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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• 378

  Gothic War: Battle of Adrianople – A large Roman army led by Emperor Valens is defeated by the Visigoths in present-day Turkey. Valens is killed along with over half of his army.
• 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.
• 1902

  Edward VII and Alexandra of Denmark are crowned King and Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.
• 1930

  Betty Boop made her cartoon debut in Dizzy Dishes.
• 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.
• 1965

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

• 1603

  Johannes Cocceius, German-born Dutch theologian (d. 1669)
• 1631

  John Dryden, English Poet Laureate (d. 1700)
• 1669

  Tsarina Eudoxia Lopukhina of Russia (d. 1731)
• 1914

  Ferenc Fricsay, Hungarian conductor (d. 1963)
• 1939

  Romano Prodi, Italian politician and statesman
• 1945

  Posy Simmonds, English cartoonist
• 1951

  Steve Swisher, American baseball player
• 1971

  James Kim, American technology reporter (d. 2006)
• 1983

  Alicja Smietana, Polish violinist
• 1989

  Stefano Okaka, Italian footballer

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