Important Dates: December 2016

Days

1^st World Aids Day   Link

1^st  Lighting of Trafalgar Square Christmas  Link

2^nd International Day for the Abolition of Slavery  Link

3^rd International Day of Persons with Disabilities   Link

3^rd -4^th Tree Dressing Day  Link

5^th International Volunteer Day Link

5^th Day of the Ninja  Link

7^th International Civil Aviation Day   Link

9^th International Anti Corruption Day  Link

10^th International Animal Rights Day   Link

10^th Human Rights Day   Link

11^th International Mountain Day  Link

18^th International Migrants Day  Link

20^th Last day for 2^nd class mail   Link

20^th International Human Solidarity Day   Link

21st Winter Solstice

21^st Last Day for 1^st class mail   Link

25^th Christmas Day

26^th Boxing Day

31^st Hogmanay / New Years Eve

Weeks

17^thDec–8thJan Ramblers Festival of Winter Walks   Link

December Religious Days

6^th Feast of St Nicholas

8^th Feast of the Immaculate Conception (Christian)

8^th Bodhi Day (Buddhist) 1

13^th Saint Lucy’s Day (Christian)

14^th Mawlid an Nabi (Islam)

16^th-25^th Posadas Navidenas (Hispanic Christian)

21^st/22^nd Winter Solstice-Yule (Pagan)

25^th Christmas Day (Christian)

25^th-1^st Jan Hanukkah (Jewish)

26^th St Stephen’s Day (Feast of Stephen – Christian)

26^th Zarathosht Diso (Zoroastrian)

28^th Holy Innocents (Christian)

31^st Watch Night (Christian)

December National Days

1^st Romania (Great Union Day)

1^st Central African Republic

2^nd United Arab Emirates (National Day)

2^nd Laos (National Day)

5^th Thailand (Birthday of King Bhumibol Adulyade)

6^th Finland Independence Day)

9^th Tanzania (Independence Day)

12^th Kenya (Independence Day)

13^th Malta (Republic Day)

15^th Netherlands (Kingdom Day)

16^th Bahrain (Accession of first Emir)

16^th Bangladesh (Victory Day)

16^th/17^th Kazakhstan (Independence Day)

18^th Niger (Republic Day)

18^th Qatar (Qatar National Day)

20^th Macau (Transfer of sovereignty)

23^rd Japan (National Foundation Day)

28^th Nepal (Republic Day)

­December This Day in History

3^rd First successful heart transplant (1967)

4^th The Dandy comic first published (1937)

4^th William Pitt introduces Income Tax (1798)

5^th Prohibition ends in America (1933)

5^th First UK motorway opened (1958)

6^th Irish Free State declared (1921)

6^th First voice recording playback by Thomas Edison (1877)

7^th Pearl Harbor bombed (1941)

7^th Delaware becomes the first state of the USA (1787)

8^th John Lennon shot (1980)

10^th First Nobel Prizes awarded in Stockholm, Sweden (1901)

11^th Edward VIII abdicates (1936)

12^th Marconi sends first radio transmission across Atlantic (1901)

12^th Abel Tasman discovers New Zealand (1642)

14^th Amundsen becomes first explorer to reach South Pole (1911)

14^th Women over 30 given the vote for first time in Britain (1918)

16^th The Boston Tea Party (1773)

17^th Orville & Wilbur Wright make first successful flight (1903)

21^st First crossword puzzle published (1913)

21^st Robert Lister uses anaesthetic first time in Britain (1846)

22^nd Wilhelm Rontgen’s first x-ray (1895)

24^th Franz Xavier Gruber writes ‘Silent Night’ (1818)

25^th Elizabeth II makes first Christmas Day TV broadcast (1957)

25^th Britain’s first Christmas Tree at Windsor (1800)

25^th William the Conqueror is crowned King of England (1066)

26^th Marie and Pierre Curie discover radium (1898)

26^th Indian Ocean Tsunami (2004)

27^th Charles Darwin begins scientific voyage of discovery (1831)

29^th Thomas Beckett murdered (1170)

31^st Thomas Edison’s first public demonstration of light bulb (1879)

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