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Today, around the world
Saturday, November 4. What the world marks, and the firsts that happened on this day.
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What the world marks
ItalyNational Unity and Armed Forces Day or Giorno dell'Unità Nazionale e Festa delle Forze ArmateItalian national day
RussiaUnity DayNational holiday in Russia
unofficial, but widely commemoratedYitzhak Rabin MemorialPrime Minister of Israel (1974–1977; 1992–1995)
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Firsts, not anniversaries
2008Barack Obama becomes the first person of biracial or African-American descent to be elected as President of the United States.20 years ago
1973The Netherlands experiences the first car-free Sunday caused by the 1973 oil crisis. Highways are used only by cyclists and roller skaters.55 years ago
1970Salvador Allende takes office as President of Chile, the first Marxist to become president of a Latin American country through open elections.58 years ago
1960At the Kasakela Chimpanzee Community in Tanzania, Jane Goodall observes chimpanzees creating tools, the first-ever observation in non-human animals.68 years ago
1924Nellie Tayloe Ross of Wyoming becomes the first female elected as governor in the United States.104 years ago
1890City and South London Railway: London's first deep-level tube railway opens between King William Street and Stockwell.138 years ago
1783Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's Symphony No. 36 is performed for the first time in Linz, Austria.245 years ago
1501Catherine of Aragon (later Henry VIII's first wife) meets Arthur, Prince of Wales, Henry VIII's older brother – they would later marry.527 years ago
The week ahead, around the world
The same subject is marked on different dates almost everywhere.
Sunday, Nov 5Bonfire Night · United Kingdom — Guy Fawkes and the Gunpowder Plot of 1605, with fireworks.
Sunday, Nov 5Bank Transfer Day · United States — 2011 American consumer activism initiative
Sunday, Nov 5Colón Day · Panama
Sunday, Nov 5Guy Fawkes Night (United Kingdom, New Zealand and Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada), and its related observances: West Country Carnival (English West Country) — Annual celebration in the English West Country
Sunday, Nov 5Cinco de noviembre · Negros, Philippines — 1898 declaration of the Negros Republic during the Philippine Revolution
Sunday, Nov 5Kanakadasa Jayanthi · Karnataka, India — Kannada saint (1509–1606)
Monday, Nov 6Gustavus Adolphus Day · in Sweden, Finland and Estonia — Holiday in Sweden
Monday, Nov 6Finnish Swedish Heritage Day · in Finland — Flag flying day in Finland
Monday, Nov 6International Day for Preventing the Exploitation of the Environment in War and Armed Conflict — United Nations commemorative day
Monday, Nov 6Obama Day · in Kenya — Days honoring Barack Obama
Tuesday, Nov 7Students' Day, the anniversary of B. R. Ambedkar's school entry day. · Maharashtra, India — Indian state observance (7 November)
Tuesday, Nov 7Commemoration Day, the anniversary of Ben Ali's succession. · Tunisia — Country in North Africa
Tuesday, Nov 7Hungarian Opera Day · Hungary
Tuesday, Nov 7International Inuit Day — Annual holiday
Tuesday, Nov 7National Day, after Treaty of the Pyrenees. · Northern Catalonia, France — Designated date on which celebrations mark the nationhood of a nation
Tuesday, Nov 7National Revolution and Solidarity Day · Bangladesh — National day in Bangladesh
Tuesday, Nov 7October Revolution Day (the Soviet Union (former, official), modern Belarus, Kyrgyzstan) — Public holiday in the Soviet Union
Tuesday, Nov 7Tokhu Emong · Lotha Naga people of India — Harvest festival celebrated by the Lotha Nagas in India
Wednesday, Nov 8Intersex Day of Remembrance · New South Wales, Australia — Annual observance
Wednesday, Nov 8International Day of Radiology · European Society of Radiology — International observance, 8 November
Wednesday, Nov 8National Aboriginal Veterans Day · Canada — Canadian observance, 8 November
Wednesday, Nov 8Synaxis of the Archangel Michael and the other Bodiless Powers of Heaven · Eastern Orthodox Church — Liturgical assembly in Eastern Christianity
Wednesday, Nov 8World Urbanism Day — International observance
Wednesday, Nov 8Victory Day · Azerbaijan — Public holiday in Azerbaijan
Thursday, Nov 9The fall of the Berlin Wall · Germany — 1989.
