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Today, around the world
Thursday, December 13. What the world marks, and the firsts that happened on this day.
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What the world marks
PolandMartial Law Victims Remembrance Day
ChinaNanjing Massacre Memorial DayAnnual observance in China
IndonesiaNusantara Day
MaltaRepublic DayNational holiday of Malta
BrazilSailor's DayNational holidays honoring military forces
mainly in ScandinaviaSaint Lucia DayChristian feast day
On this day · from DayOneToday
Firsts, not anniversaries
1962NASA launches Relay 1, the first active repeater communications satellite in orbit.67 years ago
1959Archbishop Makarios III becomes the first President of Cyprus.70 years ago
1939The Battle of the River Plate is fought off the coast of Uruguay; the first naval battle of World War II. The Kriegsmarine's Deutschland-class cruiser (pocket battleship) Admiral Graf Spee engages with three Royal Navy cruisers: HMS Ajax, HMNZS Achilles and HMS Exeter.90 years ago
1642Abel Tasman is the first recorded European to sight New Zealand.387 years ago
The week ahead, around the world
The same subject is marked on different dates almost everywhere.
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
Saturday, Dec 15Bill of Rights Day (United States) 2nd Amendment Day (South Carolina) — Public awareness day observed in the United States
Saturday, Dec 15Homecoming Day · Alderney — Part of World War II
Saturday, Dec 15Kingdom Day (Netherlands), moves to December 16 if the 15th is on a Sunday — Public holiday in the Netherlands
Saturday, Dec 15Zamenhof Day · International Esperanto Community — Commemoration in Esperanto culture
Saturday, Dec 15World Turkic Language Family Day · UNESCO — International day observed annually on 15 December
Sunday, Dec 16Day of Reconciliation · South Africa
Sunday, Dec 16Victory Day · Bangladesh — 1971.
Sunday, Dec 16Simbang Gabi begins · Philippines — Nine dawn masses before Christmas.
Sunday, Dec 16Day of Reconciliation, formerly celebrated as Day of the Vow by the Afrikaners · South Africa — Public holiday in South Africa on 16 December
Sunday, Dec 16Independence Day, celebrates the independence of Kazakhstan from the Soviet Union in 1991. — Holiday in Kazakhstan
Sunday, Dec 16National Day, celebrates the withdrawal of United Kingdom from Bahrain, making Bahrain an independent emirate in 1971. — Designated date on which celebrations mark the nationhood of a nation
Sunday, Dec 16International Day of the Belt and Road Initiative — Chinese global infrastructure project
Sunday, Dec 16National Sports Day · Thailand
Sunday, Dec 16The beginning of the nine-day celebration beginning December 16 and ending December 24, celebrating the trials which Mary and Joseph endured before finding a place to stay where Jesus could be born (Hispanidad): The first day of Las Posadas (Mexico, Latin America) — Christmas tradition in the Spanish-speaking world
Sunday, Dec 16The beginning of the nine-day celebration beginning December 16 and ending December 24, celebrating the trials which Mary and Joseph endured before finding a place to stay where Jesus could be born (Hispanidad): The first day of the Simbang Gabi novena of masses (Philippines) — Pre-Christmas religious tradition in the Philippines
Sunday, Dec 16Victory Day observances, celebration of the Indo-Bangla allied victory over Pakistan armed forces and the Liberation of Bangladesh. · Bangladesh and India[a] — National holiday in Bangladesh
Monday, Dec 17Accession Day · Bahrain
Monday, Dec 17International Day to End Violence Against Sex Workers — Annual awareness day
Monday, Dec 17Kurdish Flag Day · Global Kurdish population
Monday, Dec 17National Day · Bhutan
Monday, Dec 17Pan American Aviation Day · United States — December observance
Monday, Dec 17Wright Brothers Day, a United States federal observance by Presidential proclamation — United States national observation
Tuesday, Dec 18International Migrants Day — United Nations observance, 18 December
Tuesday, Dec 18National Day · Qatar — Annual celebration hosted on 18 December
Tuesday, Dec 18Republic Day · Niger — National holiday of Niger
Tuesday, Dec 18UN Arabic Language Day · United Nations — International event
Wednesday, Dec 19Goa Liberation Day · Goa, India — Annual observance, 19 December
Wednesday, Dec 19National Heroes and Heroines Day · Anguilla
Thursday, Dec 20Abolition of Slavery Day, also known as Fête des Cafres · Réunion, French Guiana — Ethnic group
Thursday, Dec 20Bo Aung Kyaw Day · Myanmar
Thursday, Dec 20Earliest date for Winter solstice's eve (Northern Hemisphere), and its related observances: Yaldā (Iran) — Persian festival
Thursday, Dec 20International Human Solidarity Day · International — United Nations annual unity day
Thursday, Dec 20Macau Special Administrative Region Establishment Day · Macau