What Day of the Week

August 27, 2021 is the 239^th day of the year 2021 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 126 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week is Friday.

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

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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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• 1232

  The Formulary of Adjudications is promulgated by Regent Hōjō Yasutoki. (Traditional Japanese date: August 10, 1232)
• 1593

  Pierre Barrière fails in his attempt to assassinate King Henry IV of France.
• 1689

  The Treaty of Nerchinsk is signed by Russia and the Qing empire.
• 1776

  The Battle of Long Island: in what is now Brooklyn, New York, British forces under General William Howe defeat Americans under General George Washington.
• 1896

  Anglo-Zanzibar War: the shortest war in world history (09:00 to 09:45) between the United Kingdom and Zanzibar.
• 1922

  The Turkish army takes the Aegean city of Afyonkarahisar from the Greeks.
• 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.
• 1991

  Moldova declares independence from the USSR.
• 1993

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

• 1637

  Charles Calvert, 3rd Baron Baltimore, Governor of the Province of Maryland (d. 1715)
• 1730

  Johann Georg Hamann, German philosopher (d. 1788)
• 1875

  Katharine McCormick, American women’s rights activist (d. 1967)
• 1908

  Kurt Wegner, German artist (d. 1985)
• 1935

  Ernie Broglio, American baseball player
• 1939

  William Least Heat-Moon, American author
• 1962

  Thomas Duggan, American photographer
• 1973

  Burak Kut, Turkish pop singer
• 1986

  Nabil El Zhar, Moroccan footballer
• 1993

  Sarah Hecken, German figure skater

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