What Day Of The Week Is December 17?

December 17: Day of the Week

December 17, 2026 is the 351st day of the year 2026 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 14 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week is Thursday.

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

Here’s the December calendar. You can also browse the full year monthly calendar.

December					2026
Sun	Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat
1	2	3	4	5
6	7	8	9	10	11	12
13	14	15	16	17	18	19
20	21	22	23	24	25	26
27	28	29	30	31

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Zodiac & Birthstone

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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December 17 by the Numbers

• 303 days since December 17
• 0 year, 10 months, and 0 day ago
• 10 months since then
• December 17 is in the 51st week of the year 2026 (ISO 8601)
• 43 weeks ago
• The year 2026 is not a leap year

December 17 Historical Event(s)

1790Discovery of the Aztec calendar stone. 1862American Civil War: General Ulysses S. Grant issues General Order No. 11, expelling Jews from Tennessee, Mississippi, and Kentucky. 1865First performance of the Unfinished Symphony by Franz Schubert. 1903The Wright Brothers make their first powered and heavier-than-air flight in the Wright Flyer at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina. 1926Antanas Smetona assumes power in Lithuania as the 1926 coup d'état is successful. 1947First flight of the Boeing B-47 Stratojet strategic bomber. 1960Troops loyal to Haile Selassie I in Ethiopia crush the coup that began December 13, returning power to their leader upon his return from Brazil. Haile Selassie absolves his son of any guilt. 1973Terrorism: 30 passengers are killed in an attack by Palestinian terrorists on Rome’s Leonardo da Vinci Airport. 1981Brigadier General James L. Dozier is abducted by the Red Brigade in Verona, Italy. 2010Mohamed Bouazizi set himself on fire.This act became the catalyst for the Tunisian Revolution. The success of the Tunisian protests sparked protests in several other Arab countries.

Who were born on December 17?

1239Kujo Yoritsugu, Japanese Shogun (d. 1256) 1807John Greenleaf Whittier, American poet and abolitionist (d. 1892) 1905Simo Häyhä, Finnish sniper (d. 2002) 1920Kenneth E. Iverson, Canadian computer scientist (d. 2004) 1937Kerry Packer, Australian businessman (d. 2005) 1959Albert King, American basketball player 1964Frank Musil, Czech ice hockey player 1975Nick Dinsmore (Eugene), American professional wrestler 1980Ryan Hunter-Reay, American race car driver 1981Tim Wiese, German footballer

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