August 12, 2021: Facts, Holidays & History

Thursday, August 12, 2021, was 2 years ago. It was the 224th day and 8th month of the year in the Georgian calendar. It’s the 73rd day of Summer and there are 20 days left until Fall (autumn). August 12, 2021 zodiac sign is Leo. On this day, Joe Biden (Democratic) was the president of the United States and the world population was approximately 7.92 billion, according to census.gov.

Below is everything you need to know about August 12, 2021, including popular events in history, top news headlines, US stock market results, social trends, and what was popular in entertainment. We’ll also look at August 12 zodiac details, day facts, and more ⤵

Day index 224th day of the year
Day of week 2nd Thursday of 2021
Week index 33rd week of 2021
Season 73rd day of Summer
Generation Generation Alpha
Zodiac Sign Leo ♌
Chinese Zodiac Ox
Ruling Planet Sun
Numerology 7
August Birthstone Peridot and Sardonyx
August Birth flower Gladiolus

We are using US standard week number calculations.

Fun fact: Here is how to write August 12, 2021, in Roman numerals: VIIIXIIMMXXI (month-day, year)

August 12th zodiac sign

The zodiac sign for August 12 is Leo ♌. Leo's strengths are: passionate, generous, humorous, and creative. While the weaknesses are: are being arrogant, stubborn, self-centered, and lazy. Sun is the ruling planet of Leo.

Top news headlines from August 12, 2021

Here is what happened on this day.

Popular topics that trended on the web and social media on August 12th:

Whitney Houston Field of Dreams game Mayim Bialik Chelsea Meteor shower tonight Hunter Biden

August 12th events in history

Below are a couple of important historical events that happened on August 12.

Battle of Didgori: the Georgian army under King David the Builder wins a decisive victory over the famous Seljuk commander Ilghazi.
Battle of Otranto - Ottoman troops behead 800 Christians for refusing to convert to Islam.
American inventor Isaac Singer patents the sewing machine.

Stock markets on August 12, 2021

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August 12, 2021 US Holidays

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Popular Tweets on Aug 12, 2021

Here are popular and most liked tweets on this day in United States:


August 12, 2021 in Music

The number one song on The Billboard Hot 100 was "Butter" by BTS.

August 12 calendar

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What is Numerology and life path number?
August 12, 2021 life path number is 7. Numerologists believe that we have all had previous lifetimes. Each number from 1-9 holds a vibration and each vibration produces a predictable characteristic or outcome around it. Life Path 7 is thought to be curious and devoted to investigating the unknown. You have an analytical mind, a strong mix of intellectual creativity, logic, and possess all of the skills to handle the challenge.


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