What Day of the Week

August 5, 2019 is the 217^th day of the year 2019 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 148 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week is Monday.

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

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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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• 1071

  Byzantine–Norman wars: Italo-Normans begin a nearly-three-year siege of Bari.
• 1100

  Henry I is crowned King of England in Westminster Abbey.
• 1305

  William Wallace, who led the Scottish resistance against England, is captured by the English near Glasgow and transported to London where he is put on trial and executed.
• 1388

  The Battle of Otterburn, a border skirmish between the Scottish and the English in Northern England, is fought near Otterburn.
• 1858

  Cyrus West Field and others complete the first transatlantic telegraph cable after several unsuccessful attempts. It will operate for less than a month.
• 1861

  The United States Army abolishes flogging.
• 1862

  American Civil War: Battle of Baton Rouge – along the Mississippi River near Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Confederate troops drive Union forces back into the city.
• 1914

  In Cleveland, Ohio, the first electric traffic light is installed.
• 1957

  American Bandstand, a show dedicated to the teenage “baby-boomers” by playing the songs and showing popular dances of the time, debuts on the ABC television network.
• 1974

  Vietnam War: the U.S. Congress places a $1 billion dollar limit on military aid to South Vietnam.

• 1397

  Guillaume Dufay, Franco-Flemish composer and theorist (d. 1474)
• 1811

  Ambroise Thomas, French opera composer (d. 1896)
• 1813

  Ivar Aasen, Norwegian poet and linguist (d. 1896)
• 1866

  Harry Trott, Australian cricketer (d. 1917)
• 1889

  Conrad Aiken, American writer (d. 1973)
• 1927

  Gunnar Bucht, Swedish composer and musicologist
• 1937

  Herb Brooks, American ice hockey coach (d. 2003)
• 1941

  Leonid Kizim, Soviet cosmonaut (d. 2010)
• 1970

  James Gunn, American filmmaker
• 1981

  Rachel Scott, American murder victim (d. 1999)

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