What Day of the Week

August 25, 2020 was the 238^th day of the year 2020 in the Gregorian calendar. There were 128 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week was Tuesday.

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

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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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• 1758

  Seven Years’ War: Frederick II of Prussia defeats the Russian army at the Battle of Zorndorf.
• 1898

  700 Greek civilians, 17 British guards and the British Consul of Crete are killed by a Turkish mob in Heraklion, Greece.
• 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.
• 1921

  The first skirmishes of the Battle of Blair Mountain occur.
• 1944

  World War II: Paris is liberated by the Allies.
• 1945

  Ten days after World War II ends with Japan announcing its surrender, armed supporters of the Communist Party of China kill Baptist missionary John Birch, regarded by some of the American right as the first victim of the Cold War.
• 1950

  President Harry Truman orders the US Army to seize control of the nation’s railroads to avert a strike.
• 1991

  Belarus gains its independence from the Soviet Union
• 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).

• 1620

  István Gyöngyösi, Hungarian poet (d. 1704)
• 1707

  King Louis I of Spain, (d. 1724)
• 1796

  James Lick, American land baron (d. 1876)
• 1916

  Frederick Chapman Robbins, American pediatrician and virologist; Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2003)
• 1916

  Van Johnson, American actor (d. 2008)
• 1918

  Richard Greene, English actor (d. 1985)
• 1928

  Herbert Kroemer, German-born physicist, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1948

  Nicholas A. Peppas, Greek chemical and biomedical engineer
• 1955

  Vijayakanth, Tamil actor and politician
• 1956

  Takeshi Okada, Japanese football manager

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