What Day of the Week

August 27, 2020 is the 240^th day of the year 2020 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 126 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week is Thursday.

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

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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.
• 1593

  Pierre Barrière fails in his attempt to assassinate King Henry IV of France.
• 1859

  Petroleum is discovered in Titusville, Pennsylvania leading to the world’s first commercially successful oil well.
• 1861

  Union forces attack Cape Hatteras, North Carolina.
• 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?”
• 1943

  Japanese forces evacuate New Georgia Island in the Pacific Theater of Operations during World War II.
• 1962

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

• 1865

  James Henry Breasted, American Egyptologist (d. 1935)
• 1908

  Kurt Wegner, German artist (d. 1985)
• 1943

  Tuesday Weld, American actress
• 1949

  Jeff Cook, vocals, guitar, keyboards, bass, fiddle, banjo and mandolin for Alabama
• 1969

  Cesar Millan, Mexican dog trainer
• 1971

  Julian Cheung, Hong Kong actor and singer
• 1973

  Danny Coyne, Welsh footballer
• 1976

  Carlos Moyà, Spanish tennis player
• 1979

  Sarah Neufeld, Canadian musician (Arcade Fire)
• 1992

  Kim Petras, German singer

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