What Day of the Week

December 4, 2019 is the 338^th day of the year 2019 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 27 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week is Wednesday.

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

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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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• 1619

  38 colonists from Berkeley Parish in England disembark in Virginia and give thanks to God (this is considered by many to be the first Thanksgiving in the Americas).
• 1791

  The first edition of The Observer, the world’s first Sunday newspaper, is published.
• 1875

  Notorious New York City politician Boss Tweed escapes from prison and flees to Cuba, then Spain.
• 1937

  The first issue of the children’s comic, The Dandy Comic, is published, one of the first to use speech balloons.
• 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.
• 1971

  McGurk’s Bar bombing: An Ulster Volunteer Force bomb kills 15 civilians and wounds 17 in Belfast, Northern Ireland.
• 1977

  Malaysia Airlines Flight 653 is hijacked and crashes in Tanjong Kupang, Johor, killing 100.
• 1982

  The People’s Republic of China adopts its current constitution.
• 1991

  Captain Mark Pyle pilots Clipper Goodwill, a Pan American World Airways Boeing 727-221ADV, to Miami International Airport ending 64 years of Pan Am operations.
• 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.

• 1908

  Alfred Hershey, American bacteriologist, Nobel laureate (d. 1997)
• 1910

  Alex North, American film music composer (d. 1991)
• 1913

  Mark Robson, Canadian-born film director and producer (d. 1978)
• 1924

  John Portman, American architect
• 1938

  Andre Marrou, American politician, presidential candidate
• 1944

  François Migault, French racing driver
• 1957

  Raul Boesel, Brazilian racing driver
• 1963

  Sergey Bubka, Ukrainian pole vaulter
• 1964

  Scott Hastings, Scottish Rugby Union international
• 1965

  Álex de la Iglesia, Spanish film director

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