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Today, around the world
Sunday, December 23. What the world marks, and the firsts that happened on this day.
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What the world marks
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UkraineDay of all level operational control structures servicemenCombined military forces of Ukraine
Festivus, a secular holiday made popular by the sitcom SeinfeldSecular holiday celebrated December 23
Secular humanism in United StatesHumanLightHumanist holiday
Uttar Pradesh, IndiaKisan DiwasPrime Minister of India from 1979 to 1980
Newfoundland and LabradorTibb's EveRegional holiday in western Newfoundland
Mousehole, CornwallTom Bawcock's EveAnnual festival in Mousehole, Cornwall, England
EgyptVictory Day
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Firsts, not anniversaries
2002A U.S. MQ-1 Predator is shot down by an Iraqi MiG-25 in the first combat engagement between a drone and conventional aircraft.27 years ago
1986Voyager, piloted by Dick Rutan and Jeana Yeager, lands at Edwards Air Force Base in California becoming the first aircraft to fly non-stop around the world without aerial or ground refueling.43 years ago
1972The Immaculate Reception is caught by Franco Harris to win the Pittsburgh Steelers their first ever playoff victory, after defeating the Oakland Raiders.57 years ago
1955The first film adaptation of Väinö Linna's novel The Unknown Soldier, directed by Edvin Laine, premieres.74 years ago
1954First successful kidney transplant is performed by J. Hartwell Harrison and Joseph Murray.75 years ago
1947The transistor is first demonstrated at Bell Laboratories.82 years ago
1905The Tampere conference, where Vladimir Lenin and Joseph Stalin meet for the first time, is held in Tampere, Finland.124 years ago
1893The opera Hansel and Gretel by Engelbert Humperdinck is first performed.136 years ago
1876First day of the Constantinople Conference which resulted in agreement for political reforms in the Balkans.153 years ago
1815The novel Emma by Jane Austen is first published.214 years ago
The week ahead, around the world
The same subject is marked on different dates almost everywhere.
Monday, Dec 24Christmas Eve · Many countries
Monday, Dec 24Christmas Eve (Christianity) and its related observances: Aðfangadagskvöld, the day when the 13th and the last Yule Lad arrives to towns. (Iceland)
Monday, Dec 24Christmas Eve (Christianity) and its related observances: Feast of the Seven Fishes (Italian Americans) — Italian-American Christmas Eve celebration
Monday, Dec 24Christmas Eve (Christianity) and its related observances: Juleaften (Denmark)/Julaften (Norway)/Julafton (Sweden) — Christmas celebrations and traditions in Denmark
Monday, Dec 24Christmas Eve (Christianity) and its related observances: Nittel Nacht (certain Orthodox Jewish denominations) — Yiddish name for Christmas Eve
Monday, Dec 24Christmas Eve (Christianity) and its related observances: Nochebuena (Spain and Spanish-speaking countries) — Evening or day before Christmas Day
Monday, Dec 24Christmas Eve (Christianity) and its related observances: The Declaration of Christmas Peace (Old Great Square of Turku, Finland's official Christmas City) — Finnish tradition
Monday, Dec 24Christmas Eve (Christianity) and its related observances: Wigilia (Poland) — Polish Christmas Eve vigil supper
Monday, Dec 24Christmas Eve (Christianity) and its related observances: Quviasukvik, the Inuit new year (Alaska, Canada, Greenland and Russia) — Inuit New Year
Monday, Dec 24Christmas Eve (Christianity) and its related observances: Kūčios (Lithuania) — Traditional Lithuanian Christmas Eve meal
Monday, Dec 24Independence Day · Libya
Monday, Dec 24Day of Military Honour – Siege of Ismail · Russia — Memorable dates in the Russian Armed Forces
Tuesday, Dec 25Christmas Day · Many countries
Tuesday, Dec 25Christmas Day, Christian festival commemorating the birth of Jesus. · Internationally observed — Christian holiday usually on December 25
Tuesday, Dec 25Children's Day · Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Equatorial Guinea, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Gabon, Republic of Congo — Public observance in honor of children
Tuesday, Dec 25Tulsi Pujan Diwas · India — Indian spiritual leader and convicted rapist (born 1941)
Tuesday, Dec 25Constitution Day · Taiwan
Tuesday, Dec 25Good Governance Day · India — Indian holiday
Tuesday, Dec 25Quaid-e-Azam's Day · Pakistan — Public holiday in Pakistan
Tuesday, Dec 25Takanakuy · Chumbivilcas Province, Peru — Annual practice in Chumbivilcas Province, Peru, on 25 December
Wednesday, Dec 26Boxing Day · United Kingdom · the Commonwealth — Once the day boxes of thanks were given to those who served all year.
