What Day of the Week

December 24, 2020 is the 359^th day of the year 2020 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 7 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week is Thursday.

If you are trying to learn Japanese then this day of the week in Japanese is Mokuyōbi.

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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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• 1814

  The Treaty of Ghent is signed ending the War of 1812.
• 1818

  The first performance of “Silent Night” takes place in the church of St. Nikolaus in Oberndorf, Austria.
• 1911

  Lackawanna Cut-Off railway line opens in New Jersey and Pennsylvania.
• 1924

  Albania becomes a republic.
• 1942

  World War II: French monarchist, Fernand Bonnier de La Chapelle, assassinates Vichy French Admiral François Darlan in Algiers.
• 1966

  A Canadair CL-44 chartered by the United States military crashes into a small village in South Vietnam, killing 129.
• 1974

  Cyclone Tracy devastates Darwin, Australia.
• 1980

  Witnesses report the first of several sightings of unexplained lights near RAF Woodbridge, in Rendlesham Forest, Suffolk, England, an incident called “Britain’s Roswell”.
• 1997

  The Sid El-Antri massacre (or Sidi Lamri) in Algeria kills 50-100 people.
• 2005

  Chad–Sudan relations: Chad declares a state of war against Sudan following a December 18 attack on Adré, which left about 100 people dead.

• 1812

  Karl Eduard Zachariae von Lingenthal, German jurist (d. 1894)
• 1923

  Michael DiBiase, American wrestler (d. 1969)
• 1924

  Lee Dorsey, American singer (d.1986)
• 1945

  Lemmy, British singer, bassist (Motörhead)
• 1951

  John D'Acquisto, baseball player
• 1953

  François Loos, French politician
• 1957

  Diane Tell, Quebec singer
• 1966

  Diedrich Bader, American actor
• 1969

  Ed Miliband, British politician
• 1987

  Jane Summersett, American ice dancer

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