Friday, December 19, 2025 is a Friday. It is day 353 of 2025 (96.7% through the year), ISO week 51, in Q4.
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Friday, December 19, 2025 combines practical calendar facts with a wider view of the day: 2016: Andrei Karlov (pictured), Russia's ambassador to Turkey, was assassinated at an art gallery in Ankara.. Use it to check the date, plan across time zones, and scan the observances and historical markers attached to December 19.
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Historical Milestones
Andrei Karlov (pictured), Russia's ambassador to Turkey, was assassinated at an art gallery in Ankara.
Andrei Karlov →The European Space Agency's spacecraft Gaia was launched with the goal of constructing the largest and most precise star catalogue ever made.
European Space Agency →SilkAir Flight 185 crashed into the Musi River in Indonesia, killing 104 people.
SilkAir Flight 185 →Titanic, the fourth-highest-grossing film of all time with a worldwide total of more than US$2.2 billion, was released in the United States.
Titanic (1997 film) →Aeroflot Flight 101/435 was hijacked by its co-pilot; it landed in a cow pasture in China, where he was apprehended.
Aeroflot Flight 101/435 →China and the United Kingdom signed the Sino-British Joint Declaration, agreeing to the transfer of sovereignty of Hong Kong to China on 1 July 1997.
Sino-British Joint Declaration →The Jules Rimet Trophy, awarded to the winner of the FIFA World Cup, was stolen from the offices of the Brazilian Football Confederation.
FIFA World Cup Trophy →The ruling junta of South Vietnam, led by Nguyễn Khánh, initiated a coup, dissolving the High National Council, a civilian advisory body.
South Vietnam →British physician and suspected serial killer John Bodkin Adams was arrested in connection with the death of Edith Alice Morrell.
John Bodkin Adams →A Christmas Carol (illustration pictured), a novella by Charles Dickens about the miser Ebenezer Scrooge and his transformation after being visited by ghosts, was published.
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Questions & Answers
Friday, December 19, 2025 falls on a Friday.
280 days ago (9 months, 6 days ago). It is day 353 of 2025 with 12 days remaining in the year.
In Roman numerals, Friday, December 19, 2025 is written as XIX.XII.MMXXV (Day.Month.Year format).
The moon phase for this date is New Moon (approx. 0% illuminated). The astrological sun sign is Sagittarius.