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)
1130
Count Roger II of Sicily is crowned the first King of Sicily.
1553
Battle of Tucapel: Mapuche rebels under Lautaro defeat the Spanish conquistadors and executes the governor of Chile, Pedro de Valdivia.
1837
Battle of Lake Okeechobee.
1850
Jagannath Temple, Nayagarh is built.
1941
World War II: Battle of Hong Kong ends, beginning the Japanese Occupation of Hong Kong.
1963
Turkish Cypriot Bayrak Radio begins transmitting in Cyprus after Turkish Cypriots are forcibly excluded from Cyprus Broadcasting Corporation.
1974
Marshall Fields drives a vehicle through the gates of the White House, resulting in a four-hour standoff.
1989
Nicolae Ceauşescu, former communist President of Romania and his wife, First-Deputy Prime-Minister Elena are condemned to death and executed after a flawed and summary trial.
2003
The ill-fated Beagle 2 probe, released from the Mars Express Spacecraft on December 19, disappears shortly before its scheduled landing.
2004
Cassini orbiter releases Huygens probe which successfully landed on Saturn’s moon Titan on January 14, 2005.
Who were born on December 25?
1745
Chevalier de Saint-Georges – “Black Mozart”, African–French Swordsman, Soldier of Fortune, and Composer (d. 1799)
1919
Naushad Ali, Indian music director (d. 2006)
1919
Noele Gordon, English actress (d. 1985)
1929
Stuart Hall, British radio and television presenter
1958
Hanford Dixon, American football player
1967
Jason Thirsk, American bass player (d. 1996)
1973
Alexandre Trudeau, Canadian journalist
1975
Choi Sung-Yong, South Korean footballer
1985
Leon Pisani, Welsh singer
1988
Lukas Hinds-Johnson, German rugby player
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