What Day of the Week

December 8, 2019 is the 342^nd day of the year 2019 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 23 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week is Sunday.

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

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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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• 1914

  A squadron of Britain’s Royal Navy defeats an inferior squadron of the Imperial German High Seas Fleet in the Battle of the Falkland Islands in the South Atlantic.
• 1927

  The Brookings Institution, one of the United States’ oldest think tanks, is founded through the merger of three organizations that had been created by philanthropist Robert S. Brookings.
• 1953

  United States President Dwight D. Eisenhower delivers his “Atoms for Peace” speech, and the U.S. launches its “Atoms for Peace” program that supplied equipment and information to schools, hospitals, and research institutions around the world.
• 1971

  Indo-Pakistani War: The Indian Navy launches an attack on West Pakistan’s port city of Karachi.
• 1980

  John Lennon, an English musician (former member of The Beatles), and peace activist, is murdered by Mark David Chapman, a mentally unstable fan, in front of The Dakota apartment building in New York City.
• 1987

  An Israeli army tank transporter kills four Palestinian refugees and injures seven others during a traffic accident at the Erez Crossing on the Israel–Gaza Strip border, sparking the First Intifada.
• 1991

  The leaders of Russia, Belarus and Ukraine sign an agreement dissolving the Soviet Union and establishing the Commonwealth of Independent States.
• 2004

  The Cuzco Declaration is signed in Cuzco, Peru, establishing the South American Community of Nations.
• 2007

  Benazir Bhutto, first and only female former Prime Minister of Pakistan, had her PPP Office stormed by unidentified gunmen. Three supporters are killed.
• 2009

  Bombings in Baghdad, Iraq kill 127 and injure 448.

• 1817

  Christian Emil Krag-Juel-Vind-Frijs, Danish nobleman and politician (d. 1896)
• 1861

  Georges Méliès, French filmmaker (d. 1938)
• 1861

  William C. Durant, American automobile executive (d. 1947)
• 1908

  John A. Volpe, American politician and 2nd United States Secretary of Transportation (d. 1994)
• 1939

  Red Berenson, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1941

  Ed Brinkman, American baseball player
• 1952

  Khaw Boon Wan, Singapore Health Minister
• 1956

  Warren Cuccurullo, American musician
• 1965

  David Harewood, British actor
• 1974

  Nick Zinner, American guitarist (Yeah Yeah Yeahs)

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