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
- 1040 –King Duncan I is killed in battle against his first cousin and rival Macbeth. The latter succeeds him as King of Scotland.
- 1540 –Arequipa, Peru, is founded.
- 1760 –Seven Years’ War: Battle of Liegnitz – Frederick the Great’s victory over the Austrians under Ernst von Laudon.
- 1920 –Battle of Warsaw so called Miracle at the Vistula.
- 1960 –Republic of the Congo (Brazzaville) becomes independent from France.
- 1961 –Conrad Schumann flees from East Germany while on duty guarding the construction of the Berlin Wall.
- 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.
- 1977 –The Big Ear, a radio telescope operated by Ohio State University as part of the SETI project, receives a radio signal from deep space; the event is named the “Wow! signal” from the notation made by a volunteer on the project.
- 1995 –In South Carolina, Shannon Faulkner becomes the first female cadet matriculated at The Citadel (she drops out less than a week later).
- 1999 –Beni Ounif massacre in Algeria; some 29 people are killed at a false roadblock near the Moroccan border, leading to temporary tensions with Morocco.
Who were born on August 15?
- 1863 –Alexei Krylov, Russian engineer and mathematician (d. 1945)
- 1924 –Robert Bolt, English playwright and screenwriter (d. 1995)
- 1934 –Nino Ferrer, French-Italian singer (d. 1998)
- 1944 –Linda Ellerbee, American journalist
- 1965 –Rob Thomas, American writer
- 1969 –Cris Judd, American actor/choreographer
- 1969 –Kevin Cheng, Hong Kong actor and singer
- 1975 –Bertrand Berry, American football player
- 1977 –Igor Cassina, Italian gymnast
- 1989 –Belinda, Mexican singer
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