What Day of the Week

August 29, 2023 is the 241^st day of the year 2023 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 124 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week is Tuesday.

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

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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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• 1655

  Warsaw falls without resistance to a small force under the command of Charles X Gustav of Sweden during The Deluge.
• 1833

  The United Kingdom legislates the abolition of slavery in its empire.
• 1835

  The city of Melbourne, Australia is founded.
• 1842

  Treaty of Nanking signing ends the First Opium War.
• 1861

  American Civil War: US Navy squadron captures forts at Hatteras Inlet, North Carolina.
• 1885

  Gottlieb Daimler patents the world’s first internal combustion motorcycle, the Reitwagen
• 1903

  The Russian battleship Slava, the last of the five Sclass Borodinos, is launched.
• 1910

  The Japan–Korea Treaty of 1910, also known as the Japan–Korea Annexation Treaty, becomes effective, officially starting the period of Japanese rule in Korea.
• 1941

  Tallinn, the Capital of Estonia is occupied by Nazi Germany following an occupation by the Soviet Union.
• 1950

  Korean War: British troops arrive in Korea to bolster the US presence there.

• 1756

  Jan Śniadecki, Polish mathematician (d. 1830)
• 1876

  Charles F. Kettering, American inventor (d. 1958)
• 1904

  Werner Forssmann, German physician Nobel laureate (d. 1979)
• 1912

  Wolfgang Suschitzky, Austrian/Polish cinematographer
• 1920

  Charlie Parker, American musician (d. 1955)
• 1926

  María Dolores Pradera, Spanish melodic singer
• 1956

  Mark Morris, American choreographer
• 1977

  Jo Weil, German actor
• 1979

  Stijn Devolder, Belgian cyclist
• 1990

  Patrick van Aanholt, Dutch footballer

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