Are you asking the question “What day of the week was I born?” Continue reading to find out what day of the week you were born.
Day Of The Week: August 15
August 15, 2025 is the 227th day of the year 2025 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 138 days remaining until the end of 2025. The day of the week is Friday.
If you are into daily horoscope then Leo is your zodiac sign. Peridot is your modern birthstone. Diamond is your mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
Historical Events: August 15
- 1185 –The cave city of Vardzia is consecrated by Queen Tamar of Georgia.
- 1248 –The foundation stone of Cologne Cathedral, built to house the relics of the Three Wise Men, is laid. (Construction is eventually completed in 1880.)
- 1695 –French forces end the Bombardment of Brussels, leaving a third of the buildings in the city in ruins.
- 1920 –Battle of Warsaw so called Miracle at the Vistula.
- 1944 –World War II: Operation Dragoon – Allied forces land in southern France.
- 1960 –Republic of the Congo (Brazzaville) becomes independent from France.
- 1965 –The Beatles play to nearly 60,000 fans at Shea Stadium in New York City, in an event later seen as marking the birth of stadium rock.
- 1971 –President Richard Nixon completes the break from the gold standard by ending convertibility of the United States dollar into gold by foreign investors.
- 1984 –The PKK in Turkey starts a campaign of armed attacks upon the Turkish military
- 2005 –Israel’s unilateral disengagement plan to evict all Israelis from the Gaza Strip and from four settlements in the northern West Bank begins.
Who were born on August 15?
- 1171 –King Alfonso IX of Leon (d. 1230)
- 1575 –Bartol Kašić, Croatian writer and linguist (d. 1650)
- 1858 –E. Nesbit, English author (d. 1924)
- 1949 –Mark B. Rosenberg, American educator
- 1950 –Anne, Princess Royal of the United Kingdom
- 1950 –Tommy Aldridge, American musician
- 1951 –Ranjan Gunatilleke, Sri Lankan cricketer
- 1958 –Craig MacTavish, Canadian ice hockey player/coach
- 1969 –Cris Judd, American actor/choreographer
- 1981 –Oliver Perez, American baseball player
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