What Day of the Week

August 3, 2021 is the 215^th day of the year 2021 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 150 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week is Tuesday.

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

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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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• 435

  Deposed Patriarch of Constantinople Nestorius, considered the originator of Nestorianism, is exiled by Roman Emperor Theodosius II to a monastery in Egypt.
• 881

  Battle of Saucourt-en-Vimeu: Louis III of France defeats the Vikings, an event celebrated in the poem Ludwigslied.
• 1492

  Christopher Columbus sets sail from Palos de la Frontera, Spain.
• 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.
• 1852

  Harvard wins the first Boat Race between Yale and Harvard. The race is also the first American intercollegiate athletic event
• 1936

  A fire wipes out Kursha-2 in the Meshchera Lowlands, Ryazan Oblast, Russia, killing 1,200 and leaving only 20 survivors.
• 1958

  The nuclear submarine USS Nautilus travels beneath the Arctic ice cap.
• 2001

  The Real IRA detonates a car bomb in Ealing, London, United Kingdom injuring seven people.
• 2004

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

• 1860

  William Kennedy Dickson, France-born Scottish inventor (d. 1935)
• 1901

  Stefan Wyszyński, Polish Catholic cardinal (d. 1981)
• 1902

  Regina Jonas, German rabbi (d. 1944)
• 1926

  Tony Bennett, American singer
• 1934

  Jonas Savimbi, Angolan political leader (d. 2002)
• 1940

  Martin Sheen, American actor
• 1959

  John C. McGinley, American actor
• 1960

  Gopal Sharma, Indian cricketer
• 1966

  Brent Butt, Canadian actor
• 1968

  Rod Beck, American baseball player (d. 2007)

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