What Day of the Week

December 9, 2020 is the 344^th day of the year 2020 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 22 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week is Wednesday.

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

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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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• 1824

  Patriot forces led by General Antonio José de Sucre defeat a Royalist army in the Battle of Ayacucho, putting an end to the Peruvian War of Independence.
• 1897

  Activist Marguerite Durand founds the feminist daily newspaper, La Fronde, in Paris.
• 1922

  Gabriel Narutowicz is announced the first president of Poland.
• 1941

  World War II: The 19th Bombardment Group attacks Japanese ships off the coast of Vigan, Luzon.
• 1953

  Red Scare: General Electric announces that all communist employees will be discharged from the company.
• 1961

  Tanganyika becomes independent from Britain.
• 1961

  The trial of Nazi Adolf Eichmann in Israel ends with verdicts of guilty on 15 criminal charges, including charges of crimes against humanity, crimes against the Jewish people and membership of an outlawed organization.
• 1971

  The United Arab Emirates join the United Nations.
• 1987

  Israeli-Palestinian conflict: The First Intifada begins in the Gaza Strip and West Bank.
• 2003

  A blast in the center of Moscow kills six people and wounds several more.

• 1867

  Gregorios Xenopoulos, Greek writer (d. 1951)
• 1870

  Ida S. Scudder, Indian physician, Founder, Christian Medical College & Hospital, India (d. 1960)
• 1891

  Maksim Bahdanovič, Belarusian poet (d. 1917)
• 1925

  Dina Merrill, American actress
• 1947

  Jaak Jõerüüt, Soviet-born Estonian politician
• 1947

  Tom Daschle, American politician
• 1953

  John Malkovich, American actor
• 1963

  Dave Hilton, Jr., Canadian boxer
• 1974

  Canibus, American rapper
• 1983

  Dariusz Dudka, Polish footballer

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