What Day of the Week

August 9, 2020 was the 222^nd day of the year 2020 in the Gregorian calendar. There were 144 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week was 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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• 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.
• 1892

  Thomas Edison receives a patent for a two-way telegraph.
• 1902

  Edward VII and Alexandra of Denmark are crowned King and Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.
• 1925

  A train robbery takes place in Kakori, near Lucknow, India
• 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.
• 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.
• 1993

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

• 1201

  Arnold Fitz Thedmar, English chronicler (d. 1274)
• 1754

  Pierre Charles L'Enfant, French architect, planner of Washington, D.C. (d. 1825)
• 1909

  Adam von Trott zu Solz, German diplomat (d. 1944)
• 1928

  Dolores Wilson, American opera singer (d. 2010)
• 1936

  Julián Javier, American baseball player
• 1939

  Romano Prodi, Italian politician and statesman
• 1966

  Vinny Del Negro, American basketball player and head coach
• 1974

  Derek Fisher, American basketball player
• 1974

  Nicola Stapleton, English actress
• 1981

  Li Jiawei, Singaporean table tennis player

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