What Day Of The Week Is December 23?

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December 23: Day of the Week

December 23, 2026 is the 357th day of the year 2026 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 8 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.

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

Capricorn 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 23 by the Numbers

• 333 days since December 23
• 0 year, 10 months, and 30 days ago
• 10 months since then
• December 23 is in the 52nd week of the year 2026 (ISO 8601)
• 47 weeks ago
• The year 2026 is not a leap year

December 23 Historical Event(s)

962Byzantine-Arab Wars: Under the future Emperor Nicephorus Phocas, Byzantine troops stormed the city of Aleppo 1793The Battle of Savenay, decisive defeat of the royalist counter-revolutionaries in Revolt in the Vendée during the French Revolution. 1919Sex Disqualification (Removal) Act 1919 becomes law in the UK. 1938Discovery of the first modern coelacanth in South Africa. 1940World War II: Greek submarine Papanikolis (Υ-2) sinks the Italian motor ship Antonietta. 1948Seven Japanese convicted of war crimes by the International Military Tribunal for the Far East are executed at Sugamo Prison in Tokyo. 1958Dedication of Tokyo Tower, the world’s highest self-supporting iron tower. 1982The United States Environmental Protection Agency announces it has identified dangerous levels of dioxin in the soil of Times Beach, Missouri. 1986Voyager, piloted by Dick Rutan and Jeana Yeager, lands at Edwards Air Force Base in California becoming the first aircraft to fly non-stop around the world without aerial or ground refueling. 2002A MQ-1 Predator is shot down by an Iraqi MiG-25, making it the first time in history that an aircraft and an unmanned drone had engaged in combat.

Who were born on December 23?

1918José Greco, Italian-born flamenco dancer (d. 2001) 1923James Stockdale, American admiral and Medal of Honor recipient (d. 2005) 1929Dick Weber, American professional tenpin bowler (d. 2005) 1936Frederic Forrest, American actor 1963Donna Tartt, American author 1970Holly Samos, British radio presenter 1981Mario Santana, Argentine footballer 1981Yuriorkis Gamboa, Cuban boxer 1986Beau Champion, Australian Rugby League Player 1986TJ Oshie, American ice hockey player

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