What Day of the Week

August 6, 2021 was the 218^th day of the year 2021 in the Gregorian calendar. There were 147 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week was 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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• 1538

  Bogotá, Colombia, is founded by Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada.
• 1845

  The Russian Geographical Society is founded in Saint Petersburg.
• 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.
• 1930

  Judge Joseph Force Crater steps into a taxi in New York and disappears never to be seen again.
• 1956

  After going bankrupt in 1955, the American broadcaster DuMont Television Network makes its final broadcast, a boxing match from St. Nicholas Arena in New York in the Boxing from St. Nicholas Arena series.
• 1960

  Cuban Revolution: Cuba nationalizes American and foreign-owned property in the nation.
• 1962

  Jamaica becomes independent from the United Kingdom.
• 1966

  Braniff Airlines Flight 250 crashes in Falls City, NE killing all 42 on board.
• 1997

  Korean Air Flight 801, a Boeing 747-300, crashes into the jungle on Guam on approach to airport, killing 228.

• 1768

  Jean-Baptiste Bessières, French marshal (d. 1813)
• 1900

  Cecil H. Green, American geophysicist (d. 2003)
• 1916

  Richard Hofstadter, American historian (d. 1970)
• 1925

  Barbara Bates, American actress (d. 1969)
• 1926

  Clem Labine, American baseball player (d. 2007)
• 1934

  Billy Boston, Welsh rugby league footballer
• 1964

  Gary Valenciano, Filipino singer
• 1983

  Robin van Persie, Dutch footballer
• 1984

  Vedad Ibisevic, Bosnian footballer
• 1985

  Garrett Weber-Gale, American swimmer

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