What Day of the Week

August 23, 1989 was the 235^th day of the year 1989 in the Gregorian calendar. There were 130 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week was Wednesday.

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

A person born on this day will be 34 years old today. If that same person saved a Nickel every day starting at age 6, then by now that person has accumulated $513.30 today.

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Here’s the August 1989 calendar. You can also browse the full year monthly 1989 calendar.

Virgo 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.

Snake is the mythical animal and Earth is the element for a person born on this day if we consider the very old art of Chinese astrology (or Chinese zodiac).

• 1989

  1,645 Australian domestic airline pilots resign after the airlines threaten to fire them and sue them over a dispute.
• 1989

  Singing Revolution: two million people from Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania stand on the Vilnius-Tallinn road, holding hands (Baltic Way).

• 1989

  Heiko Schwarz, German footballer

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