What Day of the Week

December 8, 2020 is the 343^rd day of the year 2020 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 23 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week is Tuesday.

If you are trying to learn French then this day of the week in French is mardi.

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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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• 1432

  The first battle between the forces of Švitrigaila and Sigismund Kęstutaitis is fought near the town of Oszmiana (Ashmyany), launching the most active phase of the Lithuanian Civil War.
• 1907

  King Gustaf V of Sweden accedes to the Swedish throne.
• 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.
• 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.
• 1966

  The Greek ship SS Heraklion sinks in a storm in the Aegean Sea, killing over 200.
• 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

  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.
• 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.

• 1795

  Peter Andreas Hansen, Danish astronomer (d. 1874)
• 1928

  Ulric Neisser, American cognitive psychologist
• 1939

  Sir James Galway, Northern Irish flautist
• 1944

  George Baker, Dutch singer and songwriter
• 1953

  Norman Finkelstein, American professor
• 1956

  Warren Cuccurullo, American musician
• 1962

  Marty Friedman, American guitarist
• 1965

  David Harewood, British actor
• 1972

  Frank Shamrock, American mixed martial artist
• 1980

  Lisa Kelly, American reality television personality

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