What Day of the Week

August 29, 2020 is the 242^nd day of the year 2020 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 124 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week is Saturday.

If you are trying to learn French then this day of the week in French is samedi.

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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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• 708

  Copper coins are minted in Japan for the first time (Traditional Japanese date: August 10, 708).
• 1786

  Shays’ Rebellion, an armed uprising of Massachusetts farmers, begins in response to high debt and tax burdens.
• 1885

  Gottlieb Daimler patents the world’s first internal combustion motorcycle, the Reitwagen
• 1898

  The Goodyear tire company is founded.
• 1911

  Ishi, considered the last Native American to make contact with European Americans, emerges from the wilderness of northeastern California.
• 1918

  Bapaume taken by the New Zealand Division in the Hundred Days Offensive.
• 1958

  United States Air Force Academy opens in Colorado Springs, Colorado.
• 1966

  The Beatles perform their last concert before paying fans at Candlestick Park in San Francisco.
• 1996

  Vnukovo Airlines Flight 2801, a Vnukovo Airlines Tupolev Tu-154, crashes into a mountain on the Arctic island of Spitsbergen, killing all 141 aboard.
• 2003

  Ayatollah Sayed Mohammed Baqir al-Hakim, the Shia Muslim leader in Iraq, is assassinated in a terrorist bombing, along with nearly 100 worshippers as they leave a mosque in Najaf.

• 1780

  Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres, French painter (d. 1867)
• 1920

  Charlie Parker, American musician (d. 1955)
• 1922

  Mr. Blackwell, American fashion critic (d. 2008)
• 1923

  Hiralal Gaekwad, Indian cricketer (d. 2003)
• 1935

  William Friedkin, American film director
• 1945

  Wyomia Tyus, American athlete
• 1947

  Temple Grandin, American animal welfare and autism expert
• 1975

  Juan Diego Botto, Argentine-Spanish actor
• 1975

  Kyle Cook, guitarist, Matchbox 20
• 1993

  Liam Payne, Member of British/Irish boy band One Direction

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