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Today, around the world
Wednesday, November 18. What the world marks, and the firsts that happened on this day.
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What the world marks
OmanNational Day
Proclamation Day of the Republic of Latvia celebrates the independence of Latvia from Russia in 1918.Public holiday in Latvia
CroatiaRemembrance Day of the Sacrifice of Vukovar in 19911991 Croatian War of Independence siege
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Firsts, not anniversaries
2003The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court rules 4–3 in Goodridge v. Department of Public Health that the state's ban on same-sex marriage is unconstitutional and gives the state legislature 180 days to change the law making Massachusetts the first state in the United States to grant marriage rights to same-sex couples.34 years ago
1985The first comic of Calvin and Hobbes is published in ten newspapers.52 years ago
1978The McDonnell Douglas F/A-18 Hornet makes its first flight, at the Naval Air Test Center in Maryland, United States.59 years ago
1963The Bell Telephone Company introduces the first push-button telephone.74 years ago
1943World War II: In the first action of the Berlin Air Offensive, four hundred and forty Royal Air Force planes bomb Berlin causing only light damage and killing 131. The RAF loses nine aircraft and 53 air crew.94 years ago
1928Release of the animated short Steamboat Willie, the first fully synchronized sound cartoon.109 years ago
1916World War I: First Battle of the Somme: In France, British Expeditionary Force commander Douglas Haig calls off the battle which started on July 1, 1916.121 years ago
1889Elisha P. Ferry is inaugurated as first governor of Washington.148 years ago
1803The Battle of Vertières, the last major battle of the Haitian Revolution, is fought, leading to the establishment of the Republic of Haiti, the first black republic in the Western Hemisphere.234 years ago
1760The rebuilt debtors' prison, at the Castellania in Valletta, receives the first prisoners.277 years ago
1493Christopher Columbus first sights the island now known as Puerto Rico.544 years ago
1095The Council of Clermont begins: called by Pope Urban II, it led to the First Crusade to the Holy Land.942 years ago
The week ahead, around the world
The same subject is marked on different dates almost everywhere.
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
Friday, Nov 20World Children's Day · Worldwide — The Convention on the Rights of the Child, 1989.
Friday, Nov 2020-N · Spain — Abbreviation for 20th of November, in Spanish history
Friday, Nov 20Africa Industrialization Day · international
Friday, Nov 20Black Awareness Day · Brazil — Annual celebration honoring the Black community in Brazil
Friday, Nov 20Children's Day · World Children's Day — Public observance in honor of children
Friday, Nov 20National Sovereignty Day · Argentina — Public holiday of Argentina
Friday, Nov 20Day of the Mexican Revolution · Mexico — Mexican government holiday on November 20
Friday, Nov 20Royal Thai Navy Day · Thailand — Naval warfare branch of Thailand's military
Friday, Nov 20Saint Verhaegen · Brussels — Student holiday in Brussels, Belgium
Friday, Nov 20Teachers' Day or Ngày nhà giáo Việt Nam · Vietnam — Day for appreciating teachers
Friday, Nov 20Transgender Day of Remembrance · LGBTQ community — Day to memorialize transphobia victims
Saturday, Nov 21Armed Forces Day · Bangladesh — National day on 21 November
Saturday, Nov 21World Television Day · United Nations observance — International observance, 21 November
Sunday, Nov 22Good Spouses Day (いい夫婦の日) celebrates married couples in Japan. — Unofficial Japanese holiday
Sunday, Nov 22Independence Day celebrates the independence of Lebanon from France in 1943. — Public holiday in Lebanon
Monday, Nov 23Labour Thanksgiving Day (Kinrō Kansha no Hi) · Japan — Thanks given for work and for one another's work.
Monday, Nov 23Labor Thanksgiving Day · Japan — Public holiday in Japan
Monday, Nov 23Repudiation Day · Frederick County, Maryland, United States — Frederick County Maryland celebrating repudiating the British Stamp Act
Monday, Nov 23St George's Day (Georgia) or Giorgoba · Georgia — Feast day of Saint George
Tuesday, Nov 24Evolution Day · International observance — Anniversary of publication of On the Origin of Species, 24 November
Tuesday, Nov 24Lachit Divas · Assam — Ahom commander (1622–1672)
Tuesday, Nov 24Martyrdom of Guru Tegh Bahadur · India — Ninth Sikh guru from 1664 to 1675
Tuesday, Nov 24Teachers' Day · Turkey — Day for appreciating teachers
Wednesday, Nov 25International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women — United Nations-designated observance day
Wednesday, Nov 25Roses Revolution Day, against obstetric violence — International movement