Thursday December 26, 2024
A date scroll with Latin text from “The Extremes of Good and Evil” by Cicero, written in 45 BC.

December 26: Day of the Week

December 26, 2024 is the 361st day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 5 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week is Thursday.

If you are trying to learn French then this day of the week in French is jeudi.

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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 26 Historical Event(s)

1613
Robert Carr, 1st Earl of Somerset, marries Frances Howard.
1792
The final trial of Louis XVI of France begins in Paris, France.
1805
Austria and France sign the Treaty of Pressburg.
1806
Battles of Pultusk and Golymin: Russian forces hold French forces under Napoleon.
1871
Gilbert and Sullivan collaborate for the first time, on their lost opera, Thespis. It does modestly well, but the two would not collaborate again for four years.
1883
The Harbour Grace Affray between Irish Catholics and Protestant Orangemen causes five deaths in Newfoundland.
1999
The storm Lothar sweeps across Central Europe, killing 137 and causing US$1.3 billion in damage.
2003
A magnitude 6.6 earthquake devastates southeast Iranian city of Bam, killing tens of thousands and destroying the citadel of Arg-é Bam.
2004
A 9.3 magnitude earthquake creates a tsunami causing devastation in Sri Lanka, India, Indonesia, Thailand, Malaysia, the Maldives and many other areas around the rim of the Indian Ocean, killing over 230,000 people including over 1700 on a moving train.
2005
A gang-related shooting on a busy shopping street in Toronto kills one and injures six.

Who were born on December 26?

1646
Robert Bolling, English settler in Virginia (d. 1709)
1893
Mao Zedong, Chinese military leader and politician (d. 1976)
1904
Alejo Carpentier, Cuban writer (d. 1980)
1905
William Loeb III, American newspaper publisher, (d. 1981)
1906
Imperio Argentina, Argentine actress and singer (d. 2003)
1958
Adrian Newey, British engineer
1970
Krissada Terrence, Thai singer and actor
1971
Jonathan M. Parisen, American film director
1976
Lea De Mae, Czech actress (d. 2004)
1981
Pablo Canavosio, Argentine-born Italian rugby player

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