What Day of the Week

August 5, 2019 was the 217^th day of the year 2019 in the Gregorian calendar. There were 148 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week was 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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• 642

  Battle of Maserfield – Penda of Mercia defeats and kills Oswald of Northumbria.
• 1071

  Byzantine–Norman wars: Italo-Normans begin a nearly-three-year siege of Bari.
• 1583

  Sir Humphrey Gilbert establishes the first English colony in North America, at what is now St John’s, Newfoundland.
• 1600

  The Gowrie Conspiracy against King James VI of Scotland (later to become King James I of England) takes place.
• 1824

  Greek War of Independence: Constantine Kanaris leads a Greek fleet to victory against Ottoman and Egyptian ships in the Battle of Samos.
• 1861

  American Civil War: in order to help pay for the war effort, the United States government levies the first income tax as part of the Revenue Act of 1861 (3% of all incomes over US $800; rescinded in 1872).
• 1861

  The United States Army abolishes flogging.
• 1914

  World War I: the German minelayer Königin Luise lays a minefield about 40 mi of the Thames Estuary (Lowestoft). She is intercepted and sunk by the British light-cruiser HMS Amphion.
• 1964

  Vietnam War: Operation Pierce Arrow – American aircraft from carriers USS Ticonderoga and USS Constellation bomb North Vietnam in retaliation for strikes against U.S. destroyers in the Gulf of Tonkin.
• 2010

  2010 Copiapó mining accident occurs, trapping 33 Chilean miners approximately 2,300 ft below the ground.

• 1906

  Wassily Leontief, Russian economist, Nobel laureate (d. 1999)
• 1918

  Betty Oliphant, Canadian ballerina (d. 2004)
• 1932

  Tera de Marez Oyens, Dutch composer (d. 1996)
• 1965

  Scott William Winters, American actor
• 1975

  Haim Goldenberg, Israeli/Canadian mentalist (GoldMind)
• 1977

  Eric Hinske, American baseball player
• 1979

  David Healy, Northern Irish footballer
• 1980

  Sophie Winkleman, English actress
• 1981

  Cory Williams, American internet celebrity
• 1982

  Tobias Regner, German singer

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