Thursday, Thor's day, variation of the Norse god of Thunder, the planet Jupiter. Thus, Old Norse 'þorsdagr'
and Middle English 'Thuresday', day of Thor, became Thursday.
So Thor is the only superhero to have a day of the week named after him.
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The month August was originally named Sextilis in Latin, since it was the sixth month of the
10 month Roman calendar. The name was changed to August in honor of Augustus Caesar in 8 BCE.
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