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Friday December 1, 2023

December 1: Day of the Week

December 1, 2023 is the 335th 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.

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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 1 Historical Event(s)

  • 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.

Who were born on December 1?

  • 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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