Wednesday December 31, 2025
A date scroll with Latin text from “The Extremes of Good and Evil” by Cicero, written in 45 BC.

: Day of the Week

is the of the year in the Gregorian calendar. The day of the week is .

If you are trying to learn Spanish then this day of the week in Spanish is miércoles.

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Zodiac & Birthstone

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.

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: This Day in History

It is widely known as New Year’s Eve since the following day is New Year’s Day. It is the last day of the year.

by the Numbers

  • days since
  • year, months, and days ago
  • months since then
  • is in the st week of the year (ISO 8601)
  • weeks ago
  • The year is not a leap year

Historical Event(s)

James II of England is named Duke of Normandy by Louis XIV of France.
Arthur Guinness signs a 9,000 year lease at £45 per annum and starts brewing Guinness.
Efimeris, the oldest Greek newspaper of which issues have survived till today is published for the first time.
Mozaffar ad-Din Shah Qajar signs the Persian Constitution of 1906.
RTÉ Ireland’s state broadcaster launches its first national television service.
A coup d'état in Ghana removes President Hilla Limann’s PNP government and replaces it with the Provisional National Defence Council led by Flight Lieutenant Jerry Rawlings.
In Nigeria a coup d'état led by Major General Muhammadu Buhari ends the Nigerian Second Republic.
A fire at the Dupont Plaza Hotel in San Juan, Puerto Rico, kills 97 and injures 140.
The first Chechen war: Russian army began a New Year’s storm of Grozny
The United States Government hands control of the Panama Canal (as well all the adjacent land to the canal known as the Panama Canal Zone) to Panama. This act complied with the signing of the 1977 Torrijos-Carter Treaties.

Who were born on ?

1378
Pope Callixtus III (d. 1458)
Edward Bunker, American author and actor (d. 2005)
Akram Awan, Islamic scholar
Tom Hamilton, American bassist (Aerosmith)
Michael Hedges, American composer, singer-songwriter, guitarist (d. 1997)
Steve Rude, American comics artist
Baron Waqa, Nauruan politician and musician
Heather McCartney, British activist
Shandon Anderson, American basketball player
Émilie Le Pennec, French gymnast

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