
• 1864

  12 nations sign the First Geneva Convention. The Red Cross is formed.
• 1926

  Gold is discovered in Johannesburg, South Africa.
• 1962

  The NS Savannah, the world’s first nuclear-powered cargo ship, completes its maiden voyage.
• 1989

  The first ring of Neptune is discovered.
• 2003

  Alabama Chief Justice Roy Moore is suspended after refusing to comply with a federal court order to remove a rock inscribed with the Ten Commandments from the lobby of the Alabama Supreme Court building.

• 1679

  Pierre Guérin de Tencin, French cardinal (d. 1758)
• 1908

  Henri Cartier-Bresson, French photographer (d. 2004)
• 1932

  Gerald P. Carr, American astronaut
• 1939

  Carl Yastrzemski, American baseball player
• 1944

  Peter Hofmann, Czech-born German operatic tenor (d. 2010)
• 1955

  Will Shetterly, American writer
• 1959

  Pia Gjellerup, Danish politician
• 1961

  Debbi Peterson, American musician (The Bangles)
• 1964

  Mats Wilander, Swedish tennis player
• 1975

  Rodrigo Santoro, Brazilian actor

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