What Day of the Week

August 9, 2018 was the 221^st day of the year 2018 in the Gregorian calendar. There were 144 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week was Thursday.

If you are trying to learn French then this day of the week in French is jeudi.

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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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• 48 BC

  Caesar’s civil war: Battle of Pharsalus – Julius Caesar decisively defeats Pompey at Pharsalus and Pompey flees to Egypt.
• 681

  Bulgaria is founded as a Khanate on the south bank of the Danube after defeating the Byzantine armies of Emperor Constantine IV south of the Danube delta.
• 1329

  Quilon, the first Indian Christian Diocese, is erected by Pope John XXII; the French-born Jordanus is appointed the first Bishop.
• 1810

  Napoleon annexes Westphalia as part of the First French Empire.
• 1862

  American Civil War: Battle of Cedar Mountain – At Cedar Mountain, Virginia, Confederate General Stonewall Jackson narrowly defeats Union forces under General John Pope.
• 1877

  Indian Wars: Battle of Big Hole – A small band of Nez Percé Indians clash with the United States Army
• 1945

  World War II: Nagasaki is devastated when an atomic bomb, Fat Man, is dropped by the United States B-29 Bockscar. 39,000 people are killed outright.
• 1965

  A fire at a Titan missile base near Searcy, Arkansas kills 53 construction workers.
• 1971

  The Troubles: The British security forces in Northern Ireland launch Operation Demetrius. Hundreds of people are arrested and interned, thousands are displaced, and twenty are killed in the violence that followed.
• 1974

  As a direct result of the Watergate scandal, Richard Nixon becomes the first President of the United States to resign from office. His Vice President, Gerald Ford, becomes president.

• 1648

  Johann Michael Bach, German composer (d. 1694)
• 1669

  Tsarina Eudoxia Lopukhina of Russia (d. 1731)
• 1788

  Adoniram Judson, American Baptist missionary (d. 1850)
• 1909

  V. K. Gokak, Indian Kannada writer (d. 1992)
• 1911

  Eddie Futch, American boxing trainer (d. 2001)
• 1932

  John Gomery, Canadian jurist
• 1939

  Romano Prodi, Italian politician and statesman
• 1971

  James Kim, American technology reporter (d. 2006)
• 1974

  Stephen Fung, Hong Kong actor and director
• 1976

  Aled Jones, British Radio Producer

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