What Day of the Week

December 13, 2023 is the 347^th day of the year 2023 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 18 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week is Wednesday.

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

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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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• 1294

  Saint Celestine V resigns the papacy after only five months; Celestine hoped to return to his previous life as an ascetic hermit.
• 1636

  The Massachusetts Bay Colony organizes three militia regiments to defend the colony against the Pequot Indians. This organization is recognized today as the founding of the United States National Guard.
• 1642

  Abel Janszoon Tasman reaches New Zealand.
• 1938

  The Holocaust: The Neuengamme concentration camp opens in the Bergedorf district of Hamburg, Germany.
• 1941

  World War II: Hungary and Romania declare war on the United States.
• 1959

  Archbishop Makarios becomes the first President of Cyprus.
• 1960

  While Emperor Haile Selassie I of Ethiopia visits Brazil, his Imperial Bodyguard seizes the capital and proclaim him deposed and his son, Crown Prince Asfa Wossen, Emperor.
• 1967

  Constantine II of Greece attempts an unsuccessful counter-coup against the Regime of the Colonels
• 1979

  The Canadian Government of Prime Minister Joe Clark is defeated in the House of Commons, prompting the 1980 Canadian election.
• 2002

  Enlargement of the European Union: The European Union announces that Cyprus, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Poland, Slovakia, and Slovenia will become members from May 1, 2004.

• 1720

  Carlo Gozzi, Italian dramatist (d. 1804)
• 1919

  Hans-Joachim Marseille, German flying ace of World War II (d. 1942)
• 1938

  Heino, German folk singer
• 1948

  Jeff Baxter, American guitarist (Steely Dan, The Doobie Brothers)
• 1953

  Ben Bernanke, American economist and current United States Chairman of the Federal Reserve
• 1953

  Bob Gainey, Canadian ice hockey player and General Manager
• 1962

  Kendra Slewenski, English netballer
• 1969

  Tony Curran, Scottish actor
• 1976

  Søren Friis, Danish footballer
• 1982

  Ricky Nolasco, American baseball player

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