What Day of the Week

December 29, 2020 is the 364^th day of the year 2020 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 2 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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• 1812

  The USS Constitution under the command of Captain William Bainbridge, captures the HMS Java off the coast of Brazil after a three hour battle.
• 1813

  British soldiers burn Buffalo, New York during the War of 1812.
• 1845

  In accordance with International Boundary delimitation, United States annexes the Mexican state of Texas, following the Manifest Destiny doctrine. The Republic of Texas, which had been independent since the Texas Revolution of 1836, is thereupon admitted as the 28th U.S. state.
• 1890

  United States soldiers kill more than 200 Oglala Lakota people with four Hotchkiss guns in the Wounded Knee Massacre.
• 1940

  World War II: In The Second Great Fire of London, the Luftwaffe fire-bombs London, killing almost 200 civilians.
• 1949

  KC2XAK of Bridgeport, Connecticut becomes the first Ultra high frequency (UHF) television station to operate a daily schedule.
• 1959

  The Lisbon Metro begins operation.
• 1996

  Guatemala and leaders of Guatemalan National Revolutionary Union sign a peace accord ending a 36-year civil war.
• 1997

  Hong Kong begins to kill all the nation’s 1.25 million chickens to stop the spread of a potentially deadly influenza strain.
• 2003

  The last known speaker of Akkala Sami dies, rendering the language extinct.

• 1920

  Viveca Lindfors, Swedish-American actress (d. 1995)
• 1921

  Robert C. Baker, Inventor of the chicken nugget (d. 2006)
• 1936

  Mary Tyler Moore, American actress
• 1937

  Wayne Huizenga, American football team owner
• 1943

  Bill Aucoin, American rock band manager (d. 2010)
• 1946

  Marianne Faithfull, British singer
• 1966

  Stefano Eranio, Italian footballer
• 1982

  Dale Morris, Australian rules footballer
• 1986

  Kim Ok-bin, South Korean actress and model
• 1988

  Ágnes Szávay, Hungarian tennis player

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