What Day of the Week

December 28, 2021 is the 362^nd day of the year 2021 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 3 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week is Tuesday.

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

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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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• 1065

  Westminster Abbey is consecrated.
• 1308

  The reign of Emperor Hanazono, emperor of Japan, begins.
• 1612

  Galileo Galilei becomes the first astronomer to observe the planet Neptune, although he mistakenly catalogued it as a fixed star.
• 1768

  King Taksin’s coronation achieved through conquest as a king of Thailand and established Thonburi as a capital.
• 1867

  United States claims Midway Atoll, the first territory annexed outside Continental limits.
• 1895

  The Lumière brothers perform for their first paying audience at the Grand Cafe in Boulevard des Capucines, marking the debut of the cinema.
• 1895

  Wilhelm Röntgen publishes a paper detailing his discovery of a new type of radiation, which later will be known as x-rays.
• 1912

  The first municipally owned streetcars take to the streets in San Francisco, California.
• 1935

  Pravda publishes a letter by Pavel Postyshev, who revives New Year tree tradition in the Soviet Union.
• 1943

  World War II – After eight days of brutal house-to-house fighting, the battle of Ortona concludes with the victory of the 1st Canadian Infantry Division over the German 1st Parachute Division and the capture of the Italian town of Ortona.

• 1665

  George FitzRoy, 1st Duke of Northumberland, British general (d. 1716)
• 1914

  Bidia Dandaron, Buddhist author and teacher in the USSR (d. 1974)
• 1922

  Stan Lee, American comic book writer
• 1924

  Milton Obote, President of Uganda (d. 2005)
• 1937

  Ratan Tata, Indian industrialist
• 1944

  Kary Mullis, American chemist, Nobel laureate
• 1946

  Tim Johnson, American politician, senior senator from South Dakota
• 1951

  Ian Buruma, Anglo-Dutch scholar and writer on Japan and the Far East
• 1960

  Ray Bourque, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1989

  Mackenzie Rosman, American actress

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