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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• 1798

  French troops land in Kilcummin harbour, County Mayo, Ireland to aid Wolfe Tone’s United Irishmen’s Irish Rebellion.
• 1851

  The first America’s Cup is won by the yacht America.
• 1914

  World War I: in Belgium, British and German troops clash for the first time in the war.
• 1941

  World War II: German troops reach Leningrad, leading to the siege of Leningrad.
• 1966

  Labor movements NFWA and AWOC merge to become the United Farm Workers Organizing Committee (UFWOC), predecessor of the United Farm Workers.
• 1972

  Rhodesia is expelled by the IOC for its racist policies.
• 1989

  The first ring of Neptune is discovered.
• 1996

  Bill Clinton signs welfare reform into law, representing major shift in US welfare policy
• 2006

  Pulkovo Aviation Enterprise Flight 612 crashes near the Russian border over eastern Ukraine, killing all 170 people on board.
• 2007

  The Storm botnet, a botnet created by the Storm Worm, sends out a record 57 million e-mails in one day

• 1800

  Samuel David Luzzatto, Italian-Jewish scholar (d. 1865)
• 1845

  William Lewis Douglas, 42nd Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1924)
• 1925

  James Kirkwood, Jr., American playwright and author (d. 1989)
• 1942

  Uğur Mumcu, Turkish journalist and writer (d. 1993)
• 1944

  Peter Hofmann, Czech-born German operatic tenor (d. 2010)
• 1950

  Ray Burris, American baseball player
• 1957

  Steve Davis, English snooker player
• 1965

  Chen Liping, Singaporean actress
• 1970

  Giada De Laurentiis, Italian-born American chef and television host
• 1972

  Paul Doucette, American drummer (Matchbox 20)

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