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 Spanish then this day of the week in Spanish is jueves.

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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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• 1777

  Kiritimati, also called Christmas Island, is discovered by James Cook.
• 1851

  Library of Congress burns.
• 1906

  Radio: Reginald Fessenden transmits the first radio broadcast; consisting of a poetry reading, a violin solo, and a speech.
• 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.
• 1974

  Cyclone Tracy devastates Darwin, Australia.
• 1997

  The Sid El-Antri massacre (or Sidi Lamri) in Algeria kills 50-100 people.
• 2000

  The Texas 7 hold up a sports store in Irving, Texas. Police officer Aubrey Hawkins is murdered during the robbery.
• 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.
• 2008

  Lord’s Resistance Army, a Ugandan rebel group, begins a series of attacks on Democratic Republic of the Congo, massacring more than 400.

• 1166

  King John of England (d. 1216)
• 1893

  Harry Warren, American composer and lyricist (Chattanooga Choo Choo – I Only Have Eyes for You) (d. 1981)
• 1903

  Ava Helen Pauling, American human rights activist (d. 1981)
• 1906

  Franz Waxman, German film composer (d. 1967)
• 1910

  Fritz Leiber, American writer (d. 1992)
• 1927

  Mary Higgins Clark, American author
• 1937

  Félix Miéli Venerando, Brazilian football player
• 1950

  Dana Gioia, American poet
• 1991

  Wasim Tareen, Pakistani footballer
• 1995

  Anett Kontaveit, Estonian tennis player

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