Thursday, Nov 9Birthday of Muhammad Iqbal · Pakistan
Thursday, Nov 9Day of the Skulls or Dia de los ñatitas · Bolivia — Mexican multi-day holiday
Thursday, Nov 9Flag Day · Azerbaijan
Thursday, Nov 9Independence Day, celebrates the independence of Cambodia from France in 1953. — National holiday in Cambodia
Thursday, Nov 9Inventors' Day · Germany, Austria, Switzerland — Day dedicated to contributions of inventors
Thursday, Nov 9Uttarakhand Day · Uttarakhand, India — Holiday in Uttarakhand, India
Thursday, Nov 9World Freedom Day · United States — US federal observance, November 9
Friday, Nov 10Cry of Independence Day · Panama
Friday, Nov 10Day of Remembrance of Atatürk · Turkey — President of Turkey from 1923 to 1938
Friday, Nov 10Day of Russian Militsiya · Russia — Law enforcement agency
Friday, Nov 10Heroes Day (Indonesia) or Hari Pahlawan — National holiday in many countries
Friday, Nov 10Martinisingen · Germany — Protestant custom in Germany
Friday, Nov 10United States Marine Corps birthday · United States — Public holiday in the United States on November 10
Friday, Nov 10World Keratoconus Day — Observance dedicated to eye disorder keratoconus
Friday, Nov 10World Science Day for Peace and Development — Specialized agency of the United Nations
Saturday, Nov 11Armistice Day · Remembrance Day · Many countries — The end of the First World War, 1918; poppies are worn.
Saturday, Nov 11St Martin's Day · Germany · Netherlands — Children carry lanterns through the streets, singing.
Saturday, Nov 11The carnival season opens · Rhineland, Germany — At 11:11 on the eleventh of the eleventh.
Saturday, Nov 11Singles' Day · China — The four ones of 11.11; now the year's largest shopping day.
Saturday, Nov 11Independence Day · Poland — 1918.
Saturday, Nov 11Birthday of King Jigme Singye Wangchuck · Bhutan
Saturday, Nov 11Children's Day · Croatia — Public observance in honor of children
Saturday, Nov 11End of World War I-related observances: Armistice Day (France, Belgium and Serbia) — Commemorating the end of WWI
Saturday, Nov 11End of World War I-related observances: National Independence Day (Poland), commemorates the anniversary of Poland's assumption of independent statehood in 1918 — National holiday celebrated in Poland on 11 November
Saturday, Nov 11End of World War I-related observances: Remembrance Day (United Kingdom and the Commonwealth of Nations, including Australia and Canada) — Day honouring military casualties of war
Saturday, Nov 11End of World War I-related observances: Veterans Day, called Armistice Day until 1954, when it was rededicated to honor American military (Army, Navy, Marine, and Air Force) veterans. (United States) — Federal holiday in the United States
Saturday, Nov 11Independence Day, celebrates the independence of Angola from Portugal in 1975.
Saturday, Nov 11Independence of Cartagena · Colombia
Saturday, Nov 11Lāčplēsis Day, celebrates the victory over the Bermontians at the Battle of Riga in 1919. · Latvia — Memorial day in Latvia
Saturday, Nov 11Opening of carnival ("Karneval"/"Fasching"), on 11-11, at 11:11. · Germany, the Netherlands, and other countries — Christian festival before Lent
Saturday, Nov 11National Education Day · India — Designated Day in India
Saturday, Nov 11Republic Day · Maldives
Saturday, Nov 11Pepero Day (South Korea) and Pocky Day (Japan), both celebrating the similar dipped biscuit snacks of their respective countries. — Annual observance in South Korea