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Today, around the world
Friday, December 14. What the world marks, and the firsts that happened on this day.
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What the world marks
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Monkey DayUnofficial international holiday
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Firsts, not anniversaries
1985Wilma Mankiller takes office as the first woman elected to serve as Principal Chief of the Cherokee Nation.44 years ago
1962NASA's Mariner 2 becomes the first spacecraft to fly by Venus.67 years ago
1958The 3rd Soviet Antarctic Expedition becomes the first to reach the southern pole of inaccessibility.71 years ago
1940Plutonium (specifically Pu-238) is first isolated at Berkeley, California.89 years ago
1925Wozzeck, Alban Berg's first opera, is premiered at the Berlin State Opera conducted by Erich Kleiber.104 years ago
1918The 1918 United Kingdom general election occurs, the first where women were permitted to vote. In Ireland the Irish republican political party Sinn Féin wins a landslide victory with nearly 47% of the popular vote.111 years ago
1911Roald Amundsen's team, comprising himself, Olav Bjaaland, Helmer Hanssen, Sverre Hassel, and Oscar Wisting, becomes the first to reach the South Pole.118 years ago
1903The Wright brothers make their first attempt to fly with the Wright Flyer at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina.126 years ago
1902The Commercial Pacific Cable Company lays the first Pacific telegraph cable, from San Francisco to Honolulu.127 years ago
1782The Montgolfier brothers first test fly an unmanned hot air balloon in France; it floats nearly 2.5 km (1.6 mi).247 years ago
The week ahead, around the world
The same subject is marked on different dates almost everywhere.
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
Friday, Dec 21Dongzhi · China · East Asia — The winter solstice festival (December 21 or 22); families eat tangyuan together.
Friday, Dec 21Armed Forces Day · Philippines — National holidays honoring military forces
Friday, Dec 21Forefathers' Day · Plymouth, Massachusetts — Annual holiday in Plymouth, Massachusetts, US
Friday, Dec 21São Tomé Day · São Tomé and Príncipe