What Day of the Week

December 23, 2023 is the 357^th day of the year 2023 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 8 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week is Saturday.

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

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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.

• 962

  Byzantine-Arab Wars: Under the future Emperor Nicephorus Phocas, Byzantine troops stormed the city of Aleppo
• 1572

  Theologian Johann Sylvan executed in Heidelberg for his heretical Antitrinitarian beliefs
• 1783

  George Washington resigns as commander-in-chief of the Continental Army at the Maryland State House in Annapolis, Maryland.
• 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.
• 1938

  Discovery of the first modern coelacanth in South Africa.
• 1968

  The 82 sailors from the USS Pueblo are released after eleven months of internment in North Korea.
• 1972

  A 6.5 magnitude earthquake strikes the Nicaraguan capital of Managua killing more than 10,000.
• 2003

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

• 1758

  Nathan Wilson U.S. Representative from New York (d. 1834)
• 1928

  Chronis Aidonidis, Greek singer
• 1931

  Ronnie Schell, American actor
• 1933

  Akihito, Emperor of Japan
• 1941

  Tim Hardin, American musician (d. 1980)
• 1944

  Wesley Clark, American military officer
• 1958

  Victoria Williams, American singer
• 1967

  Carla Bruni, Italian-French model and singer
• 1981

  Mario Santana, Argentine footballer
• 1984

  Sebastian Werle, German rugby player

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