What Day of the Week

December 26, 2020 is the 361^st day of the year 2020 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 5 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week is Saturday.

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

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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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• 1792

  The final trial of Louis XVI of France begins in Paris, France.
• 1793

  Second Battle of Wissembourg: French defeat Austrians.
• 1799

  Four thousand people attend George Washington’s funeral where Henry Lee declares him as “first in war, first in peace and first in the hearts of his countrymen.”
• 1862

  American Civil War: The Battle of Chickasaw Bayou begins.
• 1898

  Marie and Pierre Curie announce the isolation of radium.
• 1943

  World War II: German warship Scharnhorst is sunk off of Norway’s North Cape after a battle against major Royal Navy forces.
• 1982

  Time’s Man of the Year is for the first time a non-human, the personal computer.
• 1991

  The Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union meets and formally dissolves the Soviet Union.
• 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.
• 2004

  Orange Revolution: The final run-off election in Ukraine is held under heavy international scrutiny.

• 1194

  Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1250)
• 1536

  Yi I, Korean Confucian scholar (d. 1584)
• 1863

  Charles Pathé, French pioneer of film and record industries (d. 1957)
• 1904

  Alejo Carpentier, Cuban writer (d. 1980)
• 1918

  George Rallis, Greek politician, Prime Minister of Greece (d. 2006)
• 1927

  Stu Miller, American baseball player
• 1947

  James T. Conway, 34th Commandant of the United States Marine Corps
• 1954

  Peter Hillary, New Zealand mountaineer
• 1961

  Andrew Lock, Australian mountaineer
• 1975

  Marcelo Ríos, Chilean tennis player

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