What Day of the Week

August 3, 2019 was the 215^th day of the year 2019 in the Gregorian calendar. There were 150 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week was 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.

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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• 1527

  The first known letter from North America is sent by John Rut while at St. John’s, Newfoundland.
• 1678

  Robert LaSalle builds the Le Griffon, the first known ship built on the Great Lakes.
• 1900

  The Firestone Tire & Rubber Company is founded.
• 1921

  Major League Baseball Commissioner Kenesaw Mountain Landis confirms the ban of the eight Chicago Black Sox, the day after they were acquitted by a Chicago court.
• 1936

  Jesse Owens wins the 100 meter dash, defeating Ralph Metcalfe, at the Berlin Olympics.
• 1940

  World War II: Italian forces begin the invasion of British Somaliland.
• 1946

  Santa Claus Land, the world’s first themed amusement park, opens in Santa Claus, Indiana, US.
• 1949

  The National Basketball Association is founded in the United States.
• 1959

  Portugal’s state police force PIDE fires upon striking workers in Bissau, Portuguese Guinea, killing over 50 people.
• 1972

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

• 1850

  Reginald Heber Roe, Australian academic and educator (d. 1926)
• 1901

  Stefan Wyszyński, Polish Catholic cardinal (d. 1981)
• 1905

  Dolores del Río, Mexican actress (d. 1983)
• 1918

  Sidney Gottlieb, American CIA official (d. 1999)
• 1937

  Duncan Sharpe, Pakistani cricketer
• 1950

  Jo Marie Payton, American actress
• 1970

  Stephen Carpenter, American guitarist (Deftones)
• 1977

  Óscar Pereiro, Spanish cyclist
• 1979

  Evangeline Lilly, Canadian model and actress
• 1985

  Holly Blake-Arnstein, American singer and dancer

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