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December 20: Day of the Week
December 20, 2024 is the 355th day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 11 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week is Friday.
If you are trying to learn French then this day of the week in French is vendredi.
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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 20 Historical Event(s)
1522
Siege of Rhodes: Suleiman the Magnificent accepts the surrender of the surviving Knights of Rhodes, who are allowed to evacuate. They eventually settle on Malta and become known as the Knights of Malta.
1942
World War II: Bombing of Calcutta by the Japanese.
1959
The Walker family murders are committed.
1973
The Spanish Prime Minister, Admiral Luis Carrero Blanco, is assassinated by a car bomb attack in Madrid.
1977
Djibouti and Vietnam join the United Nations.
1987
History’s worst peacetime sea disaster, when the passenger ferry Doña Paz sinks after colliding with the oil tanker Vector 1 in the Tablas Strait in the Philippines, killing an estimated 4,000 people (1,749 official).
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.
1996
NeXT merges with Apple Computer, starting the path to Mac OS X.
2005
In Durrës, Albania was founded Aleksander Moisiu University.
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.
Who were born on December 20?
1629
Pieter de Hooch, Dutch painter (d. 1684)
1841
Ferdinand Buisson, French pacifist, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (d. 1932)
1945
Sivakant Tiwari, senior legal officer of the Singapore Legal Service (d. 2010)
1946
Sonny Perdue, American politician, governor of Georgia
1960
Kim Ki-duk, Korean filmmaker
1970
Grant Flower, Zimbabwean cricketer
1970
Nicole DeBoer, Canadian actress
1978
Geremi Njitap, Cameroon footballer
1982
David Wright, American baseball player
1982
Kasper Klausen, Danish footballer
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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.