What Day of the Week

December 27, 2020 is the 362^nd day of the year 2020 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 4 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week is Sunday.

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

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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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• 1814

  War of 1812: The American schooner USS Carolina is destroyed. It was the last of Commodore Daniel Patterson’s make-shift fleet that fought a series of delaying actions that contributed to Andrew Jackson’s victory at the Battle of New Orleans.
• 1836

  The worst ever avalanche in England occurs at Lewes, Sussex, killing 8 people.
• 1939

  Winter War: Finland holds off a Soviet attack in the Battle of Kelja.
• 1949

  Indonesian National Revolution: The Netherlands officially recognizes Indonesian independence. End of the Dutch East Indies.
• 1968

  Apollo Program: Apollo 8 splashes down in the Pacific Ocean, ending the first orbital manned mission to the Moon.
• 1978

  Spain becomes a democracy after 40 years of dictatorship.
• 1985

  Palestinian guerrillas kill eighteen people inside Rome, Italy and Vienna, Austria airports.
• 1996

  Taliban forces retake the strategic Bagram air base which solidifies their buffer zone around Kabul.
• 2004

  Radiation from an explosion on the magnetar SGR 1806-20 reaches Earth. It is the brightest extrasolar event known to have been witnessed on the planet.
• 2009

  Iranian election protests: On the Day of Ashura in Tehran, government security forces fire upon demonstrators.

• 1717

  Pope Pius VI (d. 1799)
• 1901

  Marlene Dietrich, German actress and singer (d. 1992)
• 1919

  Charles Sweeney, American general (d. 2004)
• 1930

  Marshall Sahlins, American Anthropologist
• 1948

  Gérard Depardieu, French actor
• 1951

  Ernesto Zedillo, President of Mexico
• 1962

  Sherri Steinhauer, American golfer
• 1963

  Gaspar Noé, Argentinian-born director
• 1979

  David Dunn, English footballer
• 1981

  Patrick Sharp, Canadian ice hockey player

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