What Day of the Week

December 26, 2023 is the 360^th day of the year 2023 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 5 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.

• 1776

  American Revolutionary War: The British are defeated in the Battle of Trenton.
• 1805

  Austria and France sign the Treaty of Pressburg.
• 1862

  The largest mass-hanging in U.S. history took place in Mankato, Minnesota, 38 Native Americans die.
• 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.
• 1898

  Marie and Pierre Curie announce the isolation of radium.
• 1945

  CFP franc and CFA franc are created.
• 1948

  Cardinal József Mindszenty is arrested in Hungary and accused of treason and conspiracy.
• 1998

  Iraq announces its intention to fire upon U.S. and British warplanes that patrol the northern and southern no-fly zones.
• 2005

  A gang-related shooting on a busy shopping street in Toronto kills one and injures six.
• 2006

  An oil pipeline in Lagos, Nigeria explodes, killing at least 260.

• 1837

  George Dewey, U. S. admiral (d. 1917)
• 1913

  Frank Swift, English footballer and journalist (d. 1958)
• 1927

  Denis Quilley, British actor (d. 2003)
• 1930

  Jean Ferrat, French singer and songwriter
• 1947

  James T. Conway, 34th Commandant of the United States Marine Corps
• 1948

  Candy Crowley, American journalist
• 1958

  Adrian Newey, British engineer
• 1973

  Gianluca Faliva, Italian rugby player
• 1982

  Kenneth Darby, American football player
• 2000

  Samuel Sevian, American chess player

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