What Day of the Week

August 31, 2020 is the 244^th day of the year 2020 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 122 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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• 1314

  King Håkon V Magnusson moves the capital of Norway from Bergen to Oslo.
• 1864

  During the American Civil War, Union forces led by General William T. Sherman launch an assault on Atlanta, Georgia.
• 1895

  German Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin patents his Navigable Balloon.
• 1920

  Polish-Bolshevik War: a decisive Polish victory in the Battle of Komarów.
• 1920

  The first radio news program is broadcast by 8MK in Detroit, Michigan.
• 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.
• 1962

  Trinidad and Tobago becomes independent.
• 1982

  Anti-government demonstrations are held in 66 Polish cities to commemorate the second anniversary of the Gdańsk Agreement.
• 1994

  The Provisional Irish Republican Army declares a ceasefire.
• 1998

  North Korea reportedly launches Kwangmyŏngsŏng-1, its first satellite.

• 1908

  William Saroyan, American novelist (d. 1981)
• 1913

  Sir Bernard Lovell, English radio astronomer
• 1937

  Bobby Parker, American blues-rock guitarist
• 1948

  Holger Osieck, German footballer and coach
• 1955

  Anthony Thistlethwaite, musician, member of The Waterboys and The Saw Doctors
• 1957

  Gina Schock, American drummer (The Go-Go’s)
• 1957

  Glenn Tilbrook, English singer and guitarist (Squeeze)
• 1963

  Sonny Silooy, Dutch footballer
• 1970

  Amy Stein, American photographer
• 1976

  Vincent Delerm, French singer-songwriter, pianist and composer

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