What Day of the Week

December 12, 2020 is the 347^th day of the year 2020 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 19 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week is Saturday.

If you are trying to learn Spanish then this day of the week in Spanish is sábado.

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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.

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• 1781

  American Revolutionary War: Second Battle of Ushant – A Royal Navy squadron, commanded by Rear Admiral Richard Kempenfelt on HMS Victory, defeats a French fleet.
• 1901

  Guglielmo Marconi receives the first transatlantic radio signal at Signal Hill in St John’s, Newfoundland.
• 1915

  President of the Republic of China, Yuan Shikai, announces his intention to reinstate the monarchy and proclaim himself Emperor of China.
• 1942

  World War II: German troops begin Operation Winter Storm, an attempt to relieve encircled Axis forces during the Battle of Stalingrad.
• 1963

  Kenya gains its independence from the United Kingdom.
• 1969

  Strategy of tension: Piazza Fontana bombing – The offices of Banca Nazionale dell'Agricoltura in Piazza Fontana, Milan, are bombed.
• 1979

  Coup d'état of December Twelfth: South Korean Army Major General Chun Doo-hwan orders the arrest of Army Chief of Staff General Jeong Seung-hwa without authorization from President Choi Kyu-ha, alleging involvement in the assassination of ex-President Park Chung Hee.
• 1982

  Women’s peace protest at Greenham Common – 30,000 women hold hands and form a human chain around the 14.5 km perimeter fence.
• 1984

  Maaouiya Ould Sid'Ahmed Taya becomes the third president of Mauritania after a coup d'état against Mohamed Khouna Ould Haidalla while the latter is attending a summit.
• 1985

  Arrow Air Flight 1285 crashes after takeoff in Gander, Newfoundland, killing 256, including 236 members of the United States Army’s 101st Airborne Division.

• 1845

  Bruce Price, American architect (d. 1903)
• 1910

  Richard Sagrits, Estonian painter (d. 1968)
• 1923

  Bob Dorough, American jazz pianist/vocalist
• 1931

  Lionel Blair, English actor and choreographer
• 1943

  Grover Washington, Jr., American saxophonist (d. 1999)
• 1958

  Sheree J. Wilson, American actress
• 1964

  Sabu, American professional wrestler
• 1967

  John Randle, American football player
• 1978

  Jennifer Rovero, American model
• 1979

  Garrett Atkins, American baseball player

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