What Day of the Week

August 26, 2023 was the 238^th day of the year 2023 in the Gregorian calendar. There were 127 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week was Saturday.

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

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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.

• 1278

  Ladislaus IV of Hungary and Rudolph I of Germany defeat Premysl Ottokar II of Bohemia in the Battle of Marchfield near Dürnkrut in (then) Moravia.
• 1429

  Joan of Arc makes a triumphant entry into Paris.
• 1778

  The first recorded ascent of Triglav, the highest mountain in Slovenia.
• 1789

  The Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen is approved by the National Constituent Assembly of France.
• 1791

  John Fitch is granted a United States patent for the steamboat.
• 1810

  The former viceroy Santiago de Liniers is executed after the defeat of his counter-revolution.
• 1813

  War of the Sixth Coalition: An impromptu battle takes place when French and Prussian-Russian forces accidentally run into each other near Liegnitz, Prussia (now Legnica, Poland).
• 1957

  The USSR announces the successful test of an ICBM – a “super long distance intercontinental multistage ballistic rocket . . . a few days ago,” according to the Soviet news agency, ITAR-TASS.
• 1966

  The Namibian War of Independence starts with the battle at Omugulugwombashe.
• 1999

  Russia begins the Second Chechen War in response to the Invasion of Dagestan by the Islamic International Peacekeeping Brigade.

• 1880

  Guillaume Apollinaire, French poet and art critic (d. 1918)
• 1921

  Shimshon Amitsur, Israeli mathematician and Israel Prize recipient (d. 1994)
• 1925

  Sangharakshita, Indian religious figure
• 1945

  Jo Freeman, American feminist scholar
• 1956

  Brett Cullen, American actor
• 1966

  Shirley Manson, Scottish singer
• 1976

  Zemfira, Russian singer
• 1981

  Jesse Martin, Australian yachtsman
• 1983

  Félix Porteiro, Spanish racing driver
• 1985

  Brandon McDonald, American football player

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