What Day of the Week

December 22, 2018 is the 356^th day of the year 2018 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 9 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week is Saturday.

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

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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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• 1894

  The Dreyfus affair begins in France, when Alfred Dreyfus is wrongly convicted of treason.
• 1937

  The Lincoln Tunnel opens to traffic in New York City.
• 1942

  World War II: Adolf Hitler signs the order to develop the V-2 rocket as a weapon.
• 1951

  The Selangor Labour Party is founded in Selangor, Malaya.
• 1963

  The cruise ship Lakonia burns 180 mi north of Madeira with the loss of 128 lives.
• 1964

  The first test flight of the SR-71 (Blackbird) took place at Air Force Plant 42 in Palmdale, Calif.
• 1989

  After a week of bloody demonstrations, Ion Iliescu takes over as president of Romania, ending Nicolae Ceauşescu’s Communist authoritarian regime.
• 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.
• 2001

  Burhanuddin Rabbani, political leader of the Afghan Northern Alliance, hands over power in Afghanistan to the interim government headed by President Hamid Karzai.
• 2008

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

• 1546

  Kuroda Yoshitaka, Japanese Daimyo (d. 1604)
• 1696

  James Oglethorpe, English general and founder of the state of Georgia (d. 1785)
• 1807

  Johann Sebastian Welhaven, Norwegian poet (d. 1873)
• 1960

  Wakin Chau, Chinese singer
• 1963

  Brian McMillan, South African cricketer
• 1963

  Luna H. Mitani, Japanese American surrealism painter
• 1966

  Marcel “Schmier” Schirmer, German singer and bassplayer (Destruction)
• 1970

  Gary Anderson, Scottish darts player
• 1983

  Drew Hankinson, American professional wrestler
• 1989

  Jordin Sparks, American singer

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