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Day Of The Week: December 23
December 23, 2025 is the 357th day of the year 2025 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 8 days remaining until the end of 2025. The day of the week is Tuesday.
If you are into daily horoscope then Capricorn is your zodiac sign. Turquoise is your modern birthstone. Onyx is your mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
Historical Events: December 23
- 1572 –Theologian Johann Sylvan executed in Heidelberg for his heretical Antitrinitarian beliefs
- 1688 –As part of the Glorious Revolution, King James II of England flees England to Paris after being deposed in favour of his nephew, William of Orange and his daughter Mary.
- 1783 –George Washington resigns as commander-in-chief of the Continental Army at the Maryland State House in Annapolis, Maryland.
- 1893 –The opera Hänsel und Gretel by Engelbert Humperdinck is first performed.
- 1914 –World War I: Australian and New Zealand troops arrive in Cairo, Egypt.
- 1940 –World War II: Greek submarine Papanikolis (Υ-2) sinks the Italian motor ship Antonietta.
- 1941 –World War II: After 15 days of fighting, the Japanese Imperial Army occupies Wake Island.
- 1972 –A 6.5 magnitude earthquake strikes the Nicaraguan capital of Managua killing more than 10,000.
- 1979 –Soviet war in Afghanistan: Soviet forces occupy Kabul, the Afghan capital.
- 2002 –A 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?
- 1582 –Severo Bonini, Italian composer (d. 1663)
- 1689 –Joseph Bodin de Boismortier, French composer (d. 1755)
- 1924 –Bob Kurland, American basketball player
- 1928 –Chronis Aidonidis, Greek singer
- 1936 –Frederic Forrest, American actor
- 1962 –Keiji Mutoh, Japanese professional wrestler
- 1964 –Eddie Vedder, American musician (Pearl Jam)
- 1972 –Christian Potenza, Canadian actor
- 1975 –Thanasis Sentementes, Greek footballer
- 1981 –Maritza Correia, American swimmer
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