What Day of the Week

August 30, 2019 is the 242^nd day of the year 2019 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 123 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week is Friday.

If you are trying to learn Spanish then this day of the week in Spanish is viernes.

Hey! How’s your lovelife today? Get a free love reading with the most frank answers. Start to seize love opportunities in your life! Try it today and improve your lovelife. Did I mention it’s F-R-E-E? (Sponsored link; 18+ only)

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.

What no one tells you about the hidden secrets of your first name. Are there magical powers in your given name? Every name has a character and personality. Get smart with name meanings. Find out what your name means! (Sponsored link)

• 1363

  Beginning date of the Battle of Lake Poyang; the forces of two Chinese rebel leaders — Chen Youliang and Zhu Yuanzhang — are pitted against each other in what is one of the largest naval battles in history, during the last decade of the ailing, Mongol-led Yuan Dynasty.
• 1574

  Guru Ram Das becomes the Fourth Sikh Guru/Master.
• 1590

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

  Battle of Kulm: French forces are defeated by an Austrian-Prussian-Russian alliance.
• 1896

  Philippine Revolution: After Spanish victory in the Battle of San Juan del Monte, eight provinces in the Philippines are declared under martial law by the Spanish Governor-General Ramón Blanco y Erenas.
• 1897

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

  Burgess Shale fossils are discovered by Charles Doolittle Walcott.
• 1918

  Fanny Kaplan shoots and seriously injures Bolshevik leader Vladimir Lenin. This, along with the assassination of Bolshevik senior official Moisei Uritsky days earlier, prompts the decree for Red Terror.
• 1940

  The Second Vienna Award re-assigns the territory of Northern Transylvania from Romania to Hungary.
• 1945

  The Supreme Commander of the Allied Forces, General Douglas MacArthur lands at Atsugi Air Force Base.

• 1821

  Anita Garibaldi, Brazilian revolutionary and wife of Giuseppe Garibaldi (d. 1849)
• 1839

  Gulstan Ropert, French Catholic prelate (d. 1903)
• 1856

  Carle David Tolmé Runge, German physicist (d. 1927)
• 1890

  Samuel Frederick Henry Thompson, British fighter ace (d. 1918)
• 1946

  Queen Anne-Marie of Greece
• 1948

  Lewis Black, American comedian
• 1956

  Frank Conniff, American comedian (TV’s Frank)
• 1977

  Elden Henson, American actor
• 1980

  Derrick Ward, American football player
• 1981

  Adam Wainwright, American baseball player

Now try another date like anniversaries, birthdays of someone you know or any other date that is special to you. Don’t forget to share the info to your friends, loved ones or social media followers. Who knows, they might appreciate and thank you for it.