What Day of the Week

August 31, 2019 was the 243^rd day of the year 2019 in the Gregorian calendar. There were 122 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week was Saturday.

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

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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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• 1422

  King Henry V of England dies of dysentery while in France. His son, Henry VI becomes King of England at the age of 9 months.
• 1795

  War of the First Coalition: The British capture Trincomalee (present-day Sri Lanka) from the Dutch in order to keep it out of French hands.
• 1864

  During the American Civil War, Union forces led by General William T. Sherman launch an assault on Atlanta, Georgia.
• 1936

  Radio Prague, now the official international broadcasting station of the Czech Republic, goes on the air.
• 1940

  Pennsylvania Central Airlines Trip 19 crashes near Lovettsville, Virginia. The CAB investigation of the accident is the first investigation to be conducted under the Bureau of Air Commerce act of 1938.
• 1949

  The retreat of the Democratic Army of Greece in Albania after its defeat on Gramos mountain marks the end of the Greek Civil War.
• 1986

  Aeroméxico Flight 498 collides with a Piper PA-28 over Cerritos, California, killing 67 in the air and 15 on the ground.
• 1992

  Pascal Lissouba is inaugurated as the President of the Republic of the Congo.
• 1999

  The first of a series of bombings in Moscow kills one person and wounds 40 others.
• 2010

  The last episode of The Bill, the longest-running police procedural television series in the United Kingdom, is aired on ITV1.

• 1870

  Maria Montessori, Italian educator (d. 1952)
• 1902

  Géza Révész, Hungarian military officer and politician (d. 1977)
• 1909

  Ferenc Fejtő, Hungarian-born journalist and political scientist (d. 2008)
• 1935

  Frank Robinson, American baseball player and manager
• 1946

  Jerome Corsi, American writer
• 1958

  Julie Brown, American actress
• 1970

  Deborah Gibson, American singer
• 1975

  Daniel Harding, British conductor
• 1977

  Jeff Hardy, American wrestler
• 1984

  Matti Breschel, Danish road bicycle racer

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