What Day of the Week

August 3, 2022 is the 215^th day of the year 2022 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 150 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week is Wednesday.

If you are trying to learn French then this day of the week in French is mercredi.

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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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• 8

  Roman Empire general Tiberius defeats Dalmatae on the river Bathinus.
• 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.
• 1811

  First ascent of Jungfrau, third highest summit in the Bernese Alps by brothers Johann Rudolf and Hieronymus Meyer.
• 1903

  Macedonian rebels in Kruševo proclaim the Kruševo Republic, which exists only for 10 days before Ottoman Turks lay waste to the town.
• 1929

  Jiddu Krishnamurti, tapped to be the messianic “World Teacher”, shocks the Theosophy movement by dissolving the Order of the Star, the organisation built to support him.
• 1948

  Whittaker Chambers accuses Alger Hiss of being a communist and a spy for the Soviet Union.
• 1972

  The United States Senate ratifies the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty.
• 1977

  The United States Senate begins its hearing on Project MKULTRA.
• 2001

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

• 1808

  Hamilton Fish, American politician (d. 1893)
• 1856

  Alfred Deakin, 2nd Prime Minister of Australia (d. 1919)
• 1904

  Clifford D. Simak, American writer (d. 1988)
• 1918

  Larry Haines, American actor (d. 2008)
• 1923

  Jean Hagen, American film and TV actress (d. 1977)
• 1940

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

  Martin Sheen, American actor
• 1949

  Philip Casnoff, American actor
• 1959

  Martin Atkins, English drummer (Public Image Ltd., Ministry, Killing Joke)
• 1978

  Joi Chua, Singaporean singer

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