What Day of the Week

August 25, 2019 is the 237^th day of the year 2019 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 128 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week is 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.
• 1609

  Galileo Galilei demonstrates his first telescope to Venetian lawmakers.
• 1916

  The United States National Park Service is created.
• 1933

  The Diexi earthquake strikes Mao County, Sichuan, China and kills 9,000 people.
• 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.
• 1980

  Zimbabwe joins the United Nations.
• 1989

  Mayumi Moriyama becomes Japan’s first female cabinet secretary.
• 1997

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

• 1724

  George Stubbs, British painter (d. 1806)
• 1767

  Louis Antoine de Saint-Just, French revolutionary and writer (d. 1794)
• 1917

  Lisbeth Movin, Danish actress
• 1917

  Mel Ferrer, Cuban-American actor, film director and film producer (d. 2008)
• 1930

  Bruce Allpress, New Zealand actor
• 1930

  Sir Thomas Sean Connery, Scottish actor
• 1958

  Tim Burton, American film director
• 1964

  Dan Parent, American comic book artist and writer
• 1970

  Jo Dee Messina, American country music singer
• 1981

  Jan-Berrie Burger, Namibian cricketer

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