What Day of the Week

December 24, 2019 is the 358^th day of the year 2019 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 7 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week is Tuesday.

If you are trying to learn Spanish then this day of the week in Spanish is martes.

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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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• 1294

  Pope Boniface VIII is elected Pope, replacing St. Celestine V, who had resigned.
• 1911

  Lackawanna Cut-Off railway line opens in New Jersey and Pennsylvania.
• 1913

  The Italian Hall Disaster (“1913 Massacre”) in Calumet, Michigan, results in the death of 73 Christmas party goers held by striking mine workers, including 59 children.
• 1939

  World War II: Pope Pius XII makes a Christmas Eve appeal for peace.
• 1973

  District of Columbia Home Rule Act is passed, allowing residents of Washington, D.C. to elect their own local government.
• 1974

  Cyclone Tracy devastates Darwin, Australia.
• 1979

  The first European Ariane rocket is launched.
• 1997

  The Sid El-Antri massacre (or Sidi Lamri) in Algeria kills 50-100 people.
• 2003

  The Spanish police thwart an attempt by ETA to detonate 50 kg of explosives at 3:55 p.m. inside Madrid’s busy Chamartín Station.
• 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.

• 3 BC

  Servius Sulpicius Galba, Roman Emperor (d. 69)
• 1784

  Grand Duchess Elena Pavlovna of Russia (d. 1803)
• 1798

  Adam Mickiewicz, Polish poet (d. 1855)
• 1906

  Franz Waxman, German film composer (d. 1967)
• 1919

  Qateel Shifai, Pakistani Urdu poet, Lyricist (d. 11 July 2001)
• 1930

  Robert Joffrey, American choreographer (d. 1988)
• 1960

  Glenn McQueen, American animator (d. 2002)
• 1966

  Diedrich Bader, American actor
• 1986

  Riyo Mori, Japanese model
• 2000

  Ethan Bortnick, American musician

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