What Day of the Week

December 23, 2020 is the 358^th day of the year 2020 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 8 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week is Wednesday.

If you are trying to learn French then this day of the week in French is mercredi.

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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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• 962

  Byzantine-Arab Wars: Under the future Emperor Nicephorus Phocas, Byzantine troops stormed the city of Aleppo
• 1688

  As part of the Glorious Revolution, King James II of England flees England to Paris after being deposed in favour of his nephew, William of Orange and his daughter Mary.
• 1914

  World War I: Australian and New Zealand troops arrive in Cairo, Egypt.
• 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.
• 1936

  First flight of the Vickers Wellington bomber.
• 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.
• 1972

  The 16 survivors of the Andes flight disaster are rescued after 73 days, having survived by cannibalism.
• 2007

  An agreement is made for the monarchy of Nepal to be abolished and the country to become a federal republic with the Prime Minister becoming head of state.

• 245

  Zenobia, Queen of Palmyra
• 1805

  Joseph Smith, Jr., American religious leader (d. 1844)
• 1885

  Pierre Brissaud, French artist (d. 1964)
• 1931

  Ronnie Schell, American actor
• 1964

  Eddie Vedder, American musician (Pearl Jam)
• 1971

  Michalis Klokidis, Greek footballer
• 1974

  Agustín Delgado, Ecuadorian footballer
• 1978

  Andra Davis, American football player
• 1979

  Summer Altice, American model and actress
• 1982

  Brad Nelson, American baseball player

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