What Day of the Week

August 3, 2021 was the 215^th day of the year 2021 in the Gregorian calendar. There were 150 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week was 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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• 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.
• 1914

  World War I: Germany declares war against France.
• 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.
• 1975

  A privately chartered Boeing 707 crashes into the mountainside near Agadir, Morocco, killing 188.
• 1997

  Oued El-Had and Mezouara massacre in Algeria; a total of 116 villagers killed, 40 in Oued El-Had and 76 in Mezouara.
• 2001

  The Real IRA detonates a car bomb in Ealing, London, United Kingdom injuring seven people.
• 2005

  Mahmoud Ahmadinejad becomes President of Iran.

• 1867

  Stanley Baldwin, English politician (d. 1947)
• 1916

  Shakeel Badayuni, Indian poet and lyricist (d. 1970)
• 1923

  Shenouda III of Alexandria, Pope of Coptic Christianity
• 1949

  B. B. Dickerson, American bass player & song writer
• 1952

  Loles León, Spanish actress
• 1969

  Doug Overton, American basketball player
• 1970

  Manmohan Waris, Indian Punjabi singer
• 1973

  Nikos Dabizas, Greek footballer
• 1980

  Dominic Moore, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1984

  Chris Maurer, American musician

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