What Day of the Week

December 21, 2023 is the 355^th day of the year 2023 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 10 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week is Thursday.

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

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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.

• 1832

  Egyptian–Ottoman War: Egyptian forces decisively defeat Ottoman troops at the Battle of Konya.
• 1861

  Medal of Honor: Public Resolution 82, containing a provision for a Navy Medal of Valor, is signed into law by President Abraham Lincoln.
• 1872

  Challenger expedition: HMS Challenger, commanded by Captain George Nares, sails from Portsmouth.
• 1883

  The first Permanent Force cavalry and infantry regiments of the Canadian Army are formed: The Royal Canadian Dragoons and The Royal Canadian Regiment.
• 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.
• 1968

  Apollo program: Apollo 8 launched from the Kennedy Space Center, placing its crew on a lunar trajectory for the first visit to another celestial body by humans.
• 1969

  The United Nations adopts the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination.
• 1994

  Mexican volcano Popocatepetl, dormant for 47 years, erupts gases and ash.
• 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.

• 1118

  Thomas Becket, Lord Chancellor of England and Archbishop of Canterbury (d. 1170)
• 1778

  Anders Sandøe Ørsted, Danish politician (d. 1860)
• 1872

  Don Lorenzo Perosi, Italian composer (d. 1956)
• 1922

  Itubwa Amram, Nauruan pastor and politician (d. 1989)
• 1948

  Willi Resetarits, Austrian musician
• 1951

  Nick Gilder, English musician (Sweeney Todd)
• 1955

  Kazuyuki Sekiguchi, Japanese musician
• 1973

  Karmen Stavec, German-born Slovenian singer
• 1976

  Mirela Manjani, Greek javelin thrower
• 1982

  Philip Humber, American baseball player

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