What Day of the Week

August 9, 2019 was the 221^st day of the year 2019 in the Gregorian calendar. There were 144 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week was Friday.

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

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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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• 1329

  Quilon, the first Indian Christian Diocese, is erected by Pope John XXII; the French-born Jordanus is appointed the first Bishop.
• 1877

  Indian Wars: Battle of Big Hole – A small band of Nez Percé Indians clash with the United States Army
• 1892

  Thomas Edison receives a patent for a two-way telegraph.
• 1930

  Betty Boop made her cartoon debut in Dizzy Dishes.
• 1942

  World War II: Battle of Savo Island – Allied naval forces protecting their amphibious forces during the initial stages of the Battle of Guadalcanal are surprised and defeated by an Imperial Japanese Navy cruiser force.
• 1965

  A fire at a Titan missile base near Searcy, Arkansas kills 53 construction workers.
• 1988

  Wayne Gretzky is traded from the Edmonton Oilers to the Los Angeles Kings in one of the most controversial player transactions in hockey history, upsetting many Canadians.
• 1993

  The Liberal Democratic Party of Japan loses a 38-year hold on national leadership.
• 1999

  Russian President Boris Yeltsin fires his Prime Minister, Sergei Stepashin, and for the fourth time fires his entire cabinet.
• 2006

  At least 21 suspected terrorists were arrested in the 2006 transatlantic aircraft plot that happened in the United Kingdom. The arrests were made in London, Birmingham, and High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, in an overnight operation.

• 1537

  Francesco Barozzi, Italian mathematician, astronomer and humanist (d. 1604)
• 1872

  Archduke Joseph August of Austria, Austrian field marshal (d. 1962)
• 1933

  Tetsuko Kuroyanagi, Japanese television personality and children’s author
• 1939

  Romano Prodi, Italian politician and statesman
• 1941

  Way Bandy, American make-up artist (d. 1986)
• 1942

  Tommie Agee, American baseball player (d. 2001)
• 1944

  Sam Elliott, American actor
• 1971

  Mack 10, American rapper
• 1974

  Stephen Fung, Hong Kong actor and director
• 1983

  Ashley Johnson, American actress

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