Saturday December 21, 2024
A date scroll with Latin text from “The Extremes of Good and Evil” by Cicero, written in 45 BC.

December 21: Day of the Week

December 21, 2024 is the 356th day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 10 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week is Saturday.

If you are trying to learn French then this day of the week in French is samedi.

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Here’s the December calendar. You can also browse the full year monthly calendar.

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Zodiac & Birthstone

Sagittarius is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Turquoise is the modern birthstone for this month. Onyx is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.

December 21: This Day in History

This is a frequent day for the winter solstice to occur in the northern hemisphere and summer solstice to occur in the southern hemisphere.

December 21 Historical Event(s)

69
The Roman Senate declares Vespasian as Roman emperor, the last in the Year of Four Emperors.
1620
Plymouth Colony: William Bradford and the Mayflower Pilgrims land on what is now known as Plymouth Rock in Plymouth, Massachusetts.
1826
American settlers in Nacogdoches, Mexican Texas, declare their independence, starting the Fredonian Rebellion.
1937
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, the world’s first full-length animated feature, premieres at the Carthay Circle Theater.
1946
An 8.1 Mw earthquake and subsequent tsunami in Nankaidō, Japan, kill over 1,300 people and destroy over 38,000 homes.
1968
Apollo program: Apollo 8 launched from the Kennedy Space Center, placing its crew on a lunar trajectory for the first visit to another celestial body by humans.
1973
The Geneva Conference on the Arab-Israeli conflict opens.
1992
A Dutch DC-10, flight Martinair MP 495, crashes at Faro Airport, killing 56 people.
1994
Mexican volcano Popocatepetl, dormant for 47 years, erupts gases and ash.
2004
Iraq War: A suicide bomber killed 22 at the forward operating base next to the main U.S. military airfield at Mosul, the single deadliest suicide attack on American soldiers.

Who were born on December 21?

1805
Thomas Graham, British chemist (d. 1869)
1938
Frank Moorhouse, Australian author
1939
Lloyd Axworthy, Canadian politician
1942
Carla Thomas, American singer
1946
Christopher Keene, American conductor (d. 1995)
1957
Tom Henke, American baseball player
1966
Kiefer Sutherland, British-born Canadian actor
1971
Brett Scallions, American singer (Fuel)
1972
Erwin Schrott, Uruguayan opera singer
1973
Mike Alstott, American football player

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