What Day of the Week

August 30, 2021 is the 242^nd day of the year 2021 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 123 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week is Monday.

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

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Here’s the August calendar. You can also browse the full year monthly calendar.

Virgo 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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• 1590

  Tokugawa Ieyasu enters Edo Castle. (Traditional Japanese date: August 1, 1590)
• 1813

  Creek War – Fort Mims massacre: Creek “Red Sticks” kill over 500 settlers (including over 250 armed militia) in Fort Mims, north of Mobile, Alabama.
• 1897

  The town of Ambiky is captured by France from Menabe in Madagascar.
• 1909

  Burgess Shale fossils are discovered by Charles Doolittle Walcott.
• 1922

  Battle of Dumlupinar: the final battle in the Greek-Turkish War (“Turkish War of Independence”).
• 1956

  The Lake Pontchartrain Causeway opens.
• 1967

  Thurgood Marshall is confirmed as the first African American Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States.
• 1974

  A Belgrade–Dortmund express train derails at the main train station in Zagreb killing 153 passengers.
• 1984

  STS-41-D: The Space Shuttle Discovery takes off on its maiden voyage.
• 1995

  NATO launches Operation Deliberate Force against Bosnian Serb forces.

• 1848

  Andrew Onderdonk, Canadian railway contractor (d. 1905)
• 1927

  Bill Daily, American actor
• 1937

  Bruce McLaren, New Zealand car racer and founder of McLaren racing team (d. 1970)
• 1949

  Christopher Collins, American actor and comedian (d. 1994)
• 1964

  Gavin Fisher, British engineer
• 1970

  Carlo Checchinato, Italian rugby player and manager
• 1972

  Pavel Nedvěd, Czech footballer
• 1978

  Swizz Beatz, American record producer and rapper
• 1979

  Tavia Yeung, Hong Kong actress
• 1983

  Simone Pepe, Italian footballer

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