What Day of the Week

December 4, 2018 was the 338^th day of the year 2018 in the Gregorian calendar. There were 27 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week was Tuesday.

If you are trying to learn Spanish then this day of the week in Spanish is martes.

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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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• 1563

  The final session of the Council of Trent is held (it opened on December 13, 1545).
• 1864

  American Civil War: Sherman’s March to the Sea – At Waynesboro, Georgia, forces under Union General Judson Kilpatrick prevent troops led by Confederate General Joseph Wheeler from interfering with Union General William T. Sherman’s campaign destroying a wide swath of the South on his march to the Atlantic Ocean from Atlanta, Georgia.
• 1881

  The first edition of the Los Angeles Times is published.
• 1942

  World War II: Carlson’s patrol during the Guadalcanal Campaign ends.
• 1943

  World War II: U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt closes down the Works Progress Administration, because of the high levels of wartime employment in the United States.
• 1969

  Black Panther Party members Fred Hampton and Mark Clark are shot and killed in their sleep during a raid by 14 Chicago police officers.
• 1971

  The United Nations Security Council calls an emergency session to consider the deteriorating situation between India and Pakistan.
• 1975

  Suriname joins the United Nations.
• 1991

  Journalist Terry A. Anderson is released after 7 years in captivity as a hostage in Beirut. He is the last and longest-held American hostage in Lebanon.
• 1993

  A truce is concluded between the government of Angola and UNITA rebels.

• 1798

  Jules Armand Dufaure, French statesman (d. 1881)
• 1892

  Francisco Franco, dictator of Spain (d. 1975)
• 1892

  Liu Bocheng, Chinese Communist military commander and Marshal of the People’s Liberation Army (d. 1986)
• 1913

  Mark Robson, Canadian-born film director and producer (d. 1978)
• 1962

  Kevin Richardson, English footballer
• 1963

  Sergey Bubka, Ukrainian pole vaulter
• 1964

  Scott Hastings, Scottish Rugby Union international
• 1970

  John L. Adams, American actor
• 1984

  Joe Thomas, American football player
• 1992

  Līna Mūze, Latvian javelin thrower

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