What Day of the Week

August 24, 2022 is the 236^th day of the year 2022 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 129 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week is Wednesday.

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

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

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• 1391

  Jews are massacred in Palma de Mallorca.
• 1561

  Willem of Orange marries duchess Anna of Saxony.
• 1682

  William Penn receives the area that is now the state of Delaware, and adds it to his colony of Pennsylvania.
• 1816

  The Treaty of St. Louis is signed in St. Louis, Missouri.
• 1902

  A statue of Joan of Arc is unveiled in Saint-Pierre-le-Moûtier.
• 1914

  World War I: German troops capture Namur.
• 1937

  In the Spanish Civil War, the Basque Army surrenders to the Italian Corpo Truppe Volontarie following the Santoña Agreement.
• 1963

  Buddhist crisis: As a result of the Xa Loi Pagoda raids, the US State Department cables the US Embassy in Saigon to encourage Army of the Republic of Vietnam generals to launch a coup against President Ngo Dinh Diem if he did not remove his brother Ngo Dinh Nhu.
• 1967

  Led by Abbie Hoffman, the Youth International Party temporarily disrupts trading at the NYSE by throwing dollar bills from the viewing gallery, causing trading to cease as brokers scramble to grab them.
• 1998

  First RFID human implantation tested in the United Kingdom.

• 1113

  Geoffrey of Anjou, Count of Anjou (d. 1151)
• 1358

  King John I of Castile (d. 1390)
• 1591

  Robert Herrick, English poet (d. 1674)
• 1872

  Max Beerbohm, British caricaturist (d. 1956)
• 1960

  Cal Ripken, Jr., American baseball player
• 1960

  Takashi Miike, Japanese filmmaker
• 1973

  Andrew Brunette, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1973

  Dave Chappelle, American actor and Comedian
• 1973

  Inge de Bruijn, Dutch swimmer
• 1981

  Jiro Wang, Taiwanese singer, actor, model

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