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 French then this day of the week in French is mercredi.

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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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• 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.
• 1782

  George Washington orders the creation of the Badge of Military Merit to honor soldiers wounded in battle. It is later renamed to the more poetic Purple Heart.
• 1879

  The opening of the Poor Man’s Palace in Manchester.
• 1930

  The last confirmed lynching of blacks in the Northern United States occurs in Marion, Indiana. Two men, Thomas Shipp and Abram Smith, are killed.
• 1938

  The Holocaust: The building of Mauthausen concentration camp begins.
• 1974

  Philippe Petit performs a high wire act between the twin towers of the World Trade Center 1368 ft in the air.
• 1978

  U.S. President Jimmy Carter declares a federal emergency at Love Canal due to toxic waste that had been negligently disposed of.
• 1979

  Several tornadoes struck the city of Woodstock, Ontario, Canada and the surrounding communities.
• 1999

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

• 1742

  Nathanael Greene, American Revolutionary general (d. 1786)
• 1925

  M. S. Swaminathan, Indian scientist
• 1932

  Abebe Bikila, Ethiopian athlete (d. 1973)
• 1948

  Marty Appel, American public relations executive and author
• 1963

  Harold Perrineau Jr., American actor
• 1977

  Charlotte Ronson, British fashion designer
• 1978

  Jamey Jasta, American singer (Hatebreed)
• 1978

  Vanness Wu, Taiwanese singer
• 1980

  Tácio, Brazilian footballer
• 1986

  Paul Biedermann, German swimmer

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