What Day of the Week

August 4, 2019 is the 216^th day of the year 2019 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 149 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week is Sunday.

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

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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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• 1327

  First War of Scottish Independence: James Douglas leads a raid into Weardale and almost kills Edward III of England.
• 1693

  Date traditionally ascribed to Dom Perignon’s invention of Champagne, although he actually did not have anything to do with sparkling wine.
• 1791

  The Treaty of Sistova is signed, ending the Ottoman-Habsburg wars.
• 1824

  The Battle of Kos is fought between Turk and Greek forces.
• 1906

  Central Railway Station, Sydney opens.
• 1914

  World War I: Germany invades Belgium. In response, the United Kingdom declares war on Germany. The United States declare their neutrality.
• 1924

  Diplomatic relations between Mexico and the Soviet Union are established.
• 1969

  Vietnam War: at the apartment of French intermediary Jean Sainteny in Paris, American representative Henry Kissinger and North Vietnamese representative Xuan Thuy begin secret peace negotiations. The negotiations will eventually fail.
• 1989

  Licence to Kill goes on general cinema release in the United Kingdom.
• 2006

  A massacre, is carried out by Sri Lankan government forces, killing 17 employees of the French INGO Action Against Hunger (known internationally as Action Contre la Faim, or ACF).

• 1719

  Johann Gottlob Lehmann, German mineralogist and geologist (d. 1767)
• 1870

  Sir Harry Lauder, Scottish entertainer (d. 1950)
• 1891

  Margit Makay, Hungarian actress (d. 1989)
• 1942

  David Lange, New Zealand politician (d. 2005)
• 1959

  Robbin Crosby, American guitarist (Ratt) (d. 2002)
• 1967

  Michael Marsh, American sprinter
• 1981

  Marques Houston, American singer (IMx) and actor
• 1985

  Kina Grannis, American musician
• 1985

  Luis Antonio Valencia, Ecuadorean footballer
• 1992

  Tiffany Evans, American singer

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