What Day of the Week

December 12, 2021 is the 346^th day of the year 2021 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 19 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week is Sunday.

If you are trying to learn French then this day of the week in French is dimanche.

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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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• 1787

  Pennsylvania becomes the second state to ratify the United States Constitution five days after Delaware became the first.
• 1870

  Joseph H. Rainey of South Carolina becomes the second black U.S. congressman, the first one being Hiram Revels.
• 1936

  Xi'an Incident: The Generalissimo of the Republic of China, Chiang Kai-shek, is kidnapped by Zhang Xueliang.
• 1942

  A fire in a hostel in St. John’s, Newfoundland, kills 100 people.
• 1946

  A fire at a New York City ice plant spreads to a nearby tenement killing 37 people.
• 1950

  Paula Ackerman, the first woman appointed to perform rabbinical functions in the United States, leads the congregation in her first services.
• 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.

• 1298

  Albert II of Austria (d. 1358)
• 1821

  Gustave Flaubert, French writer (d. 1880)
• 1924

  Ray Cordeiro, Hong Kong radio personality
• 1931

  Lionel Blair, English actor and choreographer
• 1938

  Connie Francis, American singer
• 1967

  Takenobu Mitsuyoshi, Japanese composer
• 1972

  Georgios Theodoridis, Greek sprinter
• 1979

  Sharin Foo, Danish singer and bassist
• 1982

  Ai Kato, Japanese actress
• 1985

  Chris Jennings, American football player

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