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Sunday, November 11. What the world marks, and the firsts that happened on this day.
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What the world marks
BhutanBirthday of King Jigme Singye Wangchuck
CroatiaChildren's DayPublic observance in honor of children
End of World War I-related observances: Armistice Day (France, Belgium and Serbia)Commemorating the end of WWI
End of World War I-related observances: National Independence Day (Poland), commemorates the anniversary of Poland's assumption of independent statehood in 1918National holiday celebrated in Poland on 11 November
End 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
End 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
Independence Day, celebrates the independence of Angola from Portugal in 1975.
ColombiaIndependence of Cartagena
LatviaLāčplēsis Day, celebrates the victory over the Bermontians at the Battle of Riga in 1919.Memorial day in Latvia
Germany, the Netherlands, and other countriesOpening of carnival ("Karneval"/"Fasching"), on 11-11, at 11:11.Christian festival before Lent
IndiaNational Education DayDesignated Day in India
MaldivesRepublic Day
Pepero Day (South Korea) and Pocky Day (Japan), both celebrating the similar dipped biscuit snacks of their respective countries.Annual observance in South Korea
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Firsts, not anniversaries
2002Russian mathematician Grigori Perelman posts the first of three preprint texts with his proof of the Poincaré conjecture. It remains the only of the Millennium Prize Problems in mathematics to be solved. He later refused both the prize money from Clay Mathematics Institute as well as the Fields Medal for his work.27 years ago
1982Space Shuttle Columbia launches from the Kennedy Space Center on STS-5, the first operational mission of the Space Shuttle program.47 years ago
1940World War II: In the Battle of Taranto, the Royal Navy launches the first all-aircraft ship-to-ship naval attack in history.89 years ago
1918Józef Piłsudski assumes supreme military power in Poland – symbolic first day of Polish independence.111 years ago
1750The F.H.C. Society, also known as the Flat Hat Club, is formed at Raleigh Tavern, Williamsburg, Virginia. It is the first college fraternity.279 years ago
1675Gottfried Leibniz demonstrates integral calculus for the first time to find the area under the graph of y = ƒ(x).354 years ago
The week ahead, around the world
The same subject is marked on different dates almost everywhere.
Monday, Nov 12Birth of Sun Yat-Sen, also Doctors' Day and Cultural Renaissance Day. · Republic of China
Monday, Nov 12Constitution Day · Azerbaijan
Monday, Nov 12Father's Day · Indonesia — Celebration honoring fathers
Monday, Nov 12National Health Day · Indonesia
Monday, Nov 12National Youth Day · East Timor
Monday, Nov 12World Pneumonia Day — Annual event
Tuesday, Nov 13World Kindness Day · Worldwide
Tuesday, Nov 13Sadie Hawkins Day · United States — American folk event and pseudo-holiday
Wednesday, Nov 14Children's Day · India — Nehru's birthday.
Wednesday, Nov 14Anniversary of the Movement of Readjustment · Guinea-Bissau
Wednesday, Nov 14Children's Day, celebrated on the birthday of Jawaharlal Nehru (previously on November 20). · India — Day of celebration for children and children related causes in India
Wednesday, Nov 14Day of the Colombian Woman · Colombia — Heroine of the Colombian War of Independence
Wednesday, Nov 14Mobile Brigade Day · Indonesia
Wednesday, Nov 14World Diabetes Day · International — Global awareness campaign
Wednesday, Nov 14Dobruja Day · Romania — Romanian holiday celebrated on 14 November
Thursday, Nov 15Shichi-Go-San · Japan — Children aged three, five and seven are taken to the shrine.
Thursday, Nov 15America Recycles Day · United States — National environmental observance
Thursday, Nov 15Day of the German-speaking Community of Belgium · German-speaking Community of Belgium
Thursday, Nov 15Day of the Imprisoned Writer · International observance — International day to support persecuted writers
Thursday, Nov 15Independence Day, unilaterally declared in 1988. · Palestine — 1988 statement that formally established the State of Palestine
Thursday, Nov 15King's Feast · Belgium — Annual Belgian celebration
Thursday, Nov 15National Tree Planting Day · Sri Lanka — Secular holiday celebrating trees
Thursday, Nov 15Peace Day · Ivory Coast
Thursday, Nov 15Republic Proclamation Day · Brazil
Thursday, Nov 15Republic Day · Northern Cyprus — Public holiday in Northern Cyprus
Thursday, Nov 15The beginning of Nativity Fast · Eastern Orthodox — Period of abstinence and penance in Christianity
Friday, Nov 16Day of Declaration of Sovereignty · Estonia
Friday, Nov 16Icelandic Language Day or Dagur íslenskrar tungu · Iceland — National holiday
Friday, Nov 16International Day for Tolerance · United Nations — Annual observance declared by UNESCO
Friday, Nov 16Statia Day in Sint Eustatius · Caribbean Netherlands — National holiday on Sint Eustatius
Friday, Nov 16Intergenerational Fairness Day · International day of action for rights of younger and future generations
Saturday, Nov 17Athens Polytechnic Uprising Remembrance Day · Greece — 1973 student uprising against the Greek junta
Saturday, Nov 17International Students' Day — Annual international observance of student community
Saturday, Nov 17Martyrs' Day · Odisha, India — Series of holidays in India
Saturday, Nov 17Presidents Day · Marshall Islands
Sunday, Nov 18Independence Day · Latvia — 1918.
Sunday, Nov 18Day of Army and Victory · Haiti
Sunday, Nov 18Independence Day (Morocco), celebrates the independence of Morocco from France and Spain in 1956.
Sunday, Nov 18National Day · Oman
Sunday, Nov 18Proclamation Day of the Republic of Latvia celebrates the independence of Latvia from Russia in 1918. — Public holiday in Latvia
Sunday, Nov 18Remembrance Day of the Sacrifice of Vukovar in 1991 · Croatia — 1991 Croatian War of Independence siege