What day of the week was August 15, 2013?

The day of the week August 15th, 2013 fell on was a Thursday.

S. M. Laljan Basha the Indian politician (b. 1957) died on this day in 2013. As did Bert Lance the American civil servant, 23rd Director of the Office of Management and Budget (b. 1931) , William S. Livingston the American political scientist and academic (b. 1920) , Rosalía Mera the Spanish businesswoman, co-founded Inditex and Zara (b. 1944) , Sławomir Mrożek the Polish-French author and playwright (b. 1930) , August Schellenberg the Canadian-American actor (b. 1936) , Marich Man Singh Shrestha the Nepali politician, 28th Prime Minister of Nepal (b. 1942) , Jacques Vergès the Thai-French lawyer (b. 1925) .

At least 27 people are killed and 226 injured in an explosion in southern Beirut near a complex used by Lebanon's militant group Hezbollah in Lebanon. A previously unknown Syrian Sunni group claims responsibility in an online video.