What Day of the Week

August 9, 2020 is the 222^nd day of the year 2020 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 144 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week is Sunday.

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

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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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• 1483

  Opening of the Sistine Chapel in Rome with the celebration of a Mass.
• 1814

  Indian Wars: the Creek sign the Treaty of Fort Jackson, giving up huge parts of Alabama and Georgia.
• 1842

  The Webster-Ashburton Treaty is signed, establishing the United States-Canada border east of the Rocky Mountains.
• 1854

  Henry David Thoreau published Walden.
• 1862

  American Civil War: Battle of Cedar Mountain – At Cedar Mountain, Virginia, Confederate General Stonewall Jackson narrowly defeats Union forces under General John Pope.
• 1902

  Edward VII and Alexandra of Denmark are crowned King and Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.
• 1936

  Summer Olympic Games: Games of the XI Olympiad – Jesse Owens wins his fourth gold medal at the games becoming the first American to win four medals in one Olympiad.
• 1944

  The United States Forest Service and the Wartime Advertising Council release posters featuring Smokey Bear for the first time.
• 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.
• 1969

  Members of a cult led by Charles Manson brutally murder pregnant actress Sharon Tate (wife of Roman Polanski), coffee heiress Abigail Folger, Polish actor Wojciech Frykowski, men’s hairstylist Jay Sebring and recent high-school graduate Steven Parent.

• 1669

  Tsarina Eudoxia Lopukhina of Russia (d. 1731)
• 1845

  André Bessette, Canadian religious figure (d. 1937)
• 1914

  Ferenc Fricsay, Hungarian conductor (d. 1963)
• 1920

  Francis Lynch, American state legislator (d. 1993)
• 1939

  Romano Prodi, Italian politician and statesman
• 1948

  Bill Campbell, American baseball player
• 1954

  Ray Jennings, South African cricketer and coach
• 1970

  Chris Cuomo, American TV journalist
• 1980

  Texas Battle, American actor
• 1983

  Ashley Johnson, American actress

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