What Day of the Week

December 19, 2020 is the 354^th day of the year 2020 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 12 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week is Saturday.

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

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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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• 1606

  The Susan Constant, the Godspeed, and the Discovery depart England carrying settlers who found, at Jamestown, Virginia, the first of the thirteen colonies that became the United States.
• 1900

  Hopetoun Blunder: The first Governor-General of Australia John Hope, 7th Earl of Hopetoun, appointed Sir William Lyne as premier of the new state New South Wales, but he is unable to persuade other colonial politicians to join his government and is forced to resign.
• 1916

  World War I: Battle of Verdun – On the Western Front, the French Army successfully holds off the German Army and drives it back to its starting position.
• 1924

  The last Rolls-Royce Silver Ghost is sold in London, England.
• 1941

  World War II: Limpet mines placed by Italian divers sink the HMS Valiant and HMS Queen Elizabeth in Alexandria harbour.
• 1981

  Sixteen lives are lost when the Penlee lifeboat goes to the aid of the stricken coaster Union Star in heavy seas.
• 1984

  The Sino-British Joint Declaration, stating that the People’s Republic of China would resume the exercise of sovereignty over Hong Kong and the United Kingdom would restore Hong Kong to China with effect from July 1, 1997 is signed in Beijing by Deng Xiaoping and Margaret Thatcher.
• 1986

  Mikhail Gorbachev, leader of the Soviet Union, releases Andrei Sakharov and his wife from exile in Gorky.
• 1995

  The United States Government restores federal recognition to the Nottawaseppi Huron Band of Potawatomi Indian tribe.
• 1998

  Lewinsky scandal: The United States House of Representatives forwards articles I and III of impeachment against President Bill Clinton to the Senate.

• 1849

  Henry Clay Frick, American industrialist and financier (d. 1919)
• 1910

  Jean Genet, French writer (d. 1986)
• 1915

  Édith Piaf, French singer and actress (d. 1963)
• 1916

  Elisabeth Noelle-Neumann, German political scientist (d. 2010)
• 1920

  Little Jimmy Dickens, American country singer
• 1934

  Rudi Carrell, Dutch entertainer (d. 2006)
• 1942

  Cornell Dupree, American session guitarist
• 1944

  William Christie, American-born French musician (Les Arts Florissants)
• 1946

  Robert Urich, American actor (d. 2002)
• 1990

  Greg Bretz, American snowboarder

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