What Day of the Week

December 18, 2020 is the 353^rd day of the year 2020 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 13 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week is Friday.

If you are trying to learn Japanese then this day of the week in Japanese is Kin'yōbi.

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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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• 1271

  Kublai Khan renames his empire “Yuan” (ࠠ3; yuán), officially marking the start of the Yuan Dynasty of Mongolia and China.
• 1777

  The United States celebrates its first Thanksgiving, marking the recent victory by the Americans over General John Burgoyne in the Battle of Saratoga in October.
• 1878

  John Kehoe, the last of the Molly Maguires is executed in Pennsylvania.
• 1900

  The Upper Ferntree Gully to Gembrook Narrow-gauge (2 ft 6 in or 762 mm) Railway (now the Puffing Billy Railway) in Victoria, Australia is opened for traffic.
• 1916

  World War I: The Battle of Verdun ends when German forces under Chief of Staff Erich Von Falkenhayn are defeated by the French, and suffer 337,000 casualties.
• 1971

  Capitol Reef National Park is established in Utah.
• 1973

  The Islamic Development Bank is founded.
• 1997

  HTML 4.0 is published by the World Wide Web Consortium.
• 2006

  United Arab Emirates holds its first-ever elections.
• 2010

  Governmental protests begin in Tunisia, beginning the 2010-2011 Middle East and North Africa protests

• 1825

  John S. Harris, American politician (d. 1906)
• 1933

  Arthur Leigh Allen, American suspected serial killer (d. 1992)
• 1948

  Laurent Voulzy, French singer and composer
• 1961

  Brian Orser, Canadian figure skater
• 1970

  Cowboy Troy, American rapper
• 1970

  Rob Van Dam, American professional wrestler
• 1974

  Euroboy, Norwegian musician (Turbonegro)
• 1977

  Lindsay Armaou, Irish singer
• 1977

  Ryan Scott Ottney, American journalist and comic book writer
• 1979

  Carlos, Portuguese footballer

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