What Day of the Week

August 31, 2022 is the 243^rd day of the year 2022 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 122 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week is Wednesday.

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

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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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• 1876

  Ottoman Sultan Murat V is deposed and succeeded by his brother Abd-ul-Hamid II.
• 1897

  Thomas Edison patents the Kinetoscope, the first movie projector.
• 1941

  World War II: Serbian paramilitary forces defeat Germans in the Battle of Loznica.
• 1945

  The Liberal Party of Australia is founded by Robert Menzies.
• 1963

  Sarawak, North Borneo and Singapore achieve technical independence pending accession to the Federation of Malaysia
• 1980

  After two weeks of nationwide strikes, the Polish government was forced to sign the Gdańsk Agreement, allowing for the creation of the trade union Solidarity.
• 1992

  Pascal Lissouba is inaugurated as the President of the Republic of the Congo.
• 1997

  Diana, Princess of Wales, her companion Dodi Al-Fayed and driver Henri Paul die in a car crash in Paris.
• 2005

  A stampede on Al-Aaimmah bridge in Baghdad kills 1,199 people.
• 2006

  Stolen on August 22, 2004, Edvard Munch’s famous painting The Scream is recovered in a raid by Norwegian police.

• 1822

  Galusha A. Grow, American politician (d. 1907)
• 1893

  Lily Laskine, French harpist (d. 1988)
• 1897

  Fredric March, American actor (d. 1975)
• 1900

  Gino Lucetti, Italian anarchist (d. 1943)
• 1907

  Augustus F. Hawkins, American politician (d. 2007)
• 1960

  Vali Ionescu, Romanian long jumper
• 1969

  Jonathan LaPaglia, Australian actor
• 1982

  Alexei Mikhnov, Ukrainian-born Russian ice hockey player
• 1982

  Lien Huyghebaert, Belgian sprinter
• 1986

  Feng Tianwei, Singaporean table tennis player

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