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August 22: Day of the Week
August 22, 2024 is the 235th day of the year 2024 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 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.
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Zodiac & Birthstone
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.
August 22 Historical Event(s)
1639
Madras (now Chennai), India, is founded by the British East India Company on a sliver of land bought from local Nayak rulers.
1791
Beginning of the Haitian Slave Revolution in Saint-Domingue.
1864
12 nations sign the First Geneva Convention. The Red Cross is formed.
1902
Theodore Roosevelt becomes the first President of the United States to ride in an automobile.
1944
World War II: Romania is captured by the Soviet Union.
1950
Althea Gibson becomes the first black competitor in international tennis.
1952
The penal colony on Devil’s Island is permanently closed.
1962
An attempt to assassinate French president Charles de Gaulle fails.
1992
FBI HRT sniper Lon Horiuchi shoots and kills Vicki Weaver during an 11-day siege at her home at Ruby Ridge, Idaho.
2006
Pulkovo Aviation Enterprise Flight 612 crashes near the Russian border over eastern Ukraine, killing all 170 people on board.
Who were born on August 22?
1773
Aimé Bonpland, French explorer (d. 1858)
1779
James Kirke Paulding, American author (d. 1860)
1915
David Dellinger, American social rights activist (d. 2004)
1922
Theoni V. Aldredge, Greek-American stage and screen costume designer (d. 2011)
1939
Valerie Harper, American actress
1942
Uğur Mumcu, Turkish journalist and writer (d. 1993)
1947
Donna Godchaux, American singer (Grateful Dead)
1951
Chandra Prakash Mainali, Nepalese politician
1979
Brandon Quintin Adams, American actor
1983
Laura Breckenridge, American actress
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