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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
- 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.
- 1793 –The Battle of Savenay, decisive defeat of the royalist counter-revolutionaries in Revolt in the Vendée during the French Revolution.
- 1916 –World War I: Battle of Magdhaba – Allied forces defeat Turkish forces in Egypt’s Sinai peninsula.
- 1919 –Sex Disqualification (Removal) Act 1919 becomes law in the UK.
- 1940 –World War II: Greek submarine Papanikolis (Υ-2) sinks the Italian motor ship Antonietta.
- 1970 –The North Tower of the World Trade Center in Manhattan, New York City is topped out at 1,368 feet (417 m), making it the tallest building in the world.
- 1972 –The 16 survivors of the Andes flight disaster are rescued after 73 days, having survived by cannibalism.
- 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.
- 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?
- 1597 –Martin Opitz von Boberfeld, German poet (d. 1639)
- 1750 –King Frederick Augustus I of Saxony (d. 1827)
- 1874 –Viggo Wiehe, Danish actor (d. 1956)
- 1925 –Duncan Hallas, British political figure (d. 2002)
- 1938 –Bob Kahn, American Internet pioneer
- 1948 –Leslie Moonves, American television executive
- 1970 –Holly Samos, British radio presenter
- 1977 –Jari Mäenpää, Finnish guitarist and singer
- 1981 –Maritza Correia, American swimmer
- 1981 –Yuriorkis Gamboa, Cuban boxer
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