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Today, around the world
Thursday, December 18. What the world marks, and the firsts that happened on this day.
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What the world marks
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Firsts, not anniversaries
2019The United States House of Representatives impeaches Donald Trump for the first time.12 years ago
2006The first of a series of floods strikes Malaysia. The death toll of all flooding is at least 118, with over 400,000 people displaced.25 years ago
2006United Arab Emirates holds its first-ever elections.25 years ago
1981First flight of the Russian heavy strategic bomber Tu-160, the world's largest combat aircraft, largest supersonic aircraft and largest variable-sweep wing aircraft built.50 years ago
1958Project SCORE, the world's first communications satellite, is launched.73 years ago
1939World War II: The Battle of the Heligoland Bight, the first major air battle of the war, takes place.92 years ago
1932The Chicago Bears defeat the Portsmouth Spartans in the first NFL playoff game to win the NFL Championship.99 years ago
1898Gaston de Chasseloup-Laubat sets the first officially recognized land speed record of 63.159 km/h (39.245 mph) in a Jeantaud electric car.133 years ago
1833The national anthem of the Russian Empire, "God Save the Tsar!", is first performed.198 years ago
1777The United States celebrates its first Thanksgiving, marking the recent victory by the American rebels over British General John Burgoyne at Saratoga in October.254 years ago
The week ahead, around the world
The same subject is marked on different dates almost everywhere.
Friday, Dec 19Goa Liberation Day · Goa, India — Annual observance, 19 December
Friday, Dec 19National Heroes and Heroines Day · Anguilla
Saturday, Dec 20Abolition of Slavery Day, also known as Fête des Cafres · Réunion, French Guiana — Ethnic group
Saturday, Dec 20Bo Aung Kyaw Day · Myanmar
Saturday, Dec 20Earliest date for Winter solstice's eve (Northern Hemisphere), and its related observances: Yaldā (Iran) — Persian festival
Saturday, Dec 20International Human Solidarity Day · International — United Nations annual unity day
Saturday, Dec 20Macau Special Administrative Region Establishment Day · Macau
Sunday, Dec 21Dongzhi · China · East Asia — The winter solstice festival (December 21 or 22); families eat tangyuan together.
Sunday, Dec 21Armed Forces Day · Philippines — National holidays honoring military forces
Sunday, Dec 21Forefathers' Day · Plymouth, Massachusetts — Annual holiday in Plymouth, Massachusetts, US
Sunday, Dec 21São Tomé Day · São Tomé and Príncipe
Monday, Dec 22Mother's Day (Hari Ibu) · Indonesia
Monday, Dec 22Dongzhi Festival — Twenty-second solar term of traditional Chinese lunisolar calendars and festival
Monday, Dec 22Armed Forces Day · Vietnam — National holidays honoring military forces
Monday, Dec 22Mother's Day · Indonesia — Celebration honouring mothers
Monday, Dec 22National Mathematics Day · India — Celebration that commemorates the birthday of Srinivasa Ramanujan
Monday, Dec 22Teachers' Day · Cuba — Day for appreciating teachers
Monday, Dec 22Unity Day · Zimbabwe
Tuesday, Dec 23Night of the Radishes · Oaxaca, Mexico — Radishes carved into figures and scenes.
Tuesday, Dec 23Birthday of the Queen Silvia, an official flag flying day · Sweden
Tuesday, Dec 23Children's Day · South Sudan and Sudan — Public observance in honor of children
Tuesday, Dec 23Day of all level operational control structures servicemen · Ukraine — Combined military forces of Ukraine
Tuesday, Dec 23Festivus, a secular holiday made popular by the sitcom Seinfeld — Secular holiday celebrated December 23
Tuesday, Dec 23HumanLight · Secular humanism in United States — Humanist holiday
Tuesday, Dec 23Kisan Diwas · Uttar Pradesh, India — Prime Minister of India from 1979 to 1980
Tuesday, Dec 23Tibb's Eve · Newfoundland and Labrador — Regional holiday in western Newfoundland
Tuesday, Dec 23Tom Bawcock's Eve · Mousehole, Cornwall — Annual festival in Mousehole, Cornwall, England
Tuesday, Dec 23Victory Day · Egypt
Wednesday, Dec 24Christmas Eve · Many countries
Wednesday, Dec 24Christmas Eve (Christianity) and its related observances: Aðfangadagskvöld, the day when the 13th and the last Yule Lad arrives to towns. (Iceland)
Wednesday, Dec 24Christmas Eve (Christianity) and its related observances: Feast of the Seven Fishes (Italian Americans) — Italian-American Christmas Eve celebration
Wednesday, Dec 24Christmas Eve (Christianity) and its related observances: Juleaften (Denmark)/Julaften (Norway)/Julafton (Sweden) — Christmas celebrations and traditions in Denmark
Wednesday, Dec 24Christmas Eve (Christianity) and its related observances: Nittel Nacht (certain Orthodox Jewish denominations) — Yiddish name for Christmas Eve
Wednesday, Dec 24Christmas Eve (Christianity) and its related observances: Nochebuena (Spain and Spanish-speaking countries) — Evening or day before Christmas Day
Wednesday, 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
Wednesday, Dec 24Christmas Eve (Christianity) and its related observances: Wigilia (Poland) — Polish Christmas Eve vigil supper
Wednesday, Dec 24Christmas Eve (Christianity) and its related observances: Quviasukvik, the Inuit new year (Alaska, Canada, Greenland and Russia) — Inuit New Year
Wednesday, Dec 24Christmas Eve (Christianity) and its related observances: Kūčios (Lithuania) — Traditional Lithuanian Christmas Eve meal
Wednesday, Dec 24Independence Day · Libya
Wednesday, Dec 24Day of Military Honour – Siege of Ismail · Russia — Memorable dates in the Russian Armed Forces
Thursday, Dec 25Christmas Day · Many countries
Thursday, Dec 25Christmas Day, Christian festival commemorating the birth of Jesus. · Internationally observed — Christian holiday usually on December 25
Thursday, 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
Thursday, Dec 25Tulsi Pujan Diwas · India — Indian spiritual leader and convicted rapist (born 1941)
Thursday, Dec 25Constitution Day · Taiwan
Thursday, Dec 25Good Governance Day · India — Indian holiday
Thursday, Dec 25Quaid-e-Azam's Day · Pakistan — Public holiday in Pakistan
Thursday, Dec 25Takanakuy · Chumbivilcas Province, Peru — Annual practice in Chumbivilcas Province, Peru, on 25 December