What Day of the Week

August 25, 2022 is the 237^th day of the year 2022 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 128 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week is Thursday.

If you are trying to learn Spanish then this day of the week in Spanish is jueves.

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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.
• 1758

  Seven Years’ War: Frederick II of Prussia defeats the Russian army at the Battle of Zorndorf.
• 1835

  The New York Sun perpetrates the Great Moon Hoax.
• 1875

  Captain Matthew Webb became the first person to swim across the English Channel, traveling from Dover, England, to Calais, France, in 22 hours.
• 1898

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

  The first skirmishes of the Battle of Blair Mountain occur.
• 1933

  The Diexi earthquake strikes Mao County, Sichuan, China and kills 9,000 people.
• 1942

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

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

• 1898

  Arthur Wood, England cricketer (d. 1973)
• 1902

  Stefan Wolpe, German-born composer (d. 1972)
• 1916

  Van Johnson, American actor (d. 2008)
• 1928

  Herbert Kroemer, German-born physicist, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1928

  John “Kayo” Dottley, American football player
• 1930

  Graham Jarvis, Canadian actor (d. 2003)
• 1950

  Charles Fambrough, American jazz musician
• 1955

  Vijayakanth, Tamil actor and politician
• 1967

  Tom Hollander, English actor
• 1983

  James Rossiter, British racing driver

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