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 Japanese then this day of the week in Japanese is Kayōbi.

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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.
• 1907

  Count Alexander Izvolsky and Sir Arthur Nicolson sign the St. Petersburg Convention, which results in the Triple Entente alliance.
• 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.
• 1962

  Trinidad and Tobago becomes independent.
• 1963

  Sarawak, North Borneo and Singapore achieve technical independence pending accession to the Federation of Malaysia
• 1982

  Anti-government demonstrations are held in 66 Polish cities to commemorate the second anniversary of the Gdańsk Agreement.
• 1996

  Saddam Hussein’s troops seized Irbil after the Kurdish Masoud Barzani appealed for help to defeat his Kurdish rival PUK.
• 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.

• 12

  Gaius Caligula, Roman Emperor (d. 41)
• 1843

  Georg von Hertling, Chancellor of Germany (d. 1919)
• 1870

  Maria Montessori, Italian educator (d. 1952)
• 1871

  James E. Ferguson, American politician, 26th Governor of Texas (d. 1944)
• 1931

  Noble Willingham, American actor (d. 2004)
• 1948

  Harald Ertl, Austrian racing driver (d. 1982)
• 1948

  Lowell Ganz, American screenwriter
• 1956

  Masashi Tashiro, Japanese television performer
• 1970

  Zack Ward, Canadian actor
• 1979

  Mickie James, American professional wrestler

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