A date scroll with Latin text from “The Extremes of Good and Evil” by Cicero, written in 45 BC.
December 23: Day of the Week
December 23, 2024 is the 358th day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 8 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week is Monday.
If you are trying to learn Japanese then this day of the week in Japanese is Getsuyōbi.
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Here’s the December calendar. You can also browse the full year monthly calendar.
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Zodiac & Birthstone
Capricorn 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 23 Historical Event(s)
1893
The opera Hänsel und Gretel by Engelbert Humperdinck is first performed.
1914
World War I: Australian and New Zealand troops arrive in Cairo, Egypt.
1919
Sex Disqualification (Removal) Act 1919 becomes law in the UK.
1940
World War II: Greek submarine Papanikolis (Υ-2) sinks the Italian motor ship Antonietta.
1941
World War II: After 15 days of fighting, the Japanese Imperial Army occupies Wake Island.
1958
Dedication of Tokyo Tower, the world’s highest self-supporting iron tower.
1968
The 82 sailors from the USS Pueblo are released after eleven months of internment in North Korea.
1970
The North Tower of the World Trade Center in Manhattan, New York City is topped out at 1,368 feet (417 m), making it the tallest building in the world.
1972
A 6.5 magnitude earthquake strikes the Nicaraguan capital of Managua killing more than 10,000.
2003
PetroChina Chuandongbei natural gas field explosion, Guoqiao, Kai County, Chongqing, China, killing at least 234.
Who were born on December 23?
1621
Edmund Berry Godfrey, English magistrate (d. 1678)
1819
Jan Jakob Lodewijk ten Kate, Dutch poet and clergyman (d. 1889)
1931
Ronnie Schell, American actor
1935
Esther Phillips, American singer (d. 1984)
1943
Silvia Sommerlath, Queen of Sweden
1946
John Sullivan, British screenwriter (d. 2011)
1961
Carol Smillie, British television personality
1968
Manuel Rivera-Ortiz, American photographer
1979
Kenny Miller, Scottish football player
1987
Owen Franks, New Zealand All Black rugby player
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