What Day of the Week

December 9, 2019 is the 343^rd day of the year 2019 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 22 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week is Monday.

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

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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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• 1775

  American Revolutionary War: British troops lose the Battle of Great Bridge, and leave Virginia soon afterward.
• 1872

  In Louisiana, P. B. S. Pinchback becomes the first serving African-American governor of a U.S. state.
• 1897

  Activist Marguerite Durand founds the feminist daily newspaper, La Fronde, in Paris.
• 1905

  In France, the law separating church and state is passed.
• 1911

  A mine explosion near Briceville, Tennessee, kills 84 miners in spite of rescue efforts led by the United States Bureau of Mines.
• 1917

  World War I: In Palestine, Field Marshal Edmund Allenby captures Jerusalem.
• 1941

  World War II: The Republic of China, Cuba, Guatemala, the Republic of Korea, and the Philippine Commonwealth, declare war on Germany and Japan.
• 1962

  The Petrified Forest National Park is established in Arizona.
• 1979

  The eradication of the smallpox virus is certified, making smallpox the first and to date only human disease driven to extinction.
• 2000

  The Supreme Court of the United States stays the sixth Florida recount.

• 1899

  Jean de Brunhoff, French author (d. 1937)
• 1915

  Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, German-born soprano (d. 2006)
• 1917

  James Angleton, head of counterintelligence for the CIA (d. 1987)
• 1938

  Deacon Jones, American football player
• 1947

  Tom Daschle, American politician
• 1968

  Brent Price, American basketball player
• 1973

  Fabio Artico, Italian footballer
• 1977

  Shayne Graham, American football player
• 1979

  Stephen McPhail, Irish footballer
• 1990

  LaFee, German singer

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