What Day of the Week

December 22, 2021 is the 356^th day of the year 2021 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 9 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week is Wednesday.

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

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Here’s the December calendar. You can also browse the full year monthly calendar.

Capricorn 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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• 1769

  Sino-Burmese War (1765–1769) ends with an uneasy truce.
• 1790

  The Turkish fortress of Izmail is stormed and captured by Suvorov and his Russian armies.
• 1885

  Ito Hirobumi, a samurai, became the first Prime Minister of Japan.
• 1944

  World War II: The People’s Army of Vietnam is formed to resist Japanese occupation of Indo-China, now Vietnam.
• 1965

  In the United Kingdom, a 70 mph speed limit is applied to all rural roads including motorways for the first time. Previously, there had been no speed limit.
• 1974

  Grande Comore, Anjouan and Mohéli vote to become the independent nation of Comoros. Mayotte remains under French administration.
• 1989

  After a week of bloody demonstrations, Ion Iliescu takes over as president of Romania, ending Nicolae Ceauşescu’s Communist authoritarian regime.
• 1989

  Berlin’s Brandenburg Gate re-opens after nearly 30 years, effectively ending the division of East and West Germany.
• 1997

  Hussein Aidid relinquishes the disputed title of President of Somalia by signing the Cairo Declaration, in Cairo, Egypt. It is the first major step towards reconciliation in Somalia since 1991.
• 2010

  The repeal of the Don't Ask Don't Tell policy, the 17-year-old policy banning on homosexuals serving openly in the United States military, is signed into law by President Barack Obama.

• 1178

  Emperor Antoku of Japan (d. 1185)
• 1765

  Johann Friedrich Pfaff, German mathematician (d. 1825)
• 1805

  John Obadiah Westwood, British entomologist (d. 1893)
• 1869

  Edwin Arlington Robinson, American poet (d. 1935)
• 1921

  Hawkshaw Hawkins, American country singer (d. 1963)
• 1944

  Steve Carlton, American baseball player
• 1949

  Maurice Gibb, English musician (The Bee Gees) (d. 2003)
• 1968

  Dina Meyer, American actress
• 1974

  Heather Donahue, American actress
• 1998

  G. Hannelius, American child actress

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