What Day of the Week

December 3, 2020 is the 338^th day of the year 2020 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 28 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week is Thursday.

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

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Here’s the December calendar. You can also browse the full year monthly calendar.

Sagittarius 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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• 1800

  War of the Second Coalition: Battle of Hohenlinden, French General Moreau defeats the Austrian Archduke John near Munich decisively, coupled with First Consul Napoleon Bonaparte’s victory at Marengo effectively forcing the Austrians to sign an armistice and ending the war.
• 1834

  The Zollverein (German Customs Union) begins the first regular census in Germany.
• 1917

  After nearly 20 years of planning and construction, including two collapses causing 89 deaths, the Quebec Bridge opens to traffic.
• 1944

  Greek Civil War: Fighting breaks out in Athens between the ELAS and government forces supported by the British Army.
• 1964

  Berkeley Free Speech Movement: Police arrest over 800 students at the University of California, Berkeley, following their takeover and sit-in at the administration building in protest at the UC Regents’ decision to forbid protests on UC property.
• 1970

  October Crisis: In Montreal, Quebec, kidnapped British Trade Commissioner James Cross is released by the Front de libération du Québec terrorist group after being held hostage for 60 days. Police negotiate his release and in return the Canadian government grants five terrorists from the FLQ’s Chenier Cell their request for safe passage to Cuba.
• 1989

  Cold War: In a meeting off the coast of Malta, US President George H. W. Bush and Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev release statements indicating that the cold war between Nato and The Soviet Union may be coming to an end.
• 1992

  UN Security Council Resolution 794 is unanimously passed, approving a coalition of United Nations peacekeepers led by the United States to form UNITAF, with the task of establishing peace and ensuring that humanitarian aid is distributed in Somalia.
• 1999

  NASA loses radio contact with the Mars Polar Lander moments before the spacecraft enters the Martian atmosphere.
• 2005

  XCOR Aerospace makes first manned rocket aircraft delivery of US Mail in Mojave, California.

• 1864

  Herman Heijermans, Dutch writer (d. 1924)
• 1880

  Fedor von Bock, German field marshal (d. 1945)
• 1918

  Abdul Haris Nasution, Indonesian general (d. 2000)
• 1937

  Bobby Allison, American race car driver
• 1951

  John and Greg Rice, American twin actors, known as the shortest living twins until November 5, 2005 (at John’s death), at 2 ft. 10 in. tall.
• 1955

  Steven Culp, American actor
• 1963

  Joe Lally, American musician (Fugazi)
• 1968

  Montell Jordan, American singer and record producer
• 1979

  Rock Cartwright, American football player
• 1984

  Avraam Papadopoulos, Greek footballer

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