What Day of the Week

December 23, 2019 is the 357^th day of the year 2019 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 8 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week is Monday.

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

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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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• 1572

  Theologian Johann Sylvan executed in Heidelberg for his heretical Antitrinitarian beliefs
• 1823

  A Visit from St. Nicholas, also known as The Night Before Christmas, is published anonymously.
• 1921

  Visva-Bharati University is inaugurated.
• 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.
• 1958

  Dedication of Tokyo Tower, the world’s highest self-supporting iron tower.
• 1970

  The North Tower of the World Trade Center in Manhattan, New York City is topped out at 1,368 feet (417 m), making it the tallest building in the world.
• 1982

  The United States Environmental Protection Agency announces it has identified dangerous levels of dioxin in the soil of Times Beach, Missouri.

• 1597

  Martin Opitz von Boberfeld, German poet (d. 1639)
• 1819

  Jan Jakob Lodewijk ten Kate, Dutch poet and clergyman (d. 1889)
• 1864

  Zorka of Montenegro, Princess of Serbia (d. 1890)
• 1941

  Tim Hardin, American musician (d. 1980)
• 1961

  Carol Smillie, British television personality
• 1969

  Rob Pelinka, American sports agent
• 1970

  Karine Polwart, Scottish folk singer-songwriter
• 1971

  Wim Vansevenant, Belgian cyclist
• 1978

  Víctor Martínez, Venezuelan baseball player
• 1984

  Joseph Stacey, British actor

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