Wednesday December 25, 2024
A date scroll with Latin text from “The Extremes of Good and Evil” by Cicero, written in 45 BC.

December 25: Day of the Week

December 25, 2024 is the 360th day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 6 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week is Wednesday.

If you are trying to learn Japanese then this day of the week in Japanese is Suiyōbi.

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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 25 Historical Event(s)

800
Coronation of Charlemagne as Holy Roman Emperor, in Rome.
1837
Battle of Lake Okeechobee.
1868
U.S. President Andrew Johnson grants unconditional pardon to all Civil War Confederate soldiers.
1914
World War I: Known as the Christmas truce, German and British troops on the Western Front temporarily cease fire.
1926
Emperor Taishō of Japan dies. His son, Prince Hirohito succeeds him as Emperor Shōwa.
1927
The Vietnamese Nationalist Party is founded.
1947
The Constitution of the Republic of China goes into effect.
1977
Prime Minister of Israel Menachem Begin meets in Egypt with President of Egypt Anwar Sadat.
1990
The first successful trial run of the system which would become the World Wide Web.
2004
Cassini orbiter releases Huygens probe which successfully landed on Saturn’s moon Titan on January 14, 2005.

Who were born on December 25?

1628
Noël Coypel, French painter (d. 1707)
1716
Johann Jakob Reiske, German scholar and physician (d. 1774)
1908
Jo-Jo Moore, baseball player (d. 2001)
1927
Ram Narayan, Indian sarangi player
1945
Gary Sandy, American actor
1948
Barbara Mandrell, American singer and actress
1950
Karl Rove, former American presidential advisor
1950
Peter Boardman, British mountaineer (d. 1982)
1971
Noel Hogan, Irish musician
1975
Marcus Trescothick, English cricketer

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