What are the important events that happened on December 23? Here are historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.
December 23: Facts & Myths About This Day
December 23 is the 358th day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 8 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Monday.
Under the Julian calendar, this day is December 10, 2024 – a Monday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 481,920 hours has elapsed since midnight of January 1, 1970 – the Unix epoch.
Strange as it may, if we name this day after a polygon then it will be called ‘trihectapentacontaoctagon’ day.
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.
According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 37 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.
The ancient Maya civilization believes that the end of the world will happen on December 21, 2012. There are now 4,385 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.
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December 23 Historical Events
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.
1919 –
Sex Disqualification (Removal) Act 1919 becomes law in the UK.
1948 –
Seven Japanese convicted of war crimes by the International Military Tribunal for the Far East are executed at Sugamo Prison in Tokyo.
1958 –
Dedication of Tokyo Tower, the world’s highest self-supporting iron tower.
1968 –
The 82 sailors from the USS Pueblo are released after eleven months of internment in North Korea.
1972 –
The 16 survivors of the Andes flight disaster are rescued after 73 days, having survived by cannibalism.
2003 –
PetroChina Chuandongbei natural gas field explosion, Guoqiao, Kai County, Chongqing, China, killing at least 234.
2007 –
An agreement is made for the monarchy of Nepal to be abolished and the country to become a federal republic with the Prime Minister becoming head of state.
Who were born on December 23?
1874 –
Viggo Wiehe, Danish actor (d. 1956)
1922 –
Micheline Ostermeyer, French athlete and musician (d. 2001)
1943 –
Silvia Sommerlath, Queen of Sweden
1950 –
Vicente del Bosque, Spanish football manager
1963 –
Jim Harbaugh, American football player
1967 –
Carla Bruni, Italian-French model and singer
1967 –
Otis Grant, Jamaican-Canadian Professional Boxer
1971 –
Corey Haim, Canadian actor (d. 2010)
1974 –
Agustín Delgado, Ecuadorian footballer
1979 –
Kenny Miller, Scottish football player
Who died on December 23?
668 –
Mor Gabriel, Syriac Orthodox Saint (b. 594)
679 –
King Dagobert II of Austrasia (b. c. 650)
1722 –
Pierre Varignon, French mathematician (b. 1654)
1834 –
Thomas Malthus, English demographer and economist (b. 1766)
1948 –
Hideki Tojo, Prime Minister of Japan (b. 1884)
1953 –
Lavrenty Beria, Soviet politician (b. 1899)
1972 –
Andrei Tupolev, Soviet aircraft designer (b. 1888)
2000 –
Billy Barty, American actor (b. 1924)
2004 –
P. V. Narasimha Rao, Prime Minister of India (b. 1921)
2007 –
William Francis Ganong, American physiologist (b. 1924)
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