It was a Saturday.
17th August in History:
1812 - Napoleon Bonaparte defeats the Russians in the Battle of Smolensk
1833 - Royal William from Canada is the first steam ship to cross the Atlantic on its own power
1943 - Allied forces conquer Sicily
1945 - Indonesia declares independence from Japan. Thanks allies for making it possible to do so by forcing Japan to surrender
1978 - First Atlantic crossing in a balloon
1988 - Pakistani President Zia-ul-Haq is killed in an airplane crash suspected of being an assassination.
1998 - US President Bill Clinton admits to his affair with White House intern Monica Lewinsky
August 4 1968 was a Sunday.
August 18, 1968 fell on a Sunday.
August 30, 1968 fell on a Friday.
It was a Monday.
17 August 1969 was on a Sunday.
Saturday
19th August 1968 was a Monday.
August 24th 1968 was a Saturday.
August 7th, 1968 fell on a Wednesday.
August 6 1968 was a Tuesday.
August 14 1968 was a Wednesday.
August 4 1968 was a Sunday.
August 19th, 1968 fell on a Monday.
August 2nd, 1968 fell on a Friday.
August 31, 1968 fell on a Saturday.
August 18, 1968 fell on a Sunday.
August 27, 1968 fell on a Tuesday.