What Day of the Week

August 29, 2019 is the 241^st day of the year 2019 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 124 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week is Thursday.

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

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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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• 1521

  The Ottoman Turks capture Nándorfehérvár, now known as Belgrade.
• 1541

  The Ottoman Turks capture Buda, the capital of the Hungarian Kingdom.
• 1786

  Shays’ Rebellion, an armed uprising of Massachusetts farmers, begins in response to high debt and tax burdens.
• 1842

  Treaty of Nanking signing ends the First Opium War.
• 1898

  The Goodyear tire company is founded.
• 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.
• 1950

  Korean War: British troops arrive in Korea to bolster the US presence there.
• 1966

  The Beatles perform their last concert before paying fans at Candlestick Park in San Francisco.
• 1970

  Chicano Moratorium against the Vietnam War, East Los Angeles, California. Police riot kills three people, including journalist Ruben Salazar.
• 1991

  Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union suspends all activities of the Soviet Communist Party.

• 1632

  John Locke, English philosopher (d. 1704)
• 1843

  David B. Hill, Governor of New York (d. 1910)
• 1862

  Maurice Maeterlinck, Belgian poet Nobel laureate (d. 1949)
• 1904

  Werner Forssmann, German physician Nobel laureate (d. 1979)
• 1915

  Nathan Pritikin, American nutritionist (d. 1985)
• 1950

  Doug DeCinces, American baseball player
• 1953

  James Quesada, Nicaraguan/American anthropologist
• 1959

  Timothy Perry Shriver, member of the Kennedy Family
• 1978

  Celestine Babayaro, Nigerian footballer
• 1987

  Tony Kane, Irish footballer

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