Wednesday December 17, 2025
A date scroll with Latin text from “The Extremes of Good and Evil” by Cicero, written in 45 BC.

: Day of the Week

is the of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are until the end of the year. The day of the week is .

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

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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.

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by the Numbers

  • days since
  • year, months, and days ago
  • months since then
  • is in the st week of the year (ISO 8601)
  • weeks ago
  • The year is not a leap year

Historical Event(s)

Great Britain declares war on Spain.
Fire in the Winter Palace of Saint Petersburg occurred.
American Civil War: General Ulysses S. Grant issues General Order No. 11, expelling Jews from Tennessee, Mississippi, and Kentucky.
Culmination of the Darwin Rebellion as some 1000 demonstrators march on Government House in Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia.
First flight of the Douglas DC-3 airplane.
1960 Munich Convair 340 crash: 20 passengers and crew on board as well as 32 people on the ground are killed.
Prime Minister of Australia Harold Holt disappears while swimming near Portsea, Victoria and is presumed drowned.
Terrorism: 30 passengers are killed in an attack by Palestinian terrorists on Rome’s Leonardo da Vinci Airport.
Jigme Singye Wangchuck abdicate the throne as King of Bhutan.
Mohamed Bouazizi set himself on fire.This act became the catalyst for the Tunisian Revolution. The success of the Tunisian protests sparked protests in several other Arab countries.

Who were born on ?

Ford Madox Ford, English writer (d. 1939)
Aubrey Faulkner, South African cricketer (d. 1930)
Empress Hermine Reuss of Germany (d. 1947)
Nils Asheim, Norwegian politician (d. 1966)
Peter Snell, New Zealand runner
Paul Butterfield, American musician (d. 1987)
Jack L. Chalker, American novelist (d. 2005)
Bill Pullman, American actor
Takeo Spikes, American football player
Bradley Manning, American soldier, leaked information to WikiLeaks

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