What Day of the Week

August 3, 2020 is the 216^th day of the year 2020 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 150 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week is Monday.

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

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Here’s the August calendar. You can also browse the full year monthly calendar.

Leo 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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• 1601

  Long War: Austria captures Transylvania in the Battle of Guruslău.
• 1678

  Robert LaSalle builds the Le Griffon, the first known ship built on the Great Lakes.
• 1811

  First ascent of Jungfrau, third highest summit in the Bernese Alps by brothers Johann Rudolf and Hieronymus Meyer.
• 1900

  The Firestone Tire & Rubber Company is founded.
• 1907

  Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis fines Standard Oil of Indiana a record $29.4 million for illegal rebating to freight carriers; the conviction and fine are later reversed on appeal.
• 1914

  World War I: Germany declares war against France.
• 1936

  A fire wipes out Kursha-2 in the Meshchera Lowlands, Ryazan Oblast, Russia, killing 1,200 and leaving only 20 survivors.
• 1936

  Jesse Owens wins the 100 meter dash, defeating Ralph Metcalfe, at the Berlin Olympics.
• 1975

  A privately chartered Boeing 707 crashes into the mountainside near Agadir, Morocco, killing 188.
• 2005

  Mahmoud Ahmadinejad becomes President of Iran.

• 1855

  Joe Hunter, English cricketer (d. 1891)
• 1860

  William Kennedy Dickson, France-born Scottish inventor (d. 1935)
• 1921

  Hayden Carruth, American poet and literary critic (d. 2008)
• 1926

  Tony Bennett, American singer
• 1941

  Martha Stewart, American media personality
• 1950

  Jo Marie Payton, American actress
• 1977

  Óscar Pereiro, Spanish cyclist
• 1980

  Dominic Moore, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1984

  Sunil Chetri, Indian footballer
• 1984

  Yasin Avci, Danish footballer

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