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Today, around the world
Thursday, December 21. What the world marks, and the firsts that happened on this day.
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What the world marks
São Tomé and PríncipeSão Tomé Day
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Firsts, not anniversaries
1968Apollo program: Apollo 8 is launched from the Kennedy Space Center, placing its crew on a lunar trajectory for the first visit to another celestial body by humans.55 years ago
1967Louis Washkansky, the first man to undergo a human-to-human heart transplant, dies in Cape Town, South Africa, having lived for 18 days after the transplant.56 years ago
1883The Royal Canadian Dragoons and The Royal Canadian Regiment, the first Permanent Force cavalry and infantry regiments of the Canadian Army, are formed.140 years ago
1879the fictional character of Nora Helmer is first portrayed by Betty Hennings at a showing of A Doll's House at the Royal Danish Theatre.144 years ago
The week ahead, around the world
The same subject is marked on different dates almost everywhere.
Friday, Dec 22Mother's Day (Hari Ibu) · Indonesia
Friday, Dec 22Dongzhi Festival — Twenty-second solar term of traditional Chinese lunisolar calendars and festival
Friday, Dec 22Armed Forces Day · Vietnam — National holidays honoring military forces
Friday, Dec 22Mother's Day · Indonesia — Celebration honouring mothers
Friday, Dec 22National Mathematics Day · India — Celebration that commemorates the birthday of Srinivasa Ramanujan
Friday, Dec 22Teachers' Day · Cuba — Day for appreciating teachers
Friday, Dec 22Unity Day · Zimbabwe
Saturday, Dec 23Night of the Radishes · Oaxaca, Mexico — Radishes carved into figures and scenes.
Saturday, Dec 23Birthday of the Queen Silvia, an official flag flying day · Sweden
Saturday, Dec 23Children's Day · South Sudan and Sudan — Public observance in honor of children
Saturday, Dec 23Day of all level operational control structures servicemen · Ukraine — Combined military forces of Ukraine
Saturday, Dec 23Festivus, a secular holiday made popular by the sitcom Seinfeld — Secular holiday celebrated December 23
Saturday, Dec 23HumanLight · Secular humanism in United States — Humanist holiday
Saturday, Dec 23Kisan Diwas · Uttar Pradesh, India — Prime Minister of India from 1979 to 1980
Saturday, Dec 23Tibb's Eve · Newfoundland and Labrador — Regional holiday in western Newfoundland
Saturday, Dec 23Tom Bawcock's Eve · Mousehole, Cornwall — Annual festival in Mousehole, Cornwall, England
Saturday, Dec 23Victory Day · Egypt
Sunday, Dec 24Christmas Eve · Many countries
Sunday, Dec 24Christmas Eve (Christianity) and its related observances: Aðfangadagskvöld, the day when the 13th and the last Yule Lad arrives to towns. (Iceland)
Sunday, Dec 24Christmas Eve (Christianity) and its related observances: Feast of the Seven Fishes (Italian Americans) — Italian-American Christmas Eve celebration
Sunday, Dec 24Christmas Eve (Christianity) and its related observances: Juleaften (Denmark)/Julaften (Norway)/Julafton (Sweden) — Christmas celebrations and traditions in Denmark
Sunday, Dec 24Christmas Eve (Christianity) and its related observances: Nittel Nacht (certain Orthodox Jewish denominations) — Yiddish name for Christmas Eve
Sunday, Dec 24Christmas Eve (Christianity) and its related observances: Nochebuena (Spain and Spanish-speaking countries) — Evening or day before Christmas Day
Sunday, Dec 24Christmas Eve (Christianity) and its related observances: The Declaration of Christmas Peace (Old Great Square of Turku, Finland's official Christmas City) — Finnish tradition
Sunday, Dec 24Christmas Eve (Christianity) and its related observances: Wigilia (Poland) — Polish Christmas Eve vigil supper
Sunday, Dec 24Christmas Eve (Christianity) and its related observances: Quviasukvik, the Inuit new year (Alaska, Canada, Greenland and Russia) — Inuit New Year
Sunday, Dec 24Christmas Eve (Christianity) and its related observances: Kūčios (Lithuania) — Traditional Lithuanian Christmas Eve meal
Sunday, Dec 24Independence Day · Libya
Sunday, Dec 24Day of Military Honour – Siege of Ismail · Russia — Memorable dates in the Russian Armed Forces
Monday, Dec 25Christmas Day · Many countries
Monday, Dec 25Christmas Day, Christian festival commemorating the birth of Jesus. · Internationally observed — Christian holiday usually on December 25
Monday, Dec 25Children's Day · Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Equatorial Guinea, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Gabon, Republic of Congo — Public observance in honor of children
Monday, Dec 25Tulsi Pujan Diwas · India — Indian spiritual leader and convicted rapist (born 1941)
Monday, Dec 25Constitution Day · Taiwan
Monday, Dec 25Good Governance Day · India — Indian holiday
Monday, Dec 25Quaid-e-Azam's Day · Pakistan — Public holiday in Pakistan
Monday, Dec 25Takanakuy · Chumbivilcas Province, Peru — Annual practice in Chumbivilcas Province, Peru, on 25 December
Tuesday, Dec 26Boxing Day · United Kingdom · the Commonwealth — Once the day boxes of thanks were given to those who served all year.
