What Day of the Week

August 4, 2020 was the 217^th day of the year 2020 in the Gregorian calendar. There were 149 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week was Tuesday.

If you are trying to learn Spanish then this day of the week in Spanish is martes.

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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.

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• 1265

  Second Barons’ War: Battle of Evesham – the army of Prince Edward (the future king Edward I of England) defeats the forces of rebellious barons led by Simon de Montfort, 6th Earl of Leicester, killing de Montfort and many of his allies.
• 1791

  The Treaty of Sistova is signed, ending the Ottoman-Habsburg wars.
• 1863

  Matica slovenská, Slovakia’s public-law cultural and scientific institution focusing on topics around the Slovak nation, is established in Martin.
• 1892

  The father and stepmother of Lizzie Borden are found murdered in their Fall River, Massachusetts home.
• 1924

  Diplomatic relations between Mexico and the Soviet Union are established.
• 1965

  The Constitution of Cook Islands comes into force, giving the Cook Islands self-governing status within New Zealand.
• 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.
• 1995

  Operation Storm begins in Croatia.
• 2010

  California’s Proposition 8, the ballot initiative prohibiting same-sex marriage passed by the state’s voters in 2008, is overturned by Judge Vaughn Walker in the case Perry v. Schwarzenegger.

• 1721

  Granville Leveson-Gower, 1st Marquess of Stafford, English politician (d. 1803)
• 1908

  Kurt Eichhorn, German conductor (d. 1994)
• 1912

  Raoul Wallenberg, Swedish diplomat (d. 1947)
• 1919

  Michel Déon, French writer
• 1926

  George Irving Bell, American mountaineer (d. 2000)
• 1952

  Gábor Demszky, Hungarian politician
• 1956

  Gerry Cooney, American boxer
• 1964

  Gary King, British radio presenter
• 1975

  Nikos Liberopoulos, Greek footballer
• 1994

  Kevin Van Fleet, Notorious bird watcher and friend of Bob Saget

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