What Day of the Week

August 24, 2023 was the 236^th day of the year 2023 in the Gregorian calendar. There were 129 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week was Thursday.

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

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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.

• 410

  The Visigoths under king Alaric I begin to pillage Rome.
• 1349

  Six thousand Jews are killed in Mainz after being blamed for the bubonic plague.
• 1870

  The Wolseley Expedition reaches Manitoba to end the Red River Rebellion.
• 1909

  Workers start pouring concrete for the Panama Canal.
• 1912

  Alaska becomes a United States territory.
• 1929

  Second day of two-day Hebron massacre during the 1929 Palestine riots: Arab attacks on the Jewish community in Hebron in the British Mandate of Palestine, result in the death of 65-68 Jews and the remaining Jews being forced to leave the city.
• 1931

  Resignation of the United Kingdom’s Second Labour Government. Formation of the UK National Government.
• 1937

  In the Spanish Civil War, the Basque Army surrenders to the Italian Corpo Truppe Volontarie following the Santoña Agreement.
• 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.
• 2001

  Air Transat Flight 236 runs out of fuel over the Atlantic Ocean (en route to Lisbon from Toronto) and makes an emergency landing in the Azores.

• 1552

  Lavinia Fontana, Italian painter (d. 1614)
• 1948

  Jean-Michel Jarre, French musician
• 1952

  Bob Corker, American politician, junior senator of Tennessee
• 1954

  Philippe Cataldo, French singer
• 1957

  Stephen Fry, English comedian and actor
• 1961

  Jared Harris, English actor
• 1964

  Éric Bernard, French racing driver
• 1971

  Pierfrancesco Favino, Italian actor
• 1973

  Grey DeLisle, voice actress
• 1976

  Nordin Wooter, Dutch footballer

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