What Day of the Week

December 6, 2019 is the 340^th day of the year 2019 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 25 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week is Friday.

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

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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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• 1877

  The first edition of the Washington Post is published.
• 1884

  The Washington Monument in Washington D.C. is completed.
• 1916

  World War I: The Central Powers capture Bucharest.
• 1917

  Halifax Explosion: In Canada, a munitions explosion kills more than 1,900 people and destroys part of the City of Halifax, Nova Scotia.
• 1921

  The Anglo-Irish Treaty is signed in London by British and Irish representatives.
• 1933

  U.S. federal judge John M. Woolsey rules that the James Joyce’s novel Ulysses is not obscene.
• 1971

  Pakistan severs diplomatic relations with India following New Delhi’s recognition of Bangladesh.
• 1973

  The Twenty-fifth Amendment: The United States House of Representatives votes 387 to 35 to confirm Gerald Ford as Vice President of the United States (on November 27, the Senate confirmed him 92 to 3).
• 1992

  The Babri Mosque in Ayodhya, India is demolished, leading to widespread riots causing the death of over 1500 people.
• 2001

  The Canadian province of Newfoundland is renamed Newfoundland and Labrador.

• 1642

  Johann Christoph Bach, German composer (d. 1703)
• 1792

  King William II of the Netherlands (d. 1849)
• 1890

  Rudolf Schlichter, German artist and writer (d. 1955)
• 1890

  Yoshio Nishina, Japanese physicist (d. 1951)
• 1936

  Kenneth Copeland, American televangelist
• 1941

  Bill Thomas, American politician
• 1982

  Alberto Contador, Spanish cyclist
• 1982

  Ryan Carnes, American actor
• 1986

  Matt Niskanen, American hockey player
• 1995

  Joy Gruttmann, German singer

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