What Day of the Week

August 27, 2023 is the 239^th day of the year 2023 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 126 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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• 479 BC

  Greco-Persian Wars: Persian forces led by Mardonius are routed by Pausanias, the Spartan commander of the Greek army in the Battle of Plataea.
• 1810

  Napoleonic Wars: The French Navy defeats the British Royal Navy, preventing them from taking the harbour of Grand Port on Île de France.
• 1859

  Petroleum is discovered in Titusville, Pennsylvania leading to the world’s first commercially successful oil well.
• 1927

  Five Canadian women file a petition to the Supreme Court of Canada, asking, “Does the word ‘Persons’in Section 24 of the British North America Act, 1867, include female persons?”
• 1957

  The Constitution of Malaysia comes into force.
• 1962

  The Mariner 2 unmanned space mission is launched to Venus by NASA.
• 1969

  Israeli commando force penetrates deep into Egyptian territory to stage a mortar attack on regional Egyptian Army headquarters in the Nile Valley of Upper Egypt.
• 1975

  The Governor of Portuguese Timor abandons its capital, Dili, and flees to Atauro Island, leaving control to a rebel group.
• 1982

  Turkish military diplomat Colonel Atilla Altıkat is shot and killed in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada’s capital. Justice Commandos Against Armenian Genocide claim responsibility, saying they are avenging the massacre of 1.5 million Armenians in the 1915 Armenian Genocide.
• 2003

  The first six-party talks, involving South and North Korea, the United States, China, Japan and Russia, convene to find a peaceful resolution to the security concerns as a result of the North Korean nuclear weapons program.

• 1407

  Ashikaga Yoshikazu, Japanese shogun (d. 1425)
• 1943

  Bob Kerrey, former American Governor and Senator
• 1944

  G. W. Bailey, American actor
• 1958

  Sergei Krikalev, Russian cosmonaut
• 1964

  Robert Bogue, American actor
• 1966

  Juhan Parts, Prime Minister of Estonia
• 1969

  Mark Ealham, England cricketer
• 1970

  Jim Thome, American baseball player
• 1971

  Aygül Özkan, German politician
• 1972

  Jaap-Derk Buma, Dutch field hockey player

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