What Day of the Week

December 1, 2023 is the 335^th day of the year 2023 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 30 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week is Friday.

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

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

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.

• 1768

  The slave ship Fredensborg sinks off Tromøy in Norway.
• 1862

  In his State of the Union Address President Abraham Lincoln reaffirms the necessity of ending slavery as ordered ten weeks earlier in the Emancipation Proclamation.
• 1865

  Shaw University, the first historically black university in the southern United States, is founded in Raleigh, North Carolina.
• 1919

  Lady Astor becomes the first female Member of Parliament to take her seat in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom (she had been elected to that position on November 28).
• 1952

  The New York Daily News reports the news of Christine Jorgenson, the first notable case of sexual reassignment surgery.
• 1958

  The Central African Republic becomes independent from France.
• 1964

  Vietnam War: U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson and his top-ranking advisers meet to discuss plans to bomb North Vietnam.
• 1965

  The Border Security Force is formed in India as a special force to guard the borders.
• 1974

  Northwest Orient Airlines Flight 6231, crashes northwest of John F. Kennedy International Airport.
• 1989

  1989 Philippine coup attempt: The right-wing military rebel Reform the Armed Forces Movement attempts to oust Philippine President Corazon Aquino in a failed bloody coup d'état.

• 1916

  Wan Li, Chinese government official
• 1917

  Thomas Hayward, American tenor (d.1995)
• 1950

  Filippos Petsalnikos, Greek politician
• 1967

  Nestor Carbonell, American actor
• 1968

  Anders Holmertz, Swedish swimmer
• 1970

  Sarah Silverman, American actress and comedian
• 1971

  Dolgorsürengiin Serjbüdee, Mongolian professional wrestler
• 1979

  Ryan Malone, American hockey player
• 1980

  Mohammad Kaif, Indian cricketer
• 1982

  Lloyd Doyley, English footballer

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