What happened this day in history December 23

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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