What Day of the Week

December 23, 2022 is the 357^th day of the year 2022 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 8 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week is Friday.

If you are trying to learn Spanish then this day of the week in Spanish is viernes.

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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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• 1823

  A Visit from St. Nicholas, also known as The Night Before Christmas, is published anonymously.
• 1893

  The opera Hänsel und Gretel by Engelbert Humperdinck is first performed.
• 1916

  World War I: Battle of Magdhaba – Allied forces defeat Turkish forces in Egypt’s Sinai peninsula.
• 1936

  Colombia becomes a signatory to the Buenos Aires copyright treaty.
• 1941

  World War II: After 15 days of fighting, the Japanese Imperial Army occupies Wake Island.
• 1947

  The transistor is first demonstrated at Bell Laboratories.
• 1948

  Seven Japanese convicted of war crimes by the International Military Tribunal for the Far East are executed at Sugamo Prison in Tokyo.
• 1968

  The 82 sailors from the USS Pueblo are released after eleven months of internment in North Korea.
• 1990

  History of Slovenia: In a referendum, 88.5% of Slovenia’s overall electorate vote for independence from Yugoslavia.
• 2003

  PetroChina Chuandongbei natural gas field explosion, Guoqiao, Kai County, Chongqing, China, killing at least 234.

• 1173

  Louis I, Duke of Bavaria (d. 1231)
• 1732

  Richard Arkwright, English industrialist and inventor (d. 1792)
• 1819

  Jan Jakob Lodewijk ten Kate, Dutch poet and clergyman (d. 1889)
• 1896

  Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa, Sicilian writer (d. 1957)
• 1923

  Claudio Scimone, Italian conductor
• 1923

  Onofre Marimón, Argentine racing driver (d. 1954)
• 1935

  Esther Phillips, American singer (d. 1984)
• 1940

  Eugene Record, American singer (The Chi-Lites) (d. 2005)
• 1957

  Trisha Goddard, English television presenter
• 1963

  Ante Zelck, German entrepreneur and hostel pioneer.

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