What Day of the Week

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

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

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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.
• 1812

  Peninsula War: A coalition of Spanish, British, and Portuguese forces succeed in lifting the two-and-a-half-year-long Siege of Cádiz.
• 1814

  British troops invade Washington, D.C. and burn down the White House and several other buildings.
• 1821

  The Treaty of Córdoba is signed in Córdoba, now in Veracruz, Mexico, concluding the Mexican War of Independence from Spain.
• 1857

  The Panic of 1857 begins, setting off one of the most severe economic crises in United States history.
• 1898

  Count Muravyov, Foreign Minister of Russia presents a rescript that convoked the First Hague Peace Conference.
• 1933

  The Crescent Limited train derails in Washington, D.C., after the bridge it is crossing is washed out by the 1933 Chesapeake–Potomac hurricane.
• 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.
• 1991

  Mikhail Gorbachev resigns as head of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union.

• 1552

  Lavinia Fontana, Italian painter (d. 1614)
• 1845

  James C. Calhoun, American soldier, brother-in-law of George Armstrong Custer (d. 1876)
• 1913

  Charles Houston, American mountaineer (d. 2009)
• 1960

  Takashi Miike, Japanese filmmaker
• 1970

  Dan Henderson, American mixed martial artist
• 1972

  Jean-Luc Brassard, Canadian freestyle skier
• 1977

  Denílson, Brazilian footballer
• 1977

  Robert Enke, German footballer (d. 2009)
• 1981

  Jiro Wang, Taiwanese singer, actor, model
• 1988

  Helga Krapf, Filipina actress

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