Monday August 26, 2024
A date scroll with Latin text from “The Extremes of Good and Evil” by Cicero, written in 45 BC.

August 26: Day of the Week

August 26, 2024 is the 239th day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 127 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week is Monday.

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

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Here’s the August calendar. You can also browse the full year monthly calendar.

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Zodiac & Birthstone

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.

August 26 Historical Event(s)

55
Roman forces under Julius Caesar invade Great Britain.
1466
A conspiracy against Piero di Cosimo de' Medici in Florence, led by Luca Pitti, is discovered.
1498
Michelangelo is commissioned to carve the Pietà.
1821
The University of Buenos Aires, Argentina, is oficially opened.
1940
Chad becomes the first French colony to join the Allies under the administration of Félix Éboué, France’s first black colonial governor.
1942
Holocaust in Chortkiav, western Ukraine: At 2.30 am the German Schutzpolizei starts driving Jews out of their houses, divides them into groups of 120, packs them in freight cars and deports 2000 to Belzec death camp. 500 of the sick and children are murdered on the spot.
1978
Papal conclave, 1978 (August): Pope John Paul I is elected to the Papacy.
1980
John Birges plants a bomb at Harvey’s Resort Hotel in Stateline, Nevada, US.
1999
Russia begins the Second Chechen War in response to the Invasion of Dagestan by the Islamic International Peacekeeping Brigade.
2011
The Boeing 787 Dreamliner, Boeing’s all-new composite airliner, receives certification from the EASA and the FAA

Who were born on August 26?

1792
Manuel Oribe, Uruguayan political figure (d. 1857)
1908
W. B. Henning, Prussian-born Iranist (d. 1967)
1938
Jet Black, British musician (The Stranglers)
1942
Vic Dana, American singer
1947
Emiliano Díez, Cuban actor
1956
Mark Mangino, American football coach
1963
David Byas, English cricketer
1968
Chris Boardman, British cyclist
1971
Thalía, Mexican singer
1974
Meredith Eaton, American actor

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