What Day of the Week

August 24, 2019 is the 236^th day of the year 2019 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 129 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week is Saturday.

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

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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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• 1816

  The Treaty of St. Louis is signed in St. Louis, Missouri.
• 1821

  The Treaty of Córdoba is signed in Córdoba, now in Veracruz, Mexico, concluding the Mexican War of Independence from Spain.
• 1870

  The Wolseley Expedition reaches Manitoba to end the Red River Rebellion.
• 1891

  Thomas Edison patents the motion picture camera.
• 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.
• 1936

  The Australian Antarctic Territory is created.
• 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.
• 1981

  Mark David Chapman is sentenced to 20 years to life in prison for murdering John Lennon.
• 1991

  Ukraine declares itself independent from the Soviet Union.
• 2004

  Eighty-nine passengers die after two airliners explode after flying out of Domodedovo International Airport, near Moscow. The explosions are caused by suicide bombers (reportedly female) from the Russian Republic of Chechnya.

• 1198

  King Alexander II of Scotland (d. 1249)
• 1923

  Arthur Jensen, American psychologist
• 1947

  Joe Manchin, American politician, governor and junior senator of West Virginia
• 1947

  Roger De Vlaeminck, Belgian cyclist
• 1952

  Linton Kwesi Johnson, Jamaican dub poet
• 1960

  Takashi Miike, Japanese filmmaker
• 1968

  Shoichi Funaki, Japanese professional wrestler
• 1978

  Beth Riesgraf, American actress
• 1979

  Orlando Engelaar, Dutch footballer
• 1983

  Marcel Goc, German ice hockey player

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