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, 2024 is the 236th day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 130 days remaining until the end of 2024. The day of the week is Friday.
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
- 1514 –Battle of Chaldiran ended with a decisive victory for the Sultan Selim I, Ottoman Empire, over the Shah Ismail I, Safavids founder.
- 1813 –At the Battle of Grossbeeren, the Prussians under Von Bülow repulse the French army.
- 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.
- 1864 –The Union Navy captures Fort Morgan, Alabama, thus breaking Confederate dominance of all ports on the Gulf of Mexico.
- 1921 –British airship R-38 experiences structural failure over Hull in England and crashes in the Humber estuary. Of her 49 British and American training crew, only 4 survive.
- 1989 –1,645 Australian domestic airline pilots resign after the airlines threaten to fire them and sue them over a dispute.
- 1990 –West Germany and East Germany announce that they will unite on October 3.
- 1996 –Osama bin Laden issues message entitled 'A declaration of war against the Americans occupying the land of the two holy places.'
- 2007 –The skeletal remains of Alexei Nikolaevich, Tsarevich of Russia, and his sister Anastasia are found near Yekaterinburg, Russia.
- 2010 –Manila hostage crisis, in which 8 hostages were killed
Who were born on August 23?
- 1927 –Dick Bruna, Dutch illustrator
- 1951 –Jimi Jamison, American singer (Survivor)
- 1951 –Queen Noor of Jordan
- 1952 –Georgios Paraschos, Greek footballer
- 1952 –Vicky Leandros, Greek singer and politician
- 1961 –Dean DeLeo, American musician (Stone Temple Pilots)
- 1973 –Malaika Arora Khan, Indian actress and model
- 1977 –Douglas Sequeira, Costa Rican footballer
- 1980 –Denny Bautista, Dominican baseball player
- 1989 –Heiko Schwarz, German footballer
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