What Day of the Week

December 8, 2021 is the 342^nd day of the year 2021 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 23 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week is Wednesday.

If you are trying to learn Japanese then this day of the week in Japanese is Suiyōbi.

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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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• 1660

  A woman (either Margaret Hughes or Anne Marshall) appears on an English public stage for the first time, in the role of Desdemona in a production of Shakespeare’s play Othello.
• 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.
• 1941

  United States President Franklin D. Roosevelt declares December 7 to be “a date which will live in infamy”, after which the U.S. and the Republic of China declare war against Japan.
• 1963

  Pan Am Flight 214, a Boeing 707, is struck by lightning and crashes near Elkton, Maryland, United States, killing all 81 people on board.
• 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.
• 1991

  The leaders of Russia, Belarus and Ukraine sign an agreement dissolving the Soviet Union and establishing the Commonwealth of Independent States.
• 1998

  Eighty-one people are killed by armed groups in Algeria.
• 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.

• 1730

  Jan Ingenhousz, Dutch physician, physiologist and botanist (d. 1799)
• 1915

  Ernest Lehman, American screenwriter (d. 2005)
• 1939

  Soko Richardson, American rhythm and blues drummer (d. 2004)
• 1940

  Brant Alyea, American baseball player
• 1941

  Ed Brinkman, American baseball player
• 1955

  Milenko Zablaćanski, Serbian actor, director, and playwright (d. 2008)
• 1976

  Dominic Monaghan, English actor
• 1978

  John Oster, Welsh footballer
• 1984

  Badr Hari, Dutch kickboxer
• 1989

  Jen Ledger, English drummer “Skillet”

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