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 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
- 1783 –George Washington resigns as commander-in-chief of the Continental Army at the Maryland State House in Annapolis, Maryland.
- 1793 –The Battle of Savenay, decisive defeat of the royalist counter-revolutionaries in Revolt in the Vendée during the French Revolution.
- 1823 –A Visit from St. Nicholas, also known as The Night Before Christmas, is published anonymously.
- 1893 –The opera Hänsel und Gretel by Engelbert Humperdinck is first performed.
- 1916 –World War I: Battle of Magdhaba – Allied forces defeat Turkish forces in Egypt’s Sinai peninsula.
- 1940 –World War II: Greek submarine Papanikolis (Υ-2) sinks the Italian motor ship Antonietta.
- 1968 –The 82 sailors from the USS Pueblo are released after eleven months of internment in North Korea.
- 1972 –A 6.5 magnitude earthquake strikes the Nicaraguan capital of Managua killing more than 10,000.
- 1982 –The United States Environmental Protection Agency announces it has identified dangerous levels of dioxin in the soil of Times Beach, Missouri.
- 1986 –Voyager, 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.
Who were born on December 23?
- 245 –Zenobia, Queen of Palmyra
- 1582 –Severo Bonini, Italian composer (d. 1663)
- 1918 –Helmut Schmidt, Chancellor of Germany
- 1918 –José Greco, Italian-born flamenco dancer (d. 2001)
- 1925 –Duncan Hallas, British political figure (d. 2002)
- 1942 –John Peterman, American fashion designer
- 1963 –Donna Tartt, American author
- 1978 –Esthero, Canadian musician and singer
- 1978 –Jodie Marsh, British glamour model
- 1982 –Thomas Rohregger, Austrian cyclist (Leopard Trek)
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