What Day of the Week

December 31, 2023 is the 365^th day of the year 2023 in the Gregorian calendar. 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.

• 406

  Vandals, Alans and Suebians cross the Rhine, beginning an invasion of Gaul.
• 535

  Byzantine General Belisarius completes the conquest of Sicily, defeating the Ostrogothic garrison of Syracuse, and ending his consulship for the year.
• 1660

  James II of England is named Duke of Normandy by Louis XIV of France.
• 1775

  American Revolutionary War: Battle of Quebec: British forces repulse an attack by Continental Army General Richard Montgomery.
• 1862

  American Civil War: The Battle of Stones River begins near Murfreesboro, Tennessee.
• 1907

  The first New Year’s Eve celebration is held in Times Square (then known as Longacre Square) in New York, New York.
• 1961

  RTÉ Ireland’s state broadcaster launches its first national television service.
• 1965

  Jean-Bédel Bokassa, leader of the Central African Republic army, and his military officers begins a coup d'état against the government of President David Dacko.
• 1992

  Czechoslovakia is peacefully dissolved in what is dubbed by media as the Velvet Divorce, resulting in the creation of the Czech Republic and Slovakia.
• 1999

  The United States Government hands control of the Panama Canal (as well all the adjacent land to the canal known as the Panama Canal Zone) to Panama. This act complied with the signing of the 1977 Torrijos-Carter Treaties.

• 1514

  Andreas Vesalius, Flemish anatomist (d. 1564)
• 1572

  Emperor Go-Yozei of Japan, (d. 1617)
• 1864

  Robert Grant Aitken, American astronomer (d. 1951)
• 1902

  Lionel Daunais, French-Canadian singer and composer (d. 1982)
• 1924

  Taylor Mead, American actor
• 1934

  Akram Awan, Islamic scholar
• 1959

  Baron Waqa, Nauruan politician and musician
• 1960

  Steve Bruce, English footballer
• 1965

  Tony Dorigo, English footballer
• 1979

  Elaine Cassidy, Irish actress

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