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December 19: Day of the Week
December 19, 2024 is the 354th day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 12 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week is Thursday.
If you are trying to learn Spanish then this day of the week in Spanish is jueves.
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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 19 Historical Event(s)
1154
Henry II of England is crowned at Westminster Abbey.
1490
Anne, Duchess of Brittany, is married to Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor by proxy.
1776
Thomas Paine publishes one of a series of pamphlets in the Pennsylvania Journal titled The American Crisis.
1777
American Revolutionary War: George Washington’s Continental Army goes into winter quarters at Valley Forge, Pennsylvania.
1946
Start of the First Indochina War.
1964
The South Vietnamese military junta of Nguyen Khanh dissolved the High National Council and arrested some of the members.
1967
Prime Minister of Australia Harold Holt is officially presumed dead.
1983
The original FIFA World Cup trophy, the Jules Rimet Trophy, is stolen from the headquarters of the Brazilian Football Confederation in Rio de Janeiro.
1998
Lewinsky scandal: The United States House of Representatives forwards articles I and III of impeachment against President Bill Clinton to the Senate.
2001
A record high barometric pressure of 1085.6 hPa (32.06 inHg) is recorded at Tosontsengel, Khövsgöl Province, Mongolia.
Who were born on December 19?
1861
Italo Svevo, Italian author (d. 1928)
1926
Bobby Layne, American football player (d. 1986)
1943
Ross M. Lence, American political scientist (d. 2006)
1947
Charlie Van Dyke, American actor and radio disc jockey
1956
Phil Harris, American fisherman (Deadliest Catch) (d. 2010)
1957
Kevin McHale, American basketball player
1965
Jessica Steen, American actress
1982
Maurice Williams, American basketball player
1983
Nektarios Alexandrou, Greek-Cypriot footballer
1984
Ian Kennedy, American baseball player
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Holy Toledo! Did you know that coffee and word games are an excellent combination to sharpen your vocabulary? Let’s give it a quick spin. Within 30 seconds, how many words can you think of from these letters OFOTOJIR? Check your answers here: Word search OFOTOJIR. (Sponsored by WordFinder.Cafe)
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Now try another date like anniversaries, birthdays of someone you know or any other date that is special to you. Don’t forget to share the info to your friends, loved ones or social media followers. Who knows, they might appreciate and thank you for it.