What Day of the Week

August 27, 2019 was the 239^th day of the year 2019 in the Gregorian calendar. There were 126 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week was Tuesday.

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

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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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• 410

  The sacking of Rome by the Visigoths ends after three days.
• 1172

  Henry the Young King and Margaret of France are crowned as junior king and queen of England.
• 1813

  French Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte defeats a larger force of Austrians, Russians, and Prussians at the Battle of Dresden.
• 1861

  Union forces attack Cape Hatteras, North Carolina.
• 1957

  The Constitution of Malaysia comes into force.
• 1979

  A Provisional Irish Republican Army bomb kills British World War II admiral Louis Mountbatten and three others while they are boating on holiday in Sligo, Republic of Ireland. Shortly after, 18 British Army soldiers are killed in an ambush near Warrenpoint, Northern Ireland (see Warrenpoint ambush).
• 1985

  The Nigerian government is peacefully overthrown by Army Chief of Staff Major General Ibrahim Babangida.
• 1993

  The Rainbow Bridge, connecting Tokyo’s Shibaura and the island of Odaiba, is completed.
• 2006

  Comair Flight 5191 crashes on takeoff from Blue Grass Airport in Lexington, Kentucky bound for Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport in Atlanta, Georgia. Of the passengers and crew, 49 of 50 are confirmed dead in the hours following the crash.
• 2009

  The Burmese military junta and ethnic armies begin three days of violent clashes in the Kokang Special Region.

• 1939

  Edward Patten, R&B singer with Gladys Knight & the Pips (d. 2005)
• 1958

  Tom Lanoye, Belgian author
• 1969

  Mark Ealham, England cricketer
• 1972

  Denise Lewis, English heptathlete
• 1973

  Burak Kut, Turkish pop singer
• 1973

  Johan Norberg, Swedish author
• 1974

  Michael Mason, New Zealand cricketer
• 1975

  Mark Rudan, Australian footballer
• 1979

  Aaron Paul, American actor
• 1987

  Darren McFadden, American football player

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