Saturday December 14, 2024
A date scroll with Latin text from “The Extremes of Good and Evil” by Cicero, written in 45 BC.

December 14: Day of the Week

December 14, 2024 is the 349th day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 17 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week is Saturday.

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

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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 14 Historical Event(s)

1287
St. Lucia’s flood: The Zuider Zee sea wall in the Netherlands collapses, killing over 50,000 people.
1814
War of 1812: The Royal Navy seizes control of Lake Borgne, Louisiana.
1819
Alabama becomes the 22nd U.S. state.
1902
The Commercial Pacific Cable Company lays the first Pacific telegraph cable, from Ocean Beach, San Francisco to Honolulu, Hawaii.
1913
Haruna, the fourth and last ship of the Sclass Kongō, launches, eventually becoming one of the Japanese workhorses during World War I and World War II.
1918
President of Portugal Sidónio Pais is assassinated.
1961
The United Republic of Tanzania joins the United Nations.
1983
The 3rd Congress of the Communist Youth of Greece starts.
1994
Construction begins on the Three Gorges Dam on the Yangtze River.
2008
President George W. Bush makes his fourth and final (planned) trip to Iraq as president and is almost struck by two shoes thrown at him by Iraqi journalist Muntadhar al-Zaidi during a news conference in Baghdad.

Who were born on December 14?

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Emperor Go-Suzaku of Japan (d. 1045)
1546
Tycho Brahe, Danish astronomer and alchemist (d. 1601)
1916
Shirley Jackson, American writer (d. 1965)
1917
June Taylor, American choreographer (d. 2004)
1959
Bob Paris, American bodybuilder and gay rights advocate
1970
Anna Maria Jopek, Polish singer
1971
Michaela Watkins, American comic actress (Saturday Night Live)
1973
Tomasz Radzinski, Polish-born Canadian soccer player
1976
Leland Chapman, American bounty hunter
1989
Onew, South Korean singer (Shinee), musical actor and TV host

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