Are you asking the question “What day of the week was I born?” Continue reading to find out what day of the week you were born.
Day Of The Week: December 10
December 10, 2024 is the 345th day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 21 days remaining until the end of 2024. The day of the week is Tuesday.
If you are into daily horoscope then Sagittarius 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 10
- 1520 –Martin Luther burns his copy of the papal bull Exsurge Domine outside Wittenberg’s Elster Gate.
- 1861 –Forces led by Nguyen Trung Truc, an anti-colonial guerrilla leader in southern Vietnam, sink the French lorcha L'Esperance.
- 1884 –Mark Twain’s Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is published for the first time.
- 1902 –Women are given the right to vote in Tasmania.
- 1904 –The Pi Kappa Phi Fraternity is founded at the College of Charleston.
- 1932 –Thailand adopts a Constitution and becomes a constitutional monarchy.
- 1978 –Arab-Israeli conflict: Prime Minister of Israel Menachem Begin and President of Egypt Anwar Sadat are jointly awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.
- 1979 –Kaohsiung Incident: Taiwanese pro-democracy demonstrations are suppressed by the KMT dictatorship, and organizers are arrested.
- 1989 –Tsakhiagiin Elbegdorj announces the establishment of Mongolia’s democratic movement that changes the second oldest communist country into a democracy.
- 1993 –The last shift leaves Wearmouth Colliery in Sunderland. The closure of the 156-year-old pit marks the end of the old County Durham coalfield, which had been in operation since the Middle Ages.
Who were born on December 10?
- 1394 –King James I of Scotland (d. 1437)
- 1787 –Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet, American educator (d. 1851)
- 1917 –Sultan Yahya Petra, King of Malaysia (d. 1979)
- 1934 –Howard Martin Temin, American geneticist, Nobel laureate (d. 1994)
- 1951 –Ellen Nikolaysen, Norwegian singer
- 1957 –Paul Hardcastle, English composer and musician
- 1965 –Greg Giraldo, American comedian (d. 2010)
- 1965 –Stephanie Morgenstern, Canadian actress
- 1981 –Fábio Rochemback, Brazilian footballer
- 1983 –Patrick Flueger, American actor
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