What Day of the Week

August 3, 2020 was the 216^th day of the year 2020 in the Gregorian calendar. There were 150 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week was 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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  Battle of Saucourt-en-Vimeu: Louis III of France defeats the Vikings, an event celebrated in the poem Ludwigslied.
• 1860

  The Second Maori War begins in New Zealand.
• 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.
• 1913

  A major labour dispute, known as the Wheatland Hop Riot, starts in Wheatland, California.
• 1940

  World War II: Italian forces begin the invasion of British Somaliland.
• 1948

  Whittaker Chambers accuses Alger Hiss of being a communist and a spy for the Soviet Union.
• 1949

  The National Basketball Association is founded in the United States.
• 1960

  Niger gains independence from France.
• 1972

  The United States Senate ratifies the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty.
• 2004

  The pedestal of the Statue of Liberty reopens after being closed since the September 11 attacks.

• 1911

  Alex McCrindle, Scottish actor (d. 1990)
• 1925

  Marv Levy, American football coach
• 1940

  James Tyler, American musicologist and author (d. 2010)
• 1940

  Martin Sheen, American actor
• 1941

  Beverly Lee, American singer (Shirelles)
• 1951

  Jay North, American actor
• 1970

  Masahiro Sakurai, Japanese video game developer
• 1976

  Troy Glaus, American baseball player
• 1980

  Brandan Schieppati, American singer (Bleeding Through)
• 1984

  Chris Maurer, American musician

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