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Today, around the world
Friday, November 29. What the world marks, and the firsts that happened on this day.
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What the world marks
VanuatuUnity Day
LiberiaWilliam Tubman's Birthday
On this day · from DayOneToday
Firsts, not anniversaries
1972Atari releases Pong, the first commercially successful video game.52 years ago
1947French forces carry out a massacre at Mỹ Trạch, Vietnam during the First Indochina War.77 years ago
1929U.S. Admiral Richard E. Byrd leads the first expedition to fly over the South Pole.95 years ago
1890The Meiji Constitution goes into effect in Japan, and the first Diet convenes.134 years ago
1877Thomas Edison demonstrates his phonograph for the first time.147 years ago
1777San Jose, California, is founded as Pueblo de San José de Guadalupe by José Joaquín Moraga. It is the first civilian settlement, or pueblo, in Alta California.247 years ago
The week ahead, around the world
The same subject is marked on different dates almost everywhere.
Saturday, Nov 30St Andrew's Day · Scotland
Saturday, Nov 30Independence Day · Barbados — 1966.
Saturday, Nov 30Bonifacio Day · Philippines — National holiday in the Philippines
Saturday, Nov 30Commemoration Day · United Arab Emirates — Public holiday in the UAE, 30 November / 1 December
Saturday, Nov 30Day to Mark the Departure and Expulsion of Jews from the Arab Countries and Iran · Israel — Remembrance day
Saturday, Nov 30Independence Day, celebrates the independence of Barbados from the United Kingdom in 1966
Saturday, Nov 30National Day · Benin
Saturday, Nov 30Regina Mundi Day · South Africa — Largest Roman Catholic church in South Africa
Saturday, Nov 30Saint Andrew's Day · Scotland — Feast day celebrated on 30 November
Saturday, Nov 30Day of Remembrance for All Victims of Chemical Warfare · United Nations — Annual commemorative event
Sunday, Dec 1Great Union Day · Romania — 1918.
Sunday, Dec 1Battle of the Sinop Day · Russia — Memorable dates in the Russian Armed Forces
Sunday, Dec 1Damrong Rajanubhab Day · Thailand
Sunday, Dec 1First President Day · Kazakhstan
Sunday, Dec 1Freedom and Democracy Day · Chad — National holiday in Chad
Sunday, Dec 1Great Union Day, celebrates the union of Transylvania with Romania in 1918 · Romania — Romanian national holiday on 1 December
Sunday, Dec 1Military Abolition Day · Costa Rica — National police of Costa Rica
Sunday, Dec 1National Day · Myanmar — Public holiday in Myanmar
Sunday, Dec 1Republic Day · Central African Republic
Sunday, Dec 1Restoration of Independence Day · Portugal
Sunday, Dec 1Rosa Parks Day · Ohio and Oregon, United States — American holiday in honor of Rosa Parks
Sunday, Dec 1Self-governance Day or Fullveldisdagurinn · Iceland
Sunday, Dec 1Teachers' Day · Panama — Day for appreciating teachers
Sunday, Dec 1World AIDS Day, and its related observances: Day Without Art — Annual event to raise awareness of AIDS
Monday, Dec 2Armed Forces Day · Cuba — National holidays honoring military forces
Monday, Dec 2International Day for the Abolition of Slavery · United Nations — Annual UN event
Monday, Dec 2Lao National Day — Public holiday on December 2
Monday, Dec 2National Day · United Arab Emirates — National day celebrated on 2 December
Monday, Dec 2Chichibu Night Festival — Annual festival in Saitama, Japan
Tuesday, Dec 3Doctors' Day · Cuba — National day to appreciate physicians
Tuesday, Dec 3International Day of Persons with Disabilities — Internationally recognized day on 3 December
Wednesday, Dec 4St Barbara's Day · Germany · Austria — Cherry branches are cut and brought inside to bloom by Christmas.
Wednesday, Dec 4Navy Day · India — Annual celebration
Wednesday, Dec 4Thai Environment Day · Thailand
Wednesday, Dec 4Tupou I Day · Tonga
Thursday, Dec 5Sinterklaasavond · Netherlands — Gifts are given with a poem that teases the one who gets it.
Thursday, Dec 5Father's Day · Thailand — The birthday of King Bhumibol.
Thursday, Dec 5Children's Day · Suriname — Public observance in honor of children
Thursday, Dec 5Day of Military Honour - Battle of Moscow · Russia — Memorable dates in the Russian Armed Forces
Thursday, Dec 5Discovery Day · Haiti and Dominican Republic — Holiday commemorating significant national discovery
Thursday, Dec 5International Volunteer Day for Economic and Social Development — Annual observance on 5 December
Thursday, Dec 5Klozum · Schiermonnikoog, Netherlands — Traditional feast in dutch island
Thursday, Dec 5Saint Nicholas' Eve (Belgium, Czech Republic, Slovakia, the Netherlands, Hungary, Romania, Germany, Poland and the UK) Krampusnacht (Austria) — Christmas figure in Alpine folklore
Thursday, Dec 5The King Bhumibol Adulyadej Memorial Birthday · Thailand
Thursday, Dec 5World Soil Day — 2015 UN theme year
Friday, Dec 6St Nicholas Day · Many countries — Children find sweets in the shoes they set out.
Friday, Dec 6Independence Day · Finland — 1917; two candles in every window.
Friday, Dec 6Anniversary of the Founding of Quito · Ecuador
Friday, Dec 6Armed Forces Day · Ukraine — National holidays honoring military forces
Friday, Dec 6Constitution Day · Spain
Friday, Dec 6Day of the Ministry of Communications and Information Technologies of Azerbaijan — Country in Eastern Europe and West Asia
Friday, Dec 6Independence Day, celebrates the independence of Finland from Russia in 1917. — Public holiday in Finland held on 6 December
Friday, Dec 6National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women · Canada — Day of commemoration in Canada