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 French then this day of the week in French is jeudi.

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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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• 1793

  French counter-revolution: the port of Toulon revolts and admits the British fleet, which lands troops and seizes the port leading to Siege of Toulon.
• 1798

  Wolfe Tone’s United Irish and French forces clash with the British Army in the Battle of Castlebar, part of the Irish Rebellion of 1798, resulting in the creation of the French puppet Republic of Connaught.
• 1813

  French Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte defeats a larger force of Austrians, Russians, and Prussians at the Battle of Dresden.
• 1883

  The eruption of Krakatoa
• 1922

  The Turkish army takes the Aegean city of Afyonkarahisar from the Greeks.
• 1928

  The Kellogg-Briand Pact outlawing war is signed by the first 15 nations to do so. Ultimately sixty-one nations will sign it.
• 1962

  The Mariner 2 unmanned space mission is launched to Venus by NASA.
• 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.
• 2000

  540 m-tall Ostankino Tower in Moscow catches fire, three people are killed.
• 2003

  Mars makes its closest approach to Earth in nearly 60,000 years, passing 34646418 mi distant.

• 1874

  Carl Bosch, German chemist Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1940)
• 1914

  Heidi Kabel, German actress (d. 2010)
• 1916

  Martha Raye, American actress (d. 1994)
• 1937

  Alice Coltrane, American jazz musician (d. 2007)
• 1949

  Jeff Cook, vocals, guitar, keyboards, bass, fiddle, banjo and mandolin for Alabama
• 1958

  Normand Brathwaite, Canadian comedian and television and radio host
• 1961

  Yolanda Adams, American gospel singer
• 1970

  Peter Ebdon, English snooker player
• 1972

  The Great Khali, Indian professional wrestler
• 1975

  Mark Rudan, Australian footballer

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