What Day of the Week

August 25, 2018 was the 237^th day of the year 2018 in the Gregorian calendar. There were 128 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week was Saturday.

If you are trying to learn Japanese then this day of the week in Japanese is Doyōbi.

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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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• 1580

  Battle of Alcântara. Spain defeats Portugal.
• 1758

  Seven Years’ War: Frederick II of Prussia defeats the Russian army at the Battle of Zorndorf.
• 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.
• 1933

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

  Zimbabwe joins the United Nations.
• 1981

  Voyager 2 spacecraft makes its closest approach to Saturn
• 1991

  Belarus gains its independence from the Soviet Union
• 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
• 1997

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

• 1796

  James Lick, American land baron (d. 1876)
• 1909

  Michael Rennie, English actor (d. 1971)
• 1921

  Bryce Mackasey, Canadian politician (d. 1999)
• 1942

  Nathan Deal, American politician, 82nd governor of Georgia
• 1946

  Charlie Sanders, American football player
• 1949

  Gene Simmons, Israeli-born musician (Kiss)
• 1949

  John Savage, American actor
• 1964

  Joanne Whalley, British actress
• 1969

  Cameron Mathison, Canadian actor
• 1974

  Eric Millegan, American actor

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