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Today, around the world
Thursday, November 12. What the world marks, and the firsts that happened on this day.
Today, somewhere · from DayOneToday
What the world marks
IndonesiaNational Health Day
East TimorNational Youth Day
World Pneumonia DayAnnual event
On this day · from DayOneToday
Firsts, not anniversaries
2003Iraq War: In Nasiriyah, Iraq, at least 23 people, among them the first Italian casualties of the 2003 invasion of Iraq, are killed in a suicide bomb attack on an Italian police base.34 years ago
1981Space Shuttle program: Mission STS-2, utilizing the Space Shuttle Columbia, marks the first time a crewed spacecraft is launched into space twice.56 years ago
1980The NASA space probe Voyager I makes its closest approach to Saturn and takes the first images of its rings.57 years ago
1958A team of rock climbers led by Warren Harding completes the first ascent of The Nose on El Capitan in Yosemite Valley.79 years ago
1941World War II: Temperatures around Moscow drop to −12 °C (10 °F) as the Soviet Union launches ski troops for the first time against the freezing German forces near the city.96 years ago
1912First Balkan War: King George I of Greece makes a triumphal entry into Thessaloniki after its liberation from 482 years of Ottoman rule.125 years ago
1892Pudge Heffelfinger becomes the first professional American football player on record, participating in his first paid game for the Allegheny Athletic Association.145 years ago
1439Plymouth becomes the first town incorporated by the English Parliament.598 years ago
The week ahead, around the world
The same subject is marked on different dates almost everywhere.
Friday, Nov 13World Kindness Day · Worldwide
Friday, Nov 13Sadie Hawkins Day · United States — American folk event and pseudo-holiday
Saturday, Nov 14Children's Day · India — Nehru's birthday.
Saturday, Nov 14Anniversary of the Movement of Readjustment · Guinea-Bissau
Saturday, Nov 14Children's Day, celebrated on the birthday of Jawaharlal Nehru (previously on November 20). · India — Day of celebration for children and children related causes in India
Saturday, Nov 14Day of the Colombian Woman · Colombia — Heroine of the Colombian War of Independence
Saturday, Nov 14Mobile Brigade Day · Indonesia
Saturday, Nov 14World Diabetes Day · International — Global awareness campaign
Saturday, Nov 14Dobruja Day · Romania — Romanian holiday celebrated on 14 November
Sunday, Nov 15Shichi-Go-San · Japan — Children aged three, five and seven are taken to the shrine.
Sunday, Nov 15America Recycles Day · United States — National environmental observance
Sunday, Nov 15Day of the German-speaking Community of Belgium · German-speaking Community of Belgium
Sunday, Nov 15Day of the Imprisoned Writer · International observance — International day to support persecuted writers
Sunday, Nov 15Independence Day, unilaterally declared in 1988. · Palestine — 1988 statement that formally established the State of Palestine
Sunday, Nov 15King's Feast · Belgium — Annual Belgian celebration
Sunday, Nov 15National Tree Planting Day · Sri Lanka — Secular holiday celebrating trees
Sunday, Nov 15Peace Day · Ivory Coast
Sunday, Nov 15Republic Proclamation Day · Brazil
Sunday, Nov 15Republic Day · Northern Cyprus — Public holiday in Northern Cyprus
Sunday, Nov 15The beginning of Nativity Fast · Eastern Orthodox — Period of abstinence and penance in Christianity
Monday, Nov 16Day of Declaration of Sovereignty · Estonia
Monday, Nov 16Icelandic Language Day or Dagur íslenskrar tungu · Iceland — National holiday
Monday, Nov 16International Day for Tolerance · United Nations — Annual observance declared by UNESCO
Monday, Nov 16Statia Day in Sint Eustatius · Caribbean Netherlands — National holiday on Sint Eustatius
Monday, Nov 16Intergenerational Fairness Day · International day of action for rights of younger and future generations
Tuesday, Nov 17Athens Polytechnic Uprising Remembrance Day · Greece — 1973 student uprising against the Greek junta
Tuesday, Nov 17International Students' Day — Annual international observance of student community
Tuesday, Nov 17Martyrs' Day · Odisha, India — Series of holidays in India
Tuesday, Nov 17Presidents Day · Marshall Islands
Wednesday, Nov 18Independence Day · Latvia — 1918.
Wednesday, Nov 18Day of Army and Victory · Haiti
Wednesday, Nov 18Independence Day (Morocco), celebrates the independence of Morocco from France and Spain in 1956.
Wednesday, Nov 18National Day · Oman
Wednesday, Nov 18Proclamation Day of the Republic of Latvia celebrates the independence of Latvia from Russia in 1918. — Public holiday in Latvia
Wednesday, Nov 18Remembrance Day of the Sacrifice of Vukovar in 1991 · Croatia — 1991 Croatian War of Independence siege
Thursday, Nov 19International Men's Day · Worldwide
Thursday, Nov 19Day of Discovery of Puerto Rico · Puerto Rico — Holidays in Puerto Rico
Thursday, Nov 19Day of Missile Forces and Artillery · Russia, Belarus
Thursday, Nov 19Flag Day · Brazil
Thursday, Nov 19Garifuna Settlement Day · Belize — Public holiday in Belize
Thursday, Nov 19Liberation Day · Mali — Holiday marking a country's liberation
Thursday, Nov 19Martyrs' Day · Uttar Pradesh, India — Series of holidays in India
Thursday, Nov 19The Sovereign Prince's Day · Monaco — Public holiday in Monaco
Thursday, Nov 19World Toilet Day — United Nations holiday on 19 November