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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• 1537

  The Honourable Artillery Company, the oldest surviving regiment in the British Army, and the second most senior, is formed.
• 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.
• 1921

  The first skirmishes of the Battle of Blair Mountain occur.
• 1942

  World War II: Battle of Milne Bay, Papua New Guinea.
• 1950

  President Harry Truman orders the US Army to seize control of the nation’s railroads to avert a strike.
• 1980

  Zimbabwe joins the United Nations.
• 1991

  Belarus gains its independence from the Soviet Union
• 1991

  Linus Torvalds announces the first version of what will become Linux.
• 1991

  The Battle of Vukovar begins. An 87-day siege of a Croatian city by the Yugoslav People’s Army (JNA), supported by various Serbian paramilitary forces, between August–November 1991 during the Croatian War of Independence

• 1724

  George Stubbs, British painter (d. 1806)
• 1796

  James Lick, American land baron (d. 1876)
• 1913

  Walt Kelly, American cartoonist (d. 1973)
• 1944

  Conrad Black, newspaper magnate
• 1946

  Rollie Fingers, American baseball player
• 1956

  Henri Toivonen, Finnish rally driver (d. 1986)
• 1964

  Joanne Whalley, British actress
• 1966

  Derek Sherinian, American keyboardist
• 1977

  Diego Corrales, American boxer (d. 2007)
• 1981

  Rachel Bilson, American actress

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