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Today, around the world
Saturday, December 25. What the world marks, and the firsts that happened on this day.
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What the world marks
IndiaTulsi Pujan DiwasIndian spiritual leader and convicted rapist (born 1941)
TaiwanConstitution Day
IndiaGood Governance DayIndian holiday
PakistanQuaid-e-Azam's DayPublic holiday in Pakistan
Chumbivilcas Province, PeruTakanakuyAnnual practice in Chumbivilcas Province, Peru, on 25 December
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Firsts, not anniversaries
1968Apollo program: Apollo 8 performs the first successful Trans-Earth injection (TEI) maneuver, sending the crew and spacecraft on a trajectory back to Earth from Lunar orbit.64 years ago
1946The first European self-sustaining nuclear chain reaction is initiated within the Soviet Union's F-1 nuclear reactor.86 years ago
1941Admiral Émile Muselier seizes the archipelago of Saint Pierre and Miquelon, which become the first part of France to be liberated by the Free French Forces.91 years ago
1913Disfellowshipped Adventist lay preacher Felix Manalo begins the new religious movement known as the Iglesia ni Cristo with the baptism of its first members.119 years ago
1870Wagner's Siegfried Idyll is first performed.162 years ago
1815The Handel and Haydn Society, oldest continually performing arts organization in the United States, gives its first performance.217 years ago
1814Rev. Samuel Marsden holds the first Christian service on land in New Zealand at Rangihoua Bay.218 years ago
1809Dr. Ephraim McDowell performs the first ovariotomy, removing a 22-pound tumor.223 years ago
1758Halley's Comet is sighted by Johann Georg Palitzsch, confirming Edmund Halley's prediction of its passage. This was the first passage of a comet predicted ahead of time.274 years ago
1725J. S. Bach leads the first performance of the Christmas cantata Unser Mund sei voll Lachens, BWV 110, making laughter audible in singing.307 years ago
1724J. S. Bach leads the first performance of Gelobet seist du, Jesu Christ, BWV 91, in Leipzig, based on Luther's 1524 Christmas hymn.308 years ago
1130Count Roger II of Sicily is crowned the first king of Sicily.902 years ago
1100Baldwin of Boulogne is crowned the first King of Jerusalem in the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem.932 years ago
336First documented sign of Christmas celebration in Rome.1696 years ago
The week ahead, around the world
The same subject is marked on different dates almost everywhere.
Sunday, Dec 26Boxing Day · United Kingdom · the Commonwealth — Once the day boxes of thanks were given to those who served all year.
Sunday, Dec 26Kwanzaa begins · United States — December 26 to January 1: seven principles, one each day.
Sunday, 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
Sunday, 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
Sunday, 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)
Sunday, Dec 26Independence and Unity Day · Slovenia — Slovenian national holiday
Sunday, Dec 26Mauro Hamza Day · Houston, Texas — Egyptian fencer
Sunday, Dec 26Mummer's Day · Padstow, Cornwall — Midwinter celebration in Cornwall, England
Sunday, 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
Sunday, Dec 26The first day of Kwanzaa, celebrated until January 1 · United States — Annual African-American celebration
Sunday, 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
Sunday, Dec 26The second day of the Twelve Days of Christmas (Western Christianity) Second day of Christmas (Public holiday in the Netherlands, Poland and Slovakia)
Sunday, Dec 26Wren Day · Ireland and the Isle of Man — Irish and Manx tradition on 26 December
Monday, Dec 27Constitution Day · North Korea
Monday, Dec 27Emergency Rescuer's Day · Russia — Professional holiday in Russia
Monday, Dec 27Saint Stephen's Day · Eastern Orthodox Church; a public holiday in Romania — 26 December in the Western church
Monday, Dec 27The third of the Twelve Days of Christmas · Western Christianity — Period between 26 December and 6 January
Tuesday, Dec 28Holy Innocents' Day · Spain · Latin America — The day for pranks, as April Fools' Day is elsewhere.
Tuesday, Dec 28King Taksin Memorial Day · Thailand
Tuesday, Dec 28Proclamation Day (South Australia), celebration started on the day following Christmas · South Australia — Public holiday in Australia
Tuesday, Dec 28Republic Day · South Sudan
Tuesday, Dec 28The fourth of the Twelve Days of Christmas · Western Christianity — Period between 26 December and 6 January
Wednesday, Dec 29Constitution Day · Ireland
Wednesday, Dec 29Independence Day · Mongolia — State holiday in Mongolia
Wednesday, Dec 29The fifth day of Christmas · Western Christianity — Period between 26 December and 6 January
Wednesday, Dec 29The fourth day of Kwanzaa · United States — Annual African-American celebration
Thursday, Dec 30Rizal Day · Philippines — José Rizal, 1896.
Thursday, Dec 30Day of the Declaration of Slovakia as an Independent Ecclesiastic Province · Slovakia
Thursday, Dec 30The fifth day of Kwanzaa · United States — Annual African-American celebration
Thursday, Dec 30The sixth of the Twelve Days of Christmas · Western Christianity — Period between 26 December and 6 January
Friday, Dec 31Hogmanay · Scotland — First-footing: the first guest across the threshold brings the year's luck.
Friday, Dec 31New Year's Eve · Spain — Twelve grapes, one for each stroke of midnight.
Friday, Dec 31International Solidarity Day of Azerbaijanis · Azerbaijan — Public holiday in Azerbaijan
Friday, Dec 31New Year's Eve (International observance), and its related observances: First Night (United States) — Artistic and cultural celebration on New Year's Eve
Friday, Dec 31New Year's Eve (International observance), and its related observances: Last Day of the Year or Bisperás ng Bagong Taón, special holiday between Rizal Day and New Year's Day (Philippines)
Friday, Dec 31New Year's Eve (International observance), and its related observances: Novy God Eve (Russia) — New Year celebrations in post-Soviet countries
Friday, Dec 31New Year's Eve (International observance), and its related observances: Ōmisoka (Japan) — Annual Japanese festival
Friday, Dec 31New Year's Eve (International observance), and its related observances: The first day of Hogmanay or "Auld Year's Night" (Scotland) — Scottish celebration of New Year
Friday, Dec 31The seventh of the Twelve Days of Christmas · Western Christianity — Period between 26 December and 6 January
Friday, Dec 31The sixth and penultimate day of Kwanzaa · United States — Unit of speech sounds
Saturday, Jan 1New Year's Day · Worldwide — The first day of the Gregorian year.
Saturday, Jan 1Independence Day · Haiti — Haiti became independent in 1804, the first free Black republic.