What Day of the Week

August 5, 2020 is the 218^th day of the year 2020 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 148 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week is Wednesday.

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

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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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• 910

  The last major Danish army to raid England is defeated at the Battle of Tettenhall by the allied forces of Mercia and Wessex, led by King Edward the Elder and Earl Aethelred of Mercia.
• 1716

  The Battle of Petrovaradin takes place.
• 1781

  The Battle of Dogger Bank takes place.
• 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.
• 1882

  The Standard Oil of New Jersey is established.
• 1940

  World War II: the Soviet Union formally annexes Latvia.
• 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.
• 1960

  Burkina Faso, then known as Upper Volta, becomes independent from France.
• 1971

  The first Pacific Islands Forum (then known as the “South Pacific Forum”) is held in Wellington, New Zealand, with the aim of enhancing cooperation between the independent countries of the Pacific Ocean.

• 1641

  John Hathorne, American magistrate (d. 1717)
• 1844

  Ilya Yefimovich Repin, Russian painter and sculptor (d. 1930)
• 1906

  John Huston, American director (d. 1987)
• 1935

  John Saxon, American actor
• 1946

  Bruce Coslet, American football player and coach
• 1946

  Erika Slezak, American actress
• 1966

  Jennifer Finch, American photographer and musician
• 1966

  Jonathan Silverman, American actor
• 1972

  Theodore Whitmore, Jamaican footballer
• 1973

  Sanwar Hossain, Bangladeshi cricketer

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