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 Japanese then this day of the week in Japanese is Suiyōbi.

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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.
• 1920

  The GOELRO economic development plan is adopted by the 8th Congress of Soviets of the Russian SFSR.
• 1937

  The Lincoln Tunnel opens to traffic in New York City.
• 1939

  Indian Muslims observe a “Day of Deliverance” to celebrate the resignations of members of the Indian National Congress over their not having been consulted over the decision to enter World War II with Britain.
• 1951

  The Selangor Labour Party is founded in Selangor, Malaya.
• 1984

  Bernhard Hugo Goetz shoots four African-American would-be muggers on an express train in Manhattan, New York City.
• 1989

  After a week of bloody demonstrations, Ion Iliescu takes over as president of Romania, ending Nicolae Ceauşescu’s Communist authoritarian regime.
• 1992

  The Archives of Terror are discovered.
• 1999

  Korean Air Cargo Flight 8509, a Boeing 747-200F crashes shortly after take-off from London Stansted Airport due to pilot error. All 4 crew members are killed.
• 2001

  Burhanuddin Rabbani, political leader of the Afghan Northern Alliance, hands over power in Afghanistan to the interim government headed by President Hamid Karzai.

• 1095

  Roger II of Sicily, King of Sicily (d. 1154)
• 1819

  Pierre Ossian Bonnet, French mathematician (d. 1892)
• 1944

  Steve Carlton, American baseball player
• 1945

  Diane Sawyer, American journalist
• 1947

  Brian Daley, American science-fiction writer (d. 1996)
• 1960

  Luther Campbell (Luke), American rap artist (2 Live Crew)
• 1960

  Mark Brydon, British musician (Moloko)
• 1978

  Emmanuel Olisadebe, Nigerian/Polish footballer
• 1982

  Brooke Nevin, Canadian actress
• 1998

  G. Hannelius, American child actress

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