What Day of the Week

August 8, 2021 is the 220^th day of the year 2021 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 145 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week is Sunday.

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

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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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• 1220

  Sweden is defeated by Estonian tribes in the Battle of Lihula.
• 1647

  The Irish Confederate Wars and Wars of the Three Kingdoms: Battle of Dungans Hill – English Parliamentary forces defeat Irish forces.
• 1793

  The insurrection of Lyon occurs during the French Revolution.
• 1844

  The Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, headed by Brigham Young, is reaffirmed as the leading body of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church).
• 1908

  Wilbur Wright makes his first flight at a racecourse at Le Mans, France. It is the Wright Brothers’ first public flight.
• 1929

  The German airship Graf Zeppelin begins a round-the-world flight.
• 1946

  First flight of the Convair B-36, the world’s first mass-produce nuclear weapon delivery vehicle.
• 1963

  Great Train Robbery: in England, a gang of 15 train robbers steal 2.6 million pounds in bank notes.
• 1973

  Kim Dae-Jung, a South Korean politician and later president of South Korea, is kidnapped.
• 2000

  Confederate submarine H.L. Hunley is raised to the surface after 136 years on the ocean floor and 30 years after its discovery by undersea explorer E. Lee Spence and 5 years after being filmed by a dive team funded by novelist Clive Cussler.

• 1892

  Rafael Moreno Aranzadi, Spanish footballer (d. 1922)
• 1905

  André Jolivet, French composer (d. 1974)
• 1928

  Don Burrows, Australian musician
• 1940

  Dennis Tito, American businessman and space tourist
• 1951

  Randy Shilts, American journalist and author (d. 1994)
• 1964

  Eddie Trunk, American radio show host and author
• 1967

  Marcelo Balboa, American soccer player
• 1972

  Steven Tweed, Scottish footballer
• 1974

  Brian Harvey, English singer
• 1981

  Roger Federer, Swiss tennis player

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