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 24
August 24, 2025 is the 236th day of the year 2025 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 129 days remaining until the end of 2025. The day of the week is Sunday.
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 24
- 410 –The Visigoths under king Alaric I begin to pillage Rome.
- 1814 –British troops invade Washington, D.C. and burn down the White House and several other buildings.
- 1821 –The Treaty of Córdoba is signed in Córdoba, now in Veracruz, Mexico, concluding the Mexican War of Independence from Spain.
- 1857 –The Panic of 1857 begins, setting off one of the most severe economic crises in United States history.
- 1891 –Thomas Edison patents the motion picture camera.
- 1929 –Second day of two-day Hebron massacre during the 1929 Palestine riots: Arab attacks on the Jewish community in Hebron in the British Mandate of Palestine, result in the death of 65-68 Jews and the remaining Jews being forced to leave the city.
- 1941 –Adolf Hitler orders the cessation of Nazi Germany’s systematic T4 euthanasia program of the mentally ill and the handicapped due to protests, although killings continue for the remainder of the war.
- 1942 –World War II: The Battle of the Eastern Solomons. Japanese aircraft carrier Ryūjō is sunk and US carrier USS Enterprise heavily damaged.
- 1991 –Mikhail Gorbachev resigns as head of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union.
- 2006 –The International Astronomical Union (IAU) redefines the term “planet” such that Pluto is now considered a Dwarf Planet.
Who were born on August 24?
- 1198 –King Alexander II of Scotland (d. 1249)
- 1393 –Arthur III, Duke of Brittany (d. 1458)
- 1909 –Ronald Grieveson, South African cricketer (d. 1998)
- 1921 –Sam Tingle, Zimbabwean racing driver (d. 2008)
- 1930 –Roger McCluskey, American racing driver (d. 1993)
- 1945 –Ken Hensley, English musician (Uriah Heep)
- 1958 –Steve Guttenberg, American actor
- 1971 –Pierfrancesco Favino, Italian actor
- 1979 –Markus Walger, German rugby player
- 1983 –Christopher Parker, British actor
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