What Day of the Week

December 16, 2021 is the 350^th day of the year 2021 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 15 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week is Thursday.

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

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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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• 1773

  American Revolution: Boston Tea Party – Members of the Sons of Liberty disguised as Mohawks dump crates of tea into Boston harbor as a protest against the Tea Act.
• 1914

  World War I: German battleships under Franz von Hipper bombard the English ports of Hartlepool and Scarborough.
• 1918

  Vincas Mickevičius-Kapsukas declares the formation of the Lithuanian Soviet Socialist Republic.
• 1947

  William Shockley, John Bardeen and Walter Brattain build the first practical point-contact transistor.
• 1960

  1960 New York air disaster: While approaching New York’s Idlewild Airport, a United Airlines Douglas DC-8 collides with a TWA Lockheed Super Constellation in a blinding snowstorm over Staten Island, killing 134.
• 1971

  Bangladesh Liberation War and Indo-Pakistani War of 1971: The surrender of the Pakistan army brings an end to both conflicts.
• 1979

  Libya joins four other OPEC nations in raising crude oil prices, having an immediate dramatic effect on the United States.
• 1991

  Independence of The Republic of Kazakhstan.
• 1997

  An episode of Pokémon, “Dennō Senshi Porygon”, aired in Japan induces seizures in 685 Japanese children.
• 1998

  Iraq disarmament crisis: Operation Desert Fox – The United States and United Kingdom bomb targets in Iraq.

• 1614

  Eberhard III, Duke of Württemberg (d. 1674)
• 1941

  Robert Kerman, American actor
• 1946

  Charles Dennis, Canadian actor
• 1949

  Billy Gibbons, American guitarist (ZZ Top)
• 1960

  Pat Van Den Hauwe, Belgian footballer
• 1964

  Paul Vogt, American actor and comedian
• 1965

  Nancy Valen, American actress
• 1974

  Frida Hallgren, Swedish actress
• 1975

  Jonathan Scarfe, Canadian actor
• 1983

  Kelenna Azubuike, American basketball player

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