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 Japanese then this day of the week in Japanese is Doyōbi.

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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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• 1770

  James Cook names and lands on Possession Island, Queensland and claims the east coast of Australia as New South Wales in the name of King George III.
• 1780

  James Cook’s ship HMS Resolution returns to England (Cook having been killed on Hawaii during the voyage).
• 1864

  12 nations sign the First Geneva Convention. The Red Cross is formed.
• 1875

  The Treaty of Saint Petersburg between Japan and Russia is ratified, providing for the exchange of Sakhalin for the Kuril Islands.
• 1902

  Theodore Roosevelt becomes the first President of the United States to ride in an automobile.
• 1962

  The NS Savannah, the world’s first nuclear-powered cargo ship, completes its maiden voyage.
• 1966

  Labor movements NFWA and AWOC merge to become the United Farm Workers Organizing Committee (UFWOC), predecessor of the United Farm Workers.
• 1968

  Pope Paul VI arrives in Bogotá, Colombia. It is the first visit of a pope to Latin America.
• 1992

  FBI HRT sniper Lon Horiuchi shoots and kills Vicki Weaver during an 11-day siege at her home at Ruby Ridge, Idaho.
• 1996

  Bill Clinton signs welfare reform into law, representing major shift in US welfare policy

• 1862

  Claude Debussy, French composer (d. 1918)
• 1895

  László Almásy, Hungarian aristocrat and aviator (d. 1951)
• 1908

  Henri Cartier-Bresson, French photographer (d. 2004)
• 1936

  Werner Stengel, German roller coaster designer and engineer
• 1947

  Cindy Williams, American actress
• 1951

  Chandra Prakash Mainali, Nepalese politician
• 1956

  Paul Molitor, baseball player
• 1978

  Ed Petrie, British television presenter
• 1979

  Matt Walters, American football player
• 1985

  Jonathan Solofa Fatu, American wrestler

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