What Day of the Week

August 6, 2021 is the 218^th day of the year 2021 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 147 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week is Friday.

If you are trying to learn French then this day of the week in French is vendredi.

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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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• 1777

  American Revolutionary War: The bloody Battle of Oriskany prevents American relief of the Siege of Fort Stanwix.
• 1806

  Francis II, the last Holy Roman Emperor, abdicates ending the Holy Roman Empire.
• 1825

  Bolivia gains independence from Spain.
• 1862

  American Civil War: the Confederate ironclad Ship CSS is scuttled on the Mississippi River after suffering damage in a battle with USS Essex near Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
• 1870

  Franco-Prussian War: the Battle of Wörth results in a decisive Prussian victory.
• 1890

  At Auburn Prison in New York, murderer William Kemmler becomes the first person to be executed by electric chair.
• 1926

  Gertrude Ederle becomes the first woman to swim across the English Channel.
• 1940

  Estonia was illegally annexed by the Soviet Union.
• 1988

  The Tompkins Square Park Police Riot in New York City spurs a reform of the NYPD, held responsible for the event.
• 2001

  Erwadi fire incident, 28 mentally ill persons tied to chain were burnt to death at a faith based institution at Erwadi, Tamil Nadu.

• 1715

  Luc de Clapiers, marquis de Vauvenargues, French writer (d. 1747)
• 1893

  Wright Patman, American politician (d. 1976)
• 1925

  Barbara Bates, American actress (d. 1969)
• 1929

  Roch La Salle, Canadian politician (d. 2007)
• 1955

  Rusty Magee, American composer (d. 2003)
• 1960

  Dale Ellis, American basketball player
• 1963

  Charles Ingram, British game show contestant
• 1977

  Luciano Zavagno, Argentine footballer
• 1978

  Brian Maillard, Swiss guitarist (Dominici)
• 1988

  Jared Murillo, American dancer

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