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 Japanese then this day of the week in Japanese is Kin'yōbi.

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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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• 1793

  The Battle of Savenay, decisive defeat of the royalist counter-revolutionaries in Revolt in the Vendée during the French Revolution.
• 1893

  The opera Hänsel und Gretel by Engelbert Humperdinck is first performed.
• 1919

  Sex Disqualification (Removal) Act 1919 becomes law in the UK.
• 1940

  World War II: Greek submarine Papanikolis (Υ-2) sinks the Italian motor ship Antonietta.
• 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.
• 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.

• 1804

  Charles Augustin Sainte-Beuve, French literary critic (d. 1869)
• 1929

  Chet Baker, American jazz trumpet player (d. 1988)
• 1937

  Barney Rosenzweig, American television producer
• 1942

  John Peterman, American fashion designer
• 1942

  Quentin Bryce, Governor-General of Australia
• 1950

  Ilchi Lee, Korean educator and author
• 1955

  Carol Ann Duffy, Scottish poet and playwright; Poet Laureate of the United Kingdom
• 1961

  Carol Smillie, British television personality
• 1980

  Elvin Ng, Singaporean actor
• 1985

  Harry Judd, British drummer (McFly)

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