What Day of the Week

December 20, 2020 is the 355^th day of the year 2020 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 11 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week is 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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• 69

  Vespasian, formerly a general under Nero, enters Rome to claim the title of emperor.
• 1192

  Richard the Lion-Heart is captured and imprisoned by Leopold V of Austria on his way home to England after signing a treaty with Saladin ending the Third crusade.
• 1803

  The Louisiana Purchase is completed at a ceremony in New Orleans.
• 1915

  World War I: Last Australian troops evacuated from Gallipoli.
• 1917

  Cheka, the first Soviet secret police, is founded.
• 1973

  The Spanish Prime Minister, Admiral Luis Carrero Blanco, is assassinated by a car bomb attack in Madrid.
• 1984

  The Summit tunnel fire is the largest underground fire in history, as a freight train carrying over 1 million litres of petrol derails near the town of Todmorden in the Pennines.
• 1989

  United States invasion of Panama: The United States sends troops into Panama to overthrow government of Manuel Noriega. This is also the first combat use of purpose-designed stealth aircraft.
• 1991

  A Missouri court sentences the Palestinian militant Zein Isa and his wife Maria to death for the honor killing of their daughter Palestina.
• 2005

  US District Court Judge John E. Jones III rules against mandating the teaching of “intelligent design” in his ruling of Kitzmiller v. Dover Area School District.

• 1786

  Pietro Raimondi, Italian composer (d. 1853)
• 1861

  Ivana Kobilca, Slovenian painter (d. 1926)
• 1914

  Harry F. Byrd Jr, American politician
• 1944

  Jean Fergusson, English actress
• 1959

  Trent Tucker, American basketball player
• 1965

  Jim Carr (US), Digital Strategist
• 1970

  Nicole DeBoer, Canadian actress
• 1976

  Ramon Stoppelenburg, Dutch author
• 1982

  David Tavaré, Spanish singer
• 1983

  Lara Stone, Dutch model

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