What day of the week was December 24, 1980?

The day of the week December 24th, 1980 fell on was a Wednesday.

There were 1 days until Christmas.

Stephen Appiah the Ghanaian footballer was born on 24 December in 1980. As was Maarja-Liis Ilus the Estonian singer , Tomas Kalnoky the Czech-American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Streetlight Manifesto, Catch 22, and Bandits of the Acoustic Revolution) , Jaanus Uudmäe the Estonian jumper .

Karl Dönitz the German admiral and politician, President of Germany (b. 1891) died on this day in 1980. As did Siggie Nordstrom the American actress and singer (Nordstrom Sisters) (b. 1893) .

Witnesses report the first of several sightings of unexplained lights near RAF Woodbridge the in Rendlesham Forest, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom, an incident called "Britain's Roswell".