What Day of the Week

December 21, 2020 is the 356^th day of the year 2020 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 10 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week is Monday.

If you are trying to learn Japanese then this day of the week in Japanese is Getsuyōbi.

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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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• 1620

  Plymouth Colony: William Bradford and the Mayflower Pilgrims land on what is now known as Plymouth Rock in Plymouth, Massachusetts.
• 1826

  American settlers in Nacogdoches, Mexican Texas, declare their independence, starting the Fredonian Rebellion.
• 1832

  Egyptian–Ottoman War: Egyptian forces decisively defeat Ottoman troops at the Battle of Konya.
• 1844

  The Rochdale Pioneers commence business at their cooperative in Rochdale, England, starting the Cooperative movement.
• 1861

  Medal of Honor: Public Resolution 82, containing a provision for a Navy Medal of Valor, is signed into law by President Abraham Lincoln.
• 1907

  The Chilean Army commits a massacre of at least 2,000 striking saltpeter miners in in Iquique, Chile.
• 1910

  An underground explosion at the Hulton Bank Colliery No. 3 Pit in Over Hulton, Westhoughton, England, kills 344 miners.
• 1992

  A Dutch DC-10, flight Martinair MP 495, crashes at Faro Airport, killing 56 people.
• 1999

  The Spanish Civil Guard intercepts a van loaded with 950 kg of explosives that ETA intended to use to blow up Torre Picasso in Madrid.
• 2004

  Iraq War: A suicide bomber killed 22 at the forward operating base next to the main U.S. military airfield at Mosul, the single deadliest suicide attack on American soldiers.

• 1840

  Namık Kemal, Turkish nationalist poet (d. 1888)
• 1859

  Gustave Kahn, French poet (d. 1936)
• 1915

  Werner von Trapp, member of the Trapp Family Singers (d. 2007)
• 1920

  Bob Bindig, American cartoonist (d. 2006)
• 1926

  Joe Paterno, American football coach
• 1937

  Donald F. Munson, American politician
• 1950

  Jeffrey Katzenberg, American film producer
• 1961

  Francis Ng, Hong Kong actor
• 1971

  Matthieu Chedid, French musician
• 1981

  Cristian Zaccardo, Italian football player

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