What Day of the Week

August 31, 2021 is the 243^rd day of the year 2021 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 122 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week is Tuesday.

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

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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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• 1218

  Al-Kamil becomes Sultan of Egypt, Syria and northern Mesopotamia on the death of his father Al-Adil.
• 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.
• 1895

  German Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin patents his Navigable Balloon.
• 1907

  Count Alexander Izvolsky and Sir Arthur Nicolson sign the St. Petersburg Convention, which results in the Triple Entente alliance.
• 1943

  The USS Harmon, the first U.S. Navy ship to be named after a black person, is commissioned.
• 1965

  The Aero Spacelines Super Guppy aircraft makes its first flight.
• 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.
• 1987

  Thai Airways Flight 365 crashes into the ocean near Ko Phuket, Thailand, killing all 83 aboard.
• 1992

  Pascal Lissouba is inaugurated as the President of the Republic of the Congo.
• 1994

  The Provisional Irish Republican Army declares a ceasefire.

• 1721

  George Hervey, 2nd Earl of Bristol, British statesman (d. 1775)
• 1900

  Gino Lucetti, Italian anarchist (d. 1943)
• 1920

  Gustavo Adolfo Palma, Guatemalan singer (d. 2010)
• 1944

  Roger Dean, English artist
• 1947

  Luca di Montezemolo, Italian businessman
• 1948

  Holger Osieck, German footballer and coach
• 1949

  Richard Gere, American actor
• 1963

  Sonny Silooy, Dutch footballer
• 1965

  Céline Bonnier, French-Canadian actress
• 1982

  Lien Huyghebaert, Belgian sprinter

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