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Today, around the world
Friday, December 10. What the world marks, and the firsts that happened on this day.
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What the world marks
On this day · from DayOneToday
Firsts, not anniversaries
1999Helen Clark is sworn in as Prime Minister of New Zealand, the second woman to hold the post and the first following an election.33 years ago
1989Mongolian Revolution: At the country's first open pro-democracy public demonstration, Tsakhiagiin Elbegdorj announces the establishment of the Mongolian Democratic Union.43 years ago
1942World War II: Government of Poland in exile send Raczyński's Note (the first official report on the Holocaust) to 26 governments who signed the Declaration by United Nations.90 years ago
1909Selma Lagerlöf becomes the first female writer to receive the Nobel Prize in Literature.123 years ago
1906U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt is awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for his role in the mediation of the Russo-Japanese War, becoming the first American to win a Nobel Prize in any field.126 years ago
1901The first Nobel Prize ceremony is held in Stockholm on the fifth anniversary of Alfred Nobel's death.131 years ago
1768The first edition of the Encyclopædia Britannica is published.264 years ago
The week ahead, around the world
The same subject is marked on different dates almost everywhere.
Saturday, Dec 11Establishment of Kurdish Women's Union · Iraqi Kurdistan
Saturday, Dec 11Indiana Day · United States — Indiana state holiday
Saturday, Dec 11International Mountain Day — Name for various local and national holidays
Saturday, Dec 11National Tango Day · Argentina — Argentine composer, musician, and conductor
Saturday, Dec 11Pampanga Day · Pampanga province, Philippines — Province in Central Luzon, Philippines
Saturday, Dec 11Republic Day, the day when Upper Volta became an autonomous republic in the French Community in 1958. · Burkina Faso
Sunday, Dec 12Day of the Virgin of Guadalupe · Mexico
Sunday, Dec 12Jamhuri Day · Kenya — Independence, 1963.
Sunday, Dec 12Constitution Day · Russia — Holiday honoring a country's constitution
Sunday, Dec 12Day of Neutrality · Turkmenistan — State holiday in Turkmenistan
Monday, Dec 13St Lucia's Day · Sweden · Norway · Finland — A girl in white with a crown of candles leads the singing.
Monday, Dec 13Acadian Remembrance Day · Acadians — Descendants of French settlers in Acadia
Monday, Dec 13National Day · Saint Lucia
Monday, Dec 13Martial Law Victims Remembrance Day · Poland
Monday, Dec 13Nanjing Massacre Memorial Day · China — Annual observance in China
Monday, Dec 13Nusantara Day · Indonesia
Monday, Dec 13Republic Day · Malta — National holiday of Malta
Monday, Dec 13Sailor's Day · Brazil — National holidays honoring military forces
Monday, Dec 13Saint Lucia Day · mainly in Scandinavia — Christian feast day
Tuesday, Dec 14Alabama Day · Alabama — US State holiday
Tuesday, Dec 14Forty-seven Ronin Remembrance Day · Sengaku-ji, Tokyo — Samurai battle on 31 January 1703
Tuesday, Dec 14Martyred Intellectuals Day · Bangladesh — Commemoration observed on 14 December in Bangladesh
Tuesday, Dec 14Monkey Day — Unofficial international holiday
Wednesday, Dec 15Bill of Rights Day (United States) 2nd Amendment Day (South Carolina) — Public awareness day observed in the United States
Wednesday, Dec 15Homecoming Day · Alderney — Part of World War II
Wednesday, Dec 15Kingdom Day (Netherlands), moves to December 16 if the 15th is on a Sunday — Public holiday in the Netherlands
Wednesday, Dec 15Zamenhof Day · International Esperanto Community — Commemoration in Esperanto culture
Wednesday, Dec 15World Turkic Language Family Day · UNESCO — International day observed annually on 15 December
Thursday, Dec 16Day of Reconciliation · South Africa
Thursday, Dec 16Victory Day · Bangladesh — 1971.
Thursday, Dec 16Simbang Gabi begins · Philippines — Nine dawn masses before Christmas.
Thursday, Dec 16Day of Reconciliation, formerly celebrated as Day of the Vow by the Afrikaners · South Africa — Public holiday in South Africa on 16 December
Thursday, Dec 16Independence Day, celebrates the independence of Kazakhstan from the Soviet Union in 1991. — Holiday in Kazakhstan
Thursday, 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
Thursday, Dec 16International Day of the Belt and Road Initiative — Chinese global infrastructure project
Thursday, Dec 16National Sports Day · Thailand
Thursday, 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
Thursday, 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
Thursday, 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
Friday, Dec 17Accession Day · Bahrain
Friday, Dec 17International Day to End Violence Against Sex Workers — Annual awareness day
Friday, Dec 17Kurdish Flag Day · Global Kurdish population
Friday, Dec 17National Day · Bhutan
Friday, Dec 17Pan American Aviation Day · United States — December observance
Friday, Dec 17Wright Brothers Day, a United States federal observance by Presidential proclamation — United States national observation