What Day of the Week

December 18, 2023 is the 352^nd day of the year 2023 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 13 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week is Monday.

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

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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.

• 1793

  Surrender of the frigate La Lutine by French Royalists to Lord Hood; renamed HMS Lutine, she later becomes a famous treasure wreck.
• 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.
• 1935

  The Lanka Sama Samaja Party is founded in Ceylon.
• 1958

  Project SCORE, the world’s first communications satellite, is launched.
• 1971

  Capitol Reef National Park is established in Utah.
• 1973

  The Islamic Development Bank is founded.
• 1978

  Dominica joins the United Nations.
• 1987

  Larry Wall releases the first version of the Perl programming language.
• 1997

  HTML 4.0 is published by the World Wide Web Consortium.
• 2002

  2003 California recall: Then Governor of California Gray Davis announces that the state would face a record budget deficit of $35 billion, roughly double the figure reported during his reelection campaign one month earlier.

• 1707

  Charles Wesley, English Methodist hymnist (d. 1788)
• 1878

  Joseph Stalin, leader of the Soviet Union (d. 1953)
• 1879

  Paul Klee, Swiss-born painter (d. 1940)
• 1943

  Keith Richards, English guitarist (The Rolling Stones)
• 1969

  Akira Iida, Japanese racing driver
• 1971

  Noriko Matsueda, Japanese composer
• 1972

  Rah Digga, American rapper
• 1975

  Trish Stratus, Canadian professional wrestler
• 1980

  Benjamin Watson, American football player
• 1987

  Ayaka, Japanese singer

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