December 24: Day of the Week
December 24, 2023 is the 358th day of the year 2023 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 7 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week is Sunday.
If you are trying to learn Japanese then this day of the week in Japanese is Nichiyōbi.
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Here’s the December calendar. You can also browse the full year monthly calendar.
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Zodiac & Birthstone
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.
December 24 Historical Event(s)
- 563The Byzantine church Hagia Sophia in Constantinople is dedicated for the second time after being destroyed by earthquakes.
- 1818The first performance of “Silent Night” takes place in the church of St. Nikolaus in Oberndorf, Austria.
- 1924Albania becomes a republic.
- 1929Assassination attempt on Argentine President Hipólito Yrigoyen.
- 1942World War II: French monarchist, Fernand Bonnier de La Chapelle, assassinates Vichy French Admiral François Darlan in Algiers.
- 1951Libya becomes independent from Italy. Idris I is proclaimed King of Libya.
- 1966A Canadair CL-44 chartered by the United States military crashes into a small village in South Vietnam, killing 129.
- 1974Cyclone Tracy devastates Darwin, Australia.
- 2000The Texas 7 hold up a sports store in Irving, Texas. Police officer Aubrey Hawkins is murdered during the robbery.
- 2008Lord’s Resistance Army, a Ugandan rebel group, begins a series of attacks on Democratic Republic of the Congo, massacring more than 400.
Who were born on December 24?
- 1879Queen Alexandrine of Denmark, Queen Consort to Christian X (d. 1952)
- 1895Noel Streatfeild, English children’s writer (d. 1986)
- 1914Ralph Marterie, American trumpet player and big band leader (d. 1978)
- 1947Kevin Sheedy, coach of Australian Football League club Essendon FC
- 1958Munetaka Higuchi, Japanese drummer (d. 2008)
- 1959Anil Kapoor, Indian actor
- 1974Thure Lindhardt, Danish actor
- 1979Chris Hero, American professional wrestler
- 1986Kyrylo Fesenko, Ukrainian basketball player
- 1995Anett Kontaveit, Estonian tennis player
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