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 Japanese then this day of the week in Japanese is Getsuyōbi.

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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.
• 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.
• 1716

  The Battle of Petrovaradin takes place.
• 1864

  American Civil War: the Battle of Mobile Bay begins – at Mobile Bay near Mobile, Alabama, Admiral David Farragut leads a Union flotilla through Confederate defenses and seals one of the last major Southern ports.
• 1884

  The cornerstone for the Statue of Liberty is laid on Bedloe’s Island (now Liberty Island) in New York Harbor.
• 1914

  In Cleveland, Ohio, the first electric traffic light is installed.
• 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.
• 1949

  The Mann Gulch fire kills 13 firefighters in Montana.
• 1974

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

• 1866

  Carl Harries, German chemist (d. 1923)
• 1918

  Betty Oliphant, Canadian ballerina (d. 2004)
• 1926

  Betsy Jolas, French composer
• 1968

  Funkmaster Flex, American hip hop DJ
• 1968

  Oleg Luzhny, Ukrainian footballer
• 1969

  Vasbert Drakes, Barbadian cricketer
• 1973

  Sanwar Hossain, Bangladeshi cricketer
• 1978

  Rita Faltoyano, Hungarian pornographic actress
• 1981

  David Clarke, British ice hockey player
• 1987

  Genelia D'Souza, Indian actress

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