What Day of the Week

December 22, 2023 is the 356^th day of the year 2023 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 9 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.

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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• 1940

  World War II: Himarë is captured by the Greek army.
• 1951

  The Selangor Labour Party is founded in Selangor, Malaya.
• 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.
• 1988

  Chico Mendes, a Brazilian rubber tapper, unionist and environmental activist, is assassinated.
• 1991

  Armed opposition groups launch a military coup against President of Georgia Zviad Gamsakhurdia.
• 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

  Richard Reid attempts to destroy a passenger airliner by igniting explosives hidden in his shoes aboard American Airlines Flight 63.
• 2008

  An ash dike ruptured at a solid waste containment area in Roane County, Tennessee, releasing 1.1 e9USgal of coal fly ash slurry.

• 1869

  Dmitri Egorov, Russian mathematician (d. 1931)
• 1912

  Lady Bird Johnson, First Lady of the United States (d. 2007)
• 1936

  James Burke, British writer
• 1939

  James Gurley, American musician (d. 2009)
• 1951

  Dan Martin, American voice actor
• 1959

  Bernd Schuster, German footballer
• 1960

  Patrick Fitzgerald, American attorney
• 1972

  Big Tigger, television host
• 1976

  Jason Lane, American baseball player
• 1998

  G. Hannelius, American child actress

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