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 23
August 23, 2025 is the 235th day of the year 2025 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 130 days remaining until the end of 2025. The day of the week is Saturday.
If you are into daily horoscope then Virgo 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 23
- 79 –Mount Vesuvius begins stirring, on the feast day of Vulcan, the Roman god of fire.
- 1328 –Battle of Cassel: French troops stop an uprising of Flemish farmers.
- 1839 –The United Kingdom captures Hong Kong as a base as it prepares for war with Qing China. The ensuing 3-year conflict will later be known as the First Opium War.
- 1914 –World War I: Japan declares war on Germany and bombs Qingdao, China.
- 1929 –Hebron Massacre during the 1929 Palestine riots: Arab attack on the Jewish community in Hebron in the British Mandate of Palestine, continuing until the next day, resulted in the death of 65-68 Jews and the remaining Jews being forced to leave the city.
- 1943 –World War II: Kharkov liberated as a result of the Battle of Kursk.
- 1948 –World Council of Churches is formed.
- 1970 –Organized by Mexican American union leader César Chávez, the Salad Bowl strike, the largest farm worker strike in U.S. history, begins.
- 1982 –Bachir Gemayel is elected Lebanese President amidst the raging civil war.
- 1994 –Eugene Bullard, The only black pilot in World War I, is posthumously commissioned as Second Lieutenant in the United States Air Force.
Who were born on August 23?
- 1900 –Louise Nevelson, American sculptor (d. 1988)
- 1924 –Robert Solow, American economist, Nobel laureate
- 1953 –Ernst Savkovic, German footballer
- 1956 –Skipp Sudduth, American actor
- 1963 –Hans-Henning Fastrich, German field hockey player
- 1969 –Jeremy Schaap, American sportswriter
- 1970 –Jay Mohr, American actor and comedian
- 1982 –Scott Palguta, American soccer player
- 1983 –Tony Moll, American football player
- 1989 –Heiko Schwarz, German footballer
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