What Day of the Week

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

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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.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• 1965

  Singapore is expelled from Malaysia and becomes the first and only country to date to gain independence unwillingly.
• 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.

• 1726

  Francesco Cetti, Italian Jesuit scientist (d. 1778)
• 1939

  Brito, Brazilian footballer
• 1943

  Ken Norton, American boxer
• 1944

  Khaleda Zia, Bangladeshi politician and former Prime Minister.
• 1947

  Roy Hodgson, English football manager
• 1963

  Whitney Houston, American singer and actress
• 1966

  Vinny Del Negro, American basketball player and head coach
• 1970

  Thomas Lennon, American actor
• 1980

  Texas Battle, American actor
• 1991

  Candela Vetrano, Argentine actress

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