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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• 1949

  United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East is established to provide aid to Palestinian refugees who left their homes during the 1948 Palestinian exodus.
• 1972

  United Airlines Flight 553 crashes after aborting its landing attempt at Chicago Midway International Airport, killing 45.
• 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.
• 1987

  The Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty is signed.
• 1988

  A United States Air Force A-10 Thunderbolt II crashes into an apartment complex in Remscheid, Germany, killing 5 people and injuring 50 others.
• 1991

  The leaders of Russia, Belarus and Ukraine sign an agreement dissolving the Soviet Union and establishing the Commonwealth of Independent States.
• 1993

  The North American Free Trade Agreement is signed into law by US President Bill Clinton.
• 2002

  The Caribbean Community Heads of Government meet with the Government of Cuba and declare the date to be “CARICOM-Cuba Day”—to celebrate diplomatic ties between the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) and Cuba.
• 2009

  Bombings in Baghdad, Iraq kill 127 and injure 448.
• 2010

  With the second launch of the SpaceX Falcon 9 and the first launch of the SpaceX Dragon, SpaceX becomes the first privately held company to successfully launch, orbit and recover a spacecraft.

• 1927

  Ferdie Pacheco, American boxing trainer
• 1939

  Jerry “The Iceman” Butler, American soul singer
• 1943

  Mary Woronov, American actress
• 1947

  Thomas R. Cech, American chemist, Nobel laureate
• 1949

  Ray Shulman, English musician
• 1949

  Robert Sternberg, American psychologist and psychometrician
• 1950

  Rick Baker, American film makeup artist
• 1951

  Jan Eggum, Norwegian singer and songwriter
• 1978

  Vernon Wells, American baseball player
• 1982

  Hamit Altıntop, Turkish footballer

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