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.

If you are trying to learn Japanese then this day of the week in Japanese is Kin'yōbi.

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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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• 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.
• 1173

  Construction of the campanile of the cathedral of Pisa (now known as the Leaning Tower of Pisa) begins; it will take two centuries to complete.
• 1814

  Indian Wars: the Creek sign the Treaty of Fort Jackson, giving up huge parts of Alabama and Georgia.
• 1877

  Indian Wars: Battle of Big Hole – A small band of Nez Percé Indians clash with the United States Army
• 1942

  Indian leader Mahatma Gandhi is arrested in Bombay by British forces, launching the Quit India Movement.
• 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.
• 1944

  The United States Forest Service and the Wartime Advertising Council release posters featuring Smokey Bear for the first time.
• 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.
• 1993

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

• 1544

  Bogislaw XIII, Duke of Pomerania (d. 1606)
• 1783

  Grand Duchess Alexandra Pavlovna of Russia (d. 1801)
• 1872

  Archduke Joseph August of Austria, Austrian field marshal (d. 1962)
• 1874

  Reynaldo Hahn, Venezuelan composer and conductor (d. 1947)
• 1909

  V. K. Gokak, Indian Kannada writer (d. 1992)
• 1927

  Daniel Keyes, American author
• 1941

  Way Bandy, American make-up artist (d. 1986)
• 1944

  Sam Elliott, American actor
• 1974

  Mahesh Babu, Indian film actor
• 1984

  Paul Gallagher, Scottish footballer

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