What Day of the Week

August 7, 2019 was the 219^th day of the year 2019 in the Gregorian calendar. There were 146 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week was Wednesday.

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

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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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• 322 BC

  Battle of Crannon between Athens and Macedon.
• 461

  Roman Emperor Majorian is beheaded near the river Iria in north-west Italy following his arrest and deposition by the magister militum Ricimer .
• 626

  The Avar and Slav armies leave the siege of Constantinople.
• 1940

  World War II: Alsace Lorraine is annexed by the Third Reich.
• 1959

  Explorer program: Explorer 6 launches from the Atlantic Missile Range in Cape Canaveral, Florida.
• 1959

  The Lincoln Memorial design on the U.S. penny goes into circulation. It replaces the “sheaves of wheat” design, and was minted until 2008.
• 1966

  Race riots occur in Lansing, Michigan.
• 1967

  Vietnam War: the People’s Republic of China agrees to give North Vietnam an undisclosed amount of aid in the form of a grant.
• 1976

  Viking program: Viking 2 enters orbit around Mars.
• 1999

  The Chechnya-based Islamic International Brigade invades the neighbouring Russian Republic of Dagestan.

• 1751

  Wilhelmina of Prussia, Princess of Orange (d. 1820)
• 1862

  Victoria of Baden, Queen of Sweden (d. 1931)
• 1867

  Emil Nolde, German painter (d. 1956)
• 1877

  Ulrich Salchow, Swedish figure skater (d. 1949)
• 1904

  Ralph Bunche, American diplomat, Nobel Prize Laureate (d. 1971)
• 1947

  Franciscus Henri, Dutch-born Australian entertainer
• 1962

  Bruno Pelletier, Québécois singer
• 1973

  Zane Lowe, New Zealander DJ/ Radio and Television presenter
• 1975

  David Hicks, Australian alleged terrorist
• 1990

  Helen Flanagan, English actress

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