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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• 1240

  Mongol invasion of Rus': Kiev under Danylo of Halych and Voivode Dmytro falls to the Mongols under Batu Khan.
• 1648

  Colonel Pride of the New Model Army purges the Long Parliament of MPs sympathetic to King Charles I of England, in order for the King’s trial to go ahead; came to be known as “Pride’s Purge”.
• 1704

  Battle of Chamkaur.
• 1917

  World War I: USS Jacob Jones is the first American destroyer to be sunk by enemy action when it is torpedoed by German submarine ship SM.
• 1956

  A violent water polo match between Hungary and the USSR takes place during the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, against the backdrop of the 1956 Hungarian Revolution.
• 1977

  South Africa grants independence to Bophuthatswana, although it is not recognized by any other country.
• 1982

  Droppin Well bombing: The Irish National Liberation Army detonate a bomb in Ballykelly, Northern Ireland, killing eleven British soldiers and six civilians.
• 1991

  In Croatia, forces of the Yugoslav People’s Army bombard Dubrovnik after laying siege to the city since May.
• 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.

• 1805

  Adolf Reubke, German organ builder (d. 1875)
• 1875

  Evelyn Underhill, British poet (d. 1941)
• 1908

  Baby Face Nelson, American bank robber (d. 1934)
• 1945

  Larry Bowa, American baseball player and manager
• 1950

  Joe Hisaishi, Japanese composer
• 1978

  Darrell Jackson, American football player
• 1978

  Ramiro Pez, Argentine-born Italian rugby player
• 1984

  Syndric Steptoe, American football player
• 1985

  Aristeidis Grigoriadis, Greek swimmer
• 1995

  Joy Gruttmann, German singer

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