What Day of the Week

August 24, 2020 was the 237^th day of the year 2020 in the Gregorian calendar. There were 129 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week was Monday.

If you are trying to learn Japanese then this day of the week in Japanese is Getsuyōbi.

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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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• 79

  Mount Vesuvius erupts. The cities of Pompeii, Herculaneum, and Stabiae are buried in volcanic ash (note: this traditional date has been challenged, and many scholars believe that the event occurred on October 24).
• 410

  The Visigoths under king Alaric I begin to pillage Rome.
• 1200

  King John of England, signee of the first Magna Carta, marries Isabella of Angouleme in Bordeaux Cathedral.
• 1391

  Jews are massacred in Palma de Mallorca.
• 1814

  British troops invade Washington, D.C. and burn down the White House and several other buildings.
• 1875

  Captain Matthew Webb became first person to swim the English Channel
• 1963

  Don Schollander swims the 200-metre freestyle in less than 2 minutes for the first time, in a world record time of 1:58.
• 1981

  Mark David Chapman is sentenced to 20 years to life in prison for murdering John Lennon.
• 1989

  Cincinnati Reds manager Pete Rose is banned from baseball for gambling by Commissioner A. Bartlett Giamatti.
• 1998

  First RFID human implantation tested in the United Kingdom.

• 1578

  John Taylor, English poet (d. 1653)
• 1919

  Enrique Llanes, Mexican professional wrestler (d. 2004)
• 1922

  René Lévesque, Premier of Quebec (d. 1987)
• 1936

  A. S. Byatt, English novelist
• 1960

  Takashi Miike, Japanese filmmaker
• 1964

  Dana Gould, American comedian and writer
• 1971

  Pierfrancesco Favino, Italian actor
• 1973

  Carmine Giovinazzo, American actor
• 1979

  Orlando Engelaar, Dutch footballer
• 1980

  Sonja Bennett, Canadian actress

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