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Today, around the world
Friday, December 7. What the world marks, and the firsts that happened on this day.
Today, somewhere · from DayOneToday
What the world marks
International Civil Aviation DayInternational observance, 7 December
East TimorNational Heroes Day
United StatesNational Pearl Harbor Remembrance DayAmerican day of commemoration
ArmeniaSpitak Remembrance Day
On this day · from DayOneToday
Firsts, not anniversaries
2015The JAXA probe Akatsuki successfully enters orbit around Venus five years after the first attempt.14 years ago
1982In Texas, Charles Brooks Jr., becomes the first person to be executed by lethal injection in the United States.47 years ago
1936Australian cricketer Jack Fingleton becomes the first player to score centuries in four consecutive Test innings.93 years ago
1930W1XAV in Boston, Massachusetts telecasts video from the CBS radio orchestra program, The Fox Trappers. The telecast also includes the first television advertisement in the United States, for I.J. Fox Furriers, which also sponsored the radio show.99 years ago
1904Comparative fuel trials begin between warships HMS Spiteful and HMS Peterel: Spiteful was the first warship powered solely by fuel oil, and the trials led to the obsolescence of coal in ships of the Royal Navy.125 years ago
1842First concert of the New York Philharmonic, founded by Ureli Corelli Hill.187 years ago
1787Delaware becomes the first state to ratify the United States Constitution.242 years ago
The week ahead, around the world
The same subject is marked on different dates almost everywhere.
Saturday, Dec 8The Immaculate Conception · Italy · Spain · Philippines — In Italy, the day the Christmas tree goes up.
Saturday, Dec 8Battle Day · Falkland Islands — Naval battle of World War I
Saturday, Dec 8Bodhi Day · Japan — Buddhist holiday
Saturday, Dec 8CARICOM–Cuba Day (Caribbean Community (CARICOM) and Cuba)
Saturday, Dec 8Constitution Day · Romania
Saturday, Dec 8Liberation Day · Syria — Public holiday in Syria
Saturday, Dec 8Day of Finnish Music · Finland — Finnish composer (1865–1957)
Saturday, Dec 8Hari-Kuyō · Kansai region, Japan — Japanese Buddhist and Shinto Festival of broken sewing needles
Saturday, Dec 8National Youth Day · Albania
Saturday, Dec 8Nations, Nationalities and Peoples' Day · Ethiopia — National holiday of Ethiopia on 8 December
Sunday, Dec 9Anna's Day, marks the day to start the preparation process of the lutefisk to be consumed on Christmas Eve, as well as a Swedish name day, celebrating all people named Anna. · Sweden and Finland
Sunday, Dec 9Armed Forces Day · Peru — National holidays honoring military forces
Sunday, Dec 9Fatherland's Heroes Day · Russia
Sunday, Dec 9Independence Day, celebrates the independence of Tanganyika from Britain in 1961. · Tanzania
Sunday, Dec 9International Anti-Corruption Day · United Nations — Annual event of the UN on 9 December
Sunday, Dec 9National Heroes Day, formerly V.C. Bird Day. · Antigua and Barbuda
Sunday, Dec 9Navy Day · Sri Lanka — National holidays honoring military forces
Monday, Dec 10Human Rights Day · Worldwide — The Universal Declaration, 1948.
Monday, Dec 10Alfred Nobel Day or Nobeldagen · Sweden
Monday, Dec 10Constitution Day · Thailand
Tuesday, Dec 11Establishment of Kurdish Women's Union · Iraqi Kurdistan
Tuesday, Dec 11Indiana Day · United States — Indiana state holiday
Tuesday, Dec 11International Mountain Day — Name for various local and national holidays
Tuesday, Dec 11National Tango Day · Argentina — Argentine composer, musician, and conductor
Tuesday, Dec 11Pampanga Day · Pampanga province, Philippines — Province in Central Luzon, Philippines
Tuesday, Dec 11Republic Day, the day when Upper Volta became an autonomous republic in the French Community in 1958. · Burkina Faso
Wednesday, Dec 12Day of the Virgin of Guadalupe · Mexico
Wednesday, Dec 12Jamhuri Day · Kenya — Independence, 1963.
Wednesday, Dec 12Constitution Day · Russia — Holiday honoring a country's constitution
Wednesday, Dec 12Day of Neutrality · Turkmenistan — State holiday in Turkmenistan
Thursday, Dec 13St Lucia's Day · Sweden · Norway · Finland — A girl in white with a crown of candles leads the singing.
Thursday, Dec 13Acadian Remembrance Day · Acadians — Descendants of French settlers in Acadia
Thursday, Dec 13National Day · Saint Lucia
Thursday, Dec 13Martial Law Victims Remembrance Day · Poland
Thursday, Dec 13Nanjing Massacre Memorial Day · China — Annual observance in China
Thursday, Dec 13Nusantara Day · Indonesia
Thursday, Dec 13Republic Day · Malta — National holiday of Malta
Thursday, Dec 13Sailor's Day · Brazil — National holidays honoring military forces
Thursday, Dec 13Saint Lucia Day · mainly in Scandinavia — Christian feast day
Friday, Dec 14Alabama Day · Alabama — US State holiday
Friday, Dec 14Forty-seven Ronin Remembrance Day · Sengaku-ji, Tokyo — Samurai battle on 31 January 1703
Friday, Dec 14Martyred Intellectuals Day · Bangladesh — Commemoration observed on 14 December in Bangladesh
Friday, Dec 14Monkey Day — Unofficial international holiday