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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• 357

  Battle of Strasbourg: Julian, Caesar (deputy emperor) and supreme commander of the Roman army in Gaul, wins an important victory against the Alemanni at Strasbourg (Argentoratum).
• 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.
• 1758

  Seven Years’ War: Frederick II of Prussia defeats the Russian army at the Battle of Zorndorf.
• 1768

  James Cook begins his first voyage.
• 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.
• 1916

  The United States National Park Service is created.
• 1920

  Polish-Soviet War: Battle of Warsaw, which began on August 13, ends. The Red Army is defeated.
• 1942

  World War II: Battle of Milne Bay, Papua New Guinea.
• 1989

  Voyager 2 spacecraft makes its closest approach to Neptune, the outermost planet in the Solar System.

• 1796

  James Lick, American land baron (d. 1876)
• 1868

  Nikolaos Levidis, Greek shooter (d. unknown)
• 1924

  Zsuzsa Körmöczy, Hungarian tennis player (d. 2006)
• 1930

  Sir Thomas Sean Connery, Scottish actor
• 1934

  Eddie Ilarde, Filipino disk jockey, television host, and Senator
• 1946

  Charles Ghigna (Father Goose), American poet and children’s author
• 1968

  Takeshi Ueda, Japanese singer and composer
• 1977

  Andy McDonald, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1983

  James Rossiter, British racing driver
• 1987

  Stacey Farber, Canadian actress

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