What Day of the Week

August 4, 2022 is the 216^th day of the year 2022 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 149 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week is Thursday.

If you are trying to learn Japanese then this day of the week in Japanese is Mokuyōbi.

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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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• 70

  The destruction of the Second Temple in Jerusalem by the Romans.
• 1578

  Battle of Al Kasr al Kebir – the Moroccans defeat the Portuguese. King Sebastian of Portugal is killed in the battle, leaving his elderly uncle, Cardinal Henry, as his heir. This initiates a succession crisis in Portugal.
• 1704

  War of the Spanish Succession: Gibraltar is captured by an English and Dutch fleet, commanded by Admiral Sir George Rooke and allied with Archduke Charles.
• 1790

  A newly passed tariff act creates the Revenue Cutter Service (the forerunner of the United States Coast Guard).
• 1824

  The Battle of Kos is fought between Turk and Greek forces.
• 1914

  World War I: Germany invades Belgium. In response, the United Kingdom declares war on Germany. The United States declare their neutrality.
• 1916

  World War I: Liberia declares war on Germany.
• 1977

  US President Jimmy Carter signs legislation creating the United States Department of Energy.
• 2005

  Prime Minister Paul Martin announces that Michaëlle Jean will be Canada’s 27th Governor General.
• 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.

• 1290

  Duke Leopold I of Austria (d. 1326)
• 1805

  William Rowan Hamilton, Irish mathematician (d. 1865)
• 1821

  James Springer White, American theologian (d. 1881)
• 1899

  Ezra Taft Benson, American religious figure (d. 1994)
• 1921

  Maurice Richard, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 2000)
• 1957

  Brooks D. Simpson, American historian
• 1967

  Michael Marsh, American sprinter
• 1975

  Andy Hallett, American actor (d. 2009)
• 1984

  Mardy Collins, American basketball player
• 1985

  Crystal Bowersox, American singer

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