What Day of the Week

August 25, 2019 was the 237^th day of the year 2019 in the Gregorian calendar. There were 128 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week was Sunday.

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

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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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• 1248

  The Dutch city of Ommen receives city rights and fortification rights from Otto III, the Archbishop of Utrecht.
• 1580

  Battle of Alcântara. Spain defeats Portugal.
• 1914

  World War I: The library of the Catholic University of Leuven is deliberately destroyed by the German Army. Hundreds of thousands of irreplaceable volumes and Gothic and Renaissance manuscripts are lost.
• 1939

  The United Kingdom and Poland form a military alliance in which the UK promises to defend Poland in case of invasion by a foreign power.
• 1944

  World War II: Paris is liberated by the Allies.
• 1981

  Voyager 2 spacecraft makes its closest approach to Saturn
• 1989

  Mayumi Moriyama becomes Japan’s first female cabinet secretary.
• 1989

  Tadeusz Mazowiecki is chosen as the first non-communist Prime Minister in Central and Eastern Europe.
• 1997

  Egon Krenz, the former East German leader, is convicted of a shoot-to-kill policy at the Berlin Wall.
• 2003

  The Tli Cho land claims agreement is signed between the Dogrib First Nations and the Canadian federal government in Rae-Edzo (now called Behchoko).

• 1893

  Henry Trendley Dean, American dental researcher (d. 1962)
• 1898

  Helmut Hasse, German mathematician (d. 1975)
• 1928

  John “Kayo” Dottley, American football player
• 1931

  Regis Philbin, American television host
• 1963

  Shock G, American singer and rapper (Digital Underground)
• 1965

  Sanjeev Sharma, Indian cricketer
• 1969

  John Witt, author, sportswriter, actor and Ballhawk
• 1976

  Javed Qadeer, Pakistani cricketer
• 1980

  Neal Musser, American baseball player
• 1981

  Rachel Bilson, American actress

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