Tuesday, Dec 26Kwanzaa begins · United States — December 26 to January 1: seven principles, one each day.
Tuesday, Dec 26Boxing Day, except when December 26 is a Sunday. If it is a Sunday, Boxing Day is transferred to December 27 by Royal Proclamation. (Commonwealth of Nations), and its related observances: Day of Good Will (South Africa and Namibia) — Commonwealth nations holiday on 26 December
Tuesday, Dec 26Boxing Day, except when December 26 is a Sunday. If it is a Sunday, Boxing Day is transferred to December 27 by Royal Proclamation. (Commonwealth of Nations), and its related observances: Family Day (Vanuatu) — Public holiday
Tuesday, Dec 26Boxing Day, except when December 26 is a Sunday. If it is a Sunday, Boxing Day is transferred to December 27 by Royal Proclamation. (Commonwealth of Nations), and its related observances: Thanksgiving (Solomon Islands)
Tuesday, Dec 26Independence and Unity Day · Slovenia — Slovenian national holiday
Tuesday, Dec 26Mauro Hamza Day · Houston, Texas — Egyptian fencer
Tuesday, Dec 26Mummer's Day · Padstow, Cornwall — Midwinter celebration in Cornwall, England
Tuesday, Dec 26Saint Stephen's Day (public holiday in Alsace, Austria, Catalonia, Croatia, the Czech Republic, Germany, Hong Kong, Italy, Ireland, Luxembourg, Poland, Slovakia and Switzerland), and its related observances: Father's Day (Bulgaria) — Celebration honoring fathers
Tuesday, Dec 26The first day of Kwanzaa, celebrated until January 1 · United States — Annual African-American celebration
Tuesday, Dec 26The first day of Junkanoo street parade, the second day is on the New Year's Day · The Bahamas — Festive season that occurs on Boxing Day and New Year's Day
Tuesday, Dec 26The second day of the Twelve Days of Christmas (Western Christianity) Second day of Christmas (Public holiday in the Netherlands, Poland and Slovakia)
Tuesday, Dec 26Wren Day · Ireland and the Isle of Man — Irish and Manx tradition on 26 December
Wednesday, Dec 27Constitution Day · North Korea
Wednesday, Dec 27Emergency Rescuer's Day · Russia — Professional holiday in Russia
Wednesday, Dec 27Saint Stephen's Day · Eastern Orthodox Church; a public holiday in Romania — 26 December in the Western church
Wednesday, Dec 27The third of the Twelve Days of Christmas · Western Christianity — Period between 26 December and 6 January
Thursday, Dec 28Holy Innocents' Day · Spain · Latin America — The day for pranks, as April Fools' Day is elsewhere.
Thursday, Dec 28King Taksin Memorial Day · Thailand
Thursday, Dec 28Proclamation Day (South Australia), celebration started on the day following Christmas · South Australia — Public holiday in Australia
Thursday, Dec 28Republic Day · South Sudan
Thursday, Dec 28The fourth of the Twelve Days of Christmas · Western Christianity — Period between 26 December and 6 January