What Day of the Week

August 6, 2019 is the 218^th day of the year 2019 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 147 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week is Tuesday.

If you are trying to learn Spanish then this day of the week in Spanish is martes.

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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.
• 1890

  At Auburn Prison in New York, murderer William Kemmler becomes the first person to be executed by electric chair.
• 1915

  World War I: Battle of Sari Bair – the Allies mount a diversionary attack timed to coincide with a major Allied landing of reinforcements at Suvla Bay.
• 1926

  In New York City, the Warner Brothers’ Vitaphone system premieres with the movie Don Juan starring John Barrymore.
• 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.
• 1996

  NASA announces that the ALH 84001 meteorite, thought to originate from Mars, contains evidence of primitive life-forms.
• 2008

  A military junta led by Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz stages a coup d'état in Mauritania, overthrowing president Sidi Ould Cheikh Abdallahi.

• 1844

  James Henry Greathead, British engineer (d. 1896)
• 1880

  Hans Moser, Austrian actor (d. 1964)
• 1926

  Frank Finlay, British actor
• 1934

  Chris Bonington, British mountaineer
• 1949

  Alan Campbell, Northern Irish clergyman
• 1959

  Rajendra Singh Indian water conservationist, Magsaysay Award (2001)
• 1960

  Dale Ellis, American basketball player
• 1972

  Geri Halliwell, British singer (Spice Girls)
• 1974

  Alvin Williams, American basketball player
• 1978

  Marisa Miller, American model

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