What Day of the Week

December 2, 2021 was the 336^th day of the year 2021 in the Gregorian calendar. There were 29 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week was 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.

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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• 1775

  The USS Alfred becomes the first vessel to fly the Grand Union Flag (the precursor to the Stars and Stripes); the flag is hoisted by John Paul Jones.
• 1867

  At Tremont Temple in Boston, British author Charles Dickens gives his first public reading in the United States.
• 1908

  Child Emperor Pu Yi ascends the Chinese throne at the age of two
• 1920

  Following more than a month of Turkish-Armenian War, the Turkish dictated Treaty of Alexandropol is concluded.
• 1939

  New York City’s La Guardia Airport opens.
• 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.
• 1961

  In a nationally broadcast speech, Cuban leader Fidel Castro declares that he is a Marxist-Leninist and that Cuba is going to adopt Communism.
• 1970

  The United States Environmental Protection Agency begins operations.
• 1975

  Pathet Lao seizes power in Laos, and establishes the Lao People’s Democratic Republic.
• 1993

  Space Shuttle program: STS-61 – NASA launches the Space Shuttle Endeavour on a mission to repair the Hubble Space Telescope.

• 1885

  George Richards Minot, American physician, recipient of the Nobel Prize (d. 1950)
• 1897

  Hovhannes Bagramyan, Marshall of the Soviet Union (d. 1982)
• 1915

  Prince Mikasa, Japanese royal
• 1931

  Masaaki Hatsumi, founder and head of the Bujinkan Dojo organization
• 1944

  Cathy Lee Crosby, American actress
• 1944

  Ibrahim Rugova, first President of Kosovo (d. 2006)
• 1944

  Inger Davidson, Swedish politician
• 1952

  Carol Shea-Porter, American Congresswoman
• 1970

  Treach, American rapper (Naughty by Nature)
• 1978

  Jarron Collins, American basketball player

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