What Day of the Week

August 4, 2021 is the 216^th day of the year 2021 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 149 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week is Wednesday.

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

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Here’s the August calendar. You can also browse the full year monthly calendar.

Leo 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.

Holy Toledo! Did you know that coffee and word games are an excellent combination to sharpen your vocabulary? Let’s give it a quick spin. Within 30 seconds, how many words can you think of from these letters PIIJZNOI? Check your answers here: Word scramble PIIJZNOI. (Sponsored by WordFinder.Cafe)

• 367

  Gratian, son of Roman Emperor Valentinian I, is named co-Augustus by his father and associated to the throne aged eight.
• 1327

  First War of Scottish Independence: James Douglas leads a raid into Weardale and almost kills Edward III of England.
• 1796

  French Revolutionary Wars: Napoleon leads the French Army of Italy to victory in the Battle of Lonato.
• 1821

  Atkinson & Alexander publish the Saturday Evening Post for the first time as a weekly newspaper.
• 1902

  The Greenwich foot tunnel under the River Thames opens.
• 1916

  World War I: Liberia declares war on Germany.
• 1944

  The Holocaust: a tip from a Dutch informer leads the Gestapo to a sealed-off area in an Amsterdam warehouse where they find and arrest Jewish diarist Anne Frank, her family, and four others.
• 1974

  A bomb explodes in the Italicus Express train at San Benedetto Val di Sambro, Italy, killing 12 people and wounding 22.
• 1991

  The Greek cruise ship Ship MTS sinks off the Wild Coast of South Africa.
• 1993

  A federal judge sentences LAPD officers Stacey Koon and Laurence Powell to 30 months in prison for violating motorist Rodney King’s civil rights.

• 1792

  Percy Bysshe Shelley, English poet (d. 1822)
• 1821

  James Springer White, American theologian (d. 1881)
• 1906

  Marie-José of Belgium, consort of Umberto II of Italy (d. 2001)
• 1921

  Herb Ellis, American jazz guitarist (d. 2010)
• 1942

  Don S. Davis, American actor and painter (d. 2008)
• 1946

  Maureen Starkey, English ex-wife of Ringo Starr (d. 1994)
• 1956

  Gerry Cooney, American boxer
• 1973

  Marek Penksa, Slovak footballer
• 1977

  Frankie Kazarian, American professional wrestler
• 1992

  Dylan Sprouse, American actor

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