What Day of the Week

August 8, 2020 is the 221^st day of the year 2020 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 145 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week is Saturday.

If you are trying to learn Japanese then this day of the week in Japanese is Doyōbi.

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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.
• 1576

  The cornerstone for Tycho Brahe’s Uraniborg observatory is laid on Hven.
• 1647

  The Irish Confederate Wars and Wars of the Three Kingdoms: Battle of Dungans Hill – English Parliamentary forces defeat Irish forces.
• 1709

  Bartolomeu de Gusmão demonstrates the lifting power of hot air in an audience before the King of Portugal in Lisbon
• 1863

  American Civil War: following his defeat in the Battle of Gettysburg, General Robert E. Lee sends a letter of resignation to Confederate President Jefferson Davis (which is refused upon receipt).
• 1908

  Wilbur Wright makes his first flight at a racecourse at Le Mans, France. It is the Wright Brothers’ first public flight.
• 1967

  The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) is founded by Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore and Thailand.
• 1988

  The “8888 Uprising” occurs in Burma.
• 1990

  Iraq occupies Kuwait and the state is annexed to Iraq. This would lead to the Gulf War shortly afterward.
• 1991

  The Warsaw radio mast, at one time the tallest construction ever built, collapses.

• 1908

  Arthur Goldberg, U.S. Supreme Court justice (d. 1990)
• 1932

  Mel Tillis, American singer
• 1946

  James W. Lewis, American convicted extortionist
• 1947

  Terangi Adam, Nauruan politician
• 1952

  Anton Fig, South African musician
• 1952

  Doug Melvin, Canadian Major League Baseball executive
• 1961

  Rikki Rockett, American drummer (Poison)
• 1965

  Aaron Abeyta, American musician
• 1967

  Lee Unkrich, American director and film editor
• 1973

  Toby Allen, Australian singer (Human Nature)

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