Wednesday, Dec 26Kwanzaa begins · United States — December 26 to January 1: seven principles, one each day.
Wednesday, Dec 26Boxing Day, except when December 26 is a Sunday. If it is a Sunday, Boxing Day is transferred to December 27 by Royal Proclamation. (Commonwealth of Nations), and its related observances: Day of Good Will (South Africa and Namibia) — Commonwealth nations holiday on 26 December
Wednesday, Dec 26Boxing Day, except when December 26 is a Sunday. If it is a Sunday, Boxing Day is transferred to December 27 by Royal Proclamation. (Commonwealth of Nations), and its related observances: Family Day (Vanuatu) — Public holiday
Wednesday, Dec 26Boxing Day, except when December 26 is a Sunday. If it is a Sunday, Boxing Day is transferred to December 27 by Royal Proclamation. (Commonwealth of Nations), and its related observances: Thanksgiving (Solomon Islands)
Wednesday, Dec 26Independence and Unity Day · Slovenia — Slovenian national holiday
Wednesday, Dec 26Mauro Hamza Day · Houston, Texas — Egyptian fencer
Wednesday, Dec 26Mummer's Day · Padstow, Cornwall — Midwinter celebration in Cornwall, England
Wednesday, Dec 26Saint Stephen's Day (public holiday in Alsace, Austria, Catalonia, Croatia, the Czech Republic, Germany, Hong Kong, Italy, Ireland, Luxembourg, Poland, Slovakia and Switzerland), and its related observances: Father's Day (Bulgaria) — Celebration honoring fathers
Wednesday, Dec 26The first day of Kwanzaa, celebrated until January 1 · United States — Annual African-American celebration
Wednesday, Dec 26The first day of Junkanoo street parade, the second day is on the New Year's Day · The Bahamas — Festive season that occurs on Boxing Day and New Year's Day
Wednesday, Dec 26The second day of the Twelve Days of Christmas (Western Christianity) Second day of Christmas (Public holiday in the Netherlands, Poland and Slovakia)
Wednesday, Dec 26Wren Day · Ireland and the Isle of Man — Irish and Manx tradition on 26 December
Thursday, Dec 27Constitution Day · North Korea
Thursday, Dec 27Emergency Rescuer's Day · Russia — Professional holiday in Russia
Thursday, Dec 27Saint Stephen's Day · Eastern Orthodox Church; a public holiday in Romania — 26 December in the Western church
Thursday, Dec 27The third of the Twelve Days of Christmas · Western Christianity — Period between 26 December and 6 January
Friday, Dec 28Holy Innocents' Day · Spain · Latin America — The day for pranks, as April Fools' Day is elsewhere.
Friday, Dec 28King Taksin Memorial Day · Thailand
Friday, Dec 28Proclamation Day (South Australia), celebration started on the day following Christmas · South Australia — Public holiday in Australia
Friday, Dec 28Republic Day · South Sudan
Friday, Dec 28The fourth of the Twelve Days of Christmas · Western Christianity — Period between 26 December and 6 January
Saturday, Dec 29Constitution Day · Ireland
Saturday, Dec 29Independence Day · Mongolia — State holiday in Mongolia
Saturday, Dec 29The fifth day of Christmas · Western Christianity — Period between 26 December and 6 January
Saturday, Dec 29The fourth day of Kwanzaa · United States — Annual African-American celebration
Sunday, Dec 30Rizal Day · Philippines — José Rizal, 1896.
Sunday, Dec 30Day of the Declaration of Slovakia as an Independent Ecclesiastic Province · Slovakia
Sunday, Dec 30The fifth day of Kwanzaa · United States — Annual African-American celebration
Sunday, Dec 30The sixth of the Twelve Days of Christmas · Western Christianity — Period between 26 December and 6 January