What Day of the Week

December 2, 2018 was the 336^th day of the year 2018 in the Gregorian calendar. There were 29 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week was Sunday.

If you are trying to learn French then this day of the week in French is dimanche.

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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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• 1851

  French President Louis-Napoléon Bonaparte overthrows the Second Republic.
• 1852

  Louis-Napoléon Bonaparte becomes Emperor of the French (Napoleon III).
• 1930

  Great Depression: US President Herbert Hoover goes before the United States Congress and asks for a US$150 million public works program to help generate jobs and stimulate the economy.
• 1942

  Manhattan Project: A team led by Enrico Fermi initiates the first self-sustaining nuclear chain reaction.
• 1943

  A Luftwaffe bombing raid on the harbour of Bari, Italy, sinks numerous cargo and transport ships, including an American Liberty ship, the John Harvey, with a stockpile of World War I-era mustard gas.
• 1947

  Jerusalem Riots of 1947: Riots break out in Jerusalem in response to the approval of the 1947 UN Partition Plan.
• 1954

  The Sino-American Mutual Defense Treaty, between the United States and the Republic of China, is signed in Washington, D.C.
• 1980

  Four U.S. nuns and churchwomen, Ita Ford, Maura Clarke, Jean Donovan, and Dorothy Kazel, are murdered by a death squad in El Salvador.
• 1999

  Glenbrook rail accident near Sydney, New South Wales.
• 2001

  Enron files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy.

• 1811

  Jean-Charles Chapais, French Canadian politician, Father of the Canadian Confederation (d. 1885)
• 1891

  Otto Dix, German painter and graphic artist (d. 1969)
• 1893

  Leo Ornstein, Russian-born composer and pianist (d. 2002)
• 1901

  Raimundo Orsi, Argentine-born footballer (d. 1986)
• 1915

  Prince Mikasa, Japanese royal
• 1924

  Alexander Haig, American Soldier & Civil servant, 7th Supreme Allied Commander Europe, 5th White House Chief of Staff and 59th United States Secretary of State (d. 2010)
• 1930

  David Piper, British race car driver
• 1957

  Dagfinn Høybråten, Norwegian politician
• 1960

  Nicholas Dingley alias Razzle, British drummer (Hanoi Rocks) (d. 1984)
• 1984

  Péter Máté, Hungarian footballer

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