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Today, around the world
Friday, 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.18 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.31 years ago
2006United Arab Emirates holds its first-ever elections.31 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.56 years ago
1958Project SCORE, the world's first communications satellite, is launched.79 years ago
1939World War II: The Battle of the Heligoland Bight, the first major air battle of the war, takes place.98 years ago
1932The Chicago Bears defeat the Portsmouth Spartans in the first NFL playoff game to win the NFL Championship.105 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.139 years ago
1833The national anthem of the Russian Empire, "God Save the Tsar!", is first performed.204 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.260 years ago
The week ahead, around the world
The same subject is marked on different dates almost everywhere.
Saturday, Dec 19Goa Liberation Day · Goa, India — Annual observance, 19 December
Saturday, Dec 19National Heroes and Heroines Day · Anguilla
Sunday, Dec 20Abolition of Slavery Day, also known as Fête des Cafres · Réunion, French Guiana — Ethnic group
Sunday, Dec 20Bo Aung Kyaw Day · Myanmar
Sunday, Dec 20Earliest date for Winter solstice's eve (Northern Hemisphere), and its related observances: Yaldā (Iran) — Persian festival
Sunday, Dec 20International Human Solidarity Day · International — United Nations annual unity day
Sunday, Dec 20Macau Special Administrative Region Establishment Day · Macau
Monday, Dec 21Dongzhi · China · East Asia — The winter solstice festival (December 21 or 22); families eat tangyuan together.
Monday, Dec 21Armed Forces Day · Philippines — National holidays honoring military forces
Monday, Dec 21Forefathers' Day · Plymouth, Massachusetts — Annual holiday in Plymouth, Massachusetts, US
Monday, Dec 21São Tomé Day · São Tomé and Príncipe
Tuesday, Dec 22Mother's Day (Hari Ibu) · Indonesia
Tuesday, Dec 22Dongzhi Festival — Twenty-second solar term of traditional Chinese lunisolar calendars and festival
Tuesday, Dec 22Armed Forces Day · Vietnam — National holidays honoring military forces
Tuesday, Dec 22Mother's Day · Indonesia — Celebration honouring mothers
Tuesday, Dec 22National Mathematics Day · India — Celebration that commemorates the birthday of Srinivasa Ramanujan
Tuesday, Dec 22Teachers' Day · Cuba — Day for appreciating teachers
Tuesday, Dec 22Unity Day · Zimbabwe
Wednesday, Dec 23Night of the Radishes · Oaxaca, Mexico — Radishes carved into figures and scenes.
Wednesday, Dec 23Birthday of the Queen Silvia, an official flag flying day · Sweden
Wednesday, Dec 23Children's Day · South Sudan and Sudan — Public observance in honor of children
Wednesday, Dec 23Day of all level operational control structures servicemen · Ukraine — Combined military forces of Ukraine
Wednesday, Dec 23Festivus, a secular holiday made popular by the sitcom Seinfeld — Secular holiday celebrated December 23
Wednesday, Dec 23HumanLight · Secular humanism in United States — Humanist holiday
Wednesday, Dec 23Kisan Diwas · Uttar Pradesh, India — Prime Minister of India from 1979 to 1980
Wednesday, Dec 23Tibb's Eve · Newfoundland and Labrador — Regional holiday in western Newfoundland
Wednesday, Dec 23Tom Bawcock's Eve · Mousehole, Cornwall — Annual festival in Mousehole, Cornwall, England
Wednesday, Dec 23Victory Day · Egypt
Thursday, Dec 24Christmas Eve · Many countries
Thursday, Dec 24Christmas Eve (Christianity) and its related observances: Aðfangadagskvöld, the day when the 13th and the last Yule Lad arrives to towns. (Iceland)
Thursday, Dec 24Christmas Eve (Christianity) and its related observances: Feast of the Seven Fishes (Italian Americans) — Italian-American Christmas Eve celebration
Thursday, Dec 24Christmas Eve (Christianity) and its related observances: Juleaften (Denmark)/Julaften (Norway)/Julafton (Sweden) — Christmas celebrations and traditions in Denmark
Thursday, Dec 24Christmas Eve (Christianity) and its related observances: Nittel Nacht (certain Orthodox Jewish denominations) — Yiddish name for Christmas Eve
Thursday, Dec 24Christmas Eve (Christianity) and its related observances: Nochebuena (Spain and Spanish-speaking countries) — Evening or day before Christmas Day
Thursday, 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
Thursday, Dec 24Christmas Eve (Christianity) and its related observances: Wigilia (Poland) — Polish Christmas Eve vigil supper
Thursday, Dec 24Christmas Eve (Christianity) and its related observances: Quviasukvik, the Inuit new year (Alaska, Canada, Greenland and Russia) — Inuit New Year
Thursday, Dec 24Christmas Eve (Christianity) and its related observances: Kūčios (Lithuania) — Traditional Lithuanian Christmas Eve meal
Thursday, Dec 24Independence Day · Libya
Thursday, Dec 24Day of Military Honour – Siege of Ismail · Russia — Memorable dates in the Russian Armed Forces
Friday, Dec 25Christmas Day · Many countries
Friday, Dec 25Christmas Day, Christian festival commemorating the birth of Jesus. · Internationally observed — Christian holiday usually on December 25
Friday, 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
Friday, Dec 25Tulsi Pujan Diwas · India — Indian spiritual leader and convicted rapist (born 1941)
Friday, Dec 25Constitution Day · Taiwan
Friday, Dec 25Good Governance Day · India — Indian holiday
Friday, Dec 25Quaid-e-Azam's Day · Pakistan — Public holiday in Pakistan
Friday, Dec 25Takanakuy · Chumbivilcas Province, Peru — Annual practice in Chumbivilcas Province, Peru, on 25 December