What Day of the Week

December 5, 2023 was the 339^th day of the year 2023 in the Gregorian calendar. There were 26 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week was 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.

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.

• 63 BC

  Cicero gave the fourth and final Catiline Orations.
• 663

  Fourth Council of Toledo takes place.
• 1484

  Pope Innocent VIII issues the Summis desiderantes, a papal bull that deputizes Heinrich Kramer and James Sprenger as inquisitors to root out alleged witchcraft in Germany and leads to one of the most oppressive witch hunts in European history.
• 1848

  California Gold Rush: In a message before the U.S. Congress, US President James K. Polk confirms that large amounts of gold had been discovered in California.
• 1932

  German-born Swiss physicist Albert Einstein is granted an American visa.
• 1934

  Abyssinia Crisis: Italian troops attack Wal Wal in Abyssinia, taking four days to capture the city.
• 1945

  Flight 19 is lost in the Bermuda Triangle.
• 1955

  The American Federation of Labor and the Congress of Industrial Organizations merge and form the AFL-CIO.
• 1974

  In American football, the Birmingham Americans would win what would eventually be the only World Bowl in World Football League history.
• 1993

  The mayor of Wien (Vienna), Helmut Zilk, is wounded by a letter bomb.

• 1595

  Henry Lawes, English composer (d. 1662)
• 1859

  John Jellicoe, British admiral (d. 1935)
• 1867

  Antti Aarne, Finnish folklorist (d. 1925)
• 1896

  Carl Ferdinand Cori, Austrian-born biochemist, Nobel laureate (d. 1984)
• 1903

  Cecil Frank Powell, English physicist, Nobel laureate (d. 1969)
• 1956

  Klaus Allofs, German footballer
• 1967

  Konstantin-Assen, Prince of Vidin, titular Bulgarian royal family
• 1973

  Mikelangelo Loconte, Italian singer
• 1982

  Keri Hilson, American singer
• 1987

  Tommy Fraser, English footballer

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