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An archive of historical anniversaries that appeared on the Main Page
2024 day arrangement

December 1: Great Union Day in Romania; Rosa Parks Day in some states and cities in the United States; World AIDS Day (2024)

Juan Lavalle
Juan Lavalle
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December 2

Benazir Bhutto
Benazir Bhutto
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December 3

Christiaan Barnard
Christiaan Barnard
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December 4: Navy Day in India

2004 transit of Venus
2004 transit of Venus
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December 5: Krampusnacht in parts of Central Europe

Henry Knox's train of artillery
Henry Knox's train of artillery
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December 6: Saint Nicholas's Day (Western Christianity); Independence Day in Finland (1917)

Blast cloud from the Halifax Explosion
Blast cloud from the Halifax Explosion
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December 7: Feast day of Saint Ambrose (Christianity); National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day in the United States (1941)

Jack Fingleton
Jack Fingleton
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December 8: Rōhatsu in Japan; Nations, Nationalities and Peoples' Day in Ethiopia

Metallica
Metallica
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December 9: International Anti-Corruption Day

First computer mouse
First computer mouse
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December 10: Human Rights Day; Nobel Banquet in Stockholm, Sweden

Raúl Alfonsín
Raúl Alfonsín
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December 11

Old Well at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Old Well at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
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December 12: Beginning of the Yule Lads' arrival in Iceland

George W. Bush
George W. Bush
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December 13: Nanjing Massacre Memorial Day in China (1937)

The Sherman Fairchild Sciences complex at Dartmouth College
The Sherman Fairchild Sciences complex at Dartmouth College
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December 14: Martyred Intellectuals Day in Bangladesh (1971), Monkey Day

Japanese battlecruiser Haruna
Japanese battlecruiser Haruna
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December 15

American forces at the Battle of Arawe
American forces at the Battle of Arawe
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December 16: Day of Reconciliation in South Africa

Boston Tea Party
Boston Tea Party
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December 17: International Day to End Violence Against Sex Workers

Memorial to victims of the 1970 Polish protests
Memorial to victims of the 1970 Polish protests
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December 18: National Day in Qatar (1878)

Atlas rocket carrying SCORE
Atlas rocket carrying SCORE
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December 19

Frontispiece to A Christmas Carol
Frontispiece to A Christmas Carol
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December 20

Russian and U.S. Implementation Force troops
Russian and U.S. Implementation Force troops
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December 21: December solstice (09:20 UTC, 2024)

Crew of Apollo 8
Crew of Apollo 8
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December 22

Aerial view of the Kingston Fossil Plant coal fly ash slurry spill
Aerial view of the Kingston Fossil Plant coal fly ash slurry spill
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December 23: Night of the Radishes in Oaxaca City, Mexico; Festivus

Vincent van Gogh
Vincent van Gogh
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December 24

Christmas Island (Kiritimati)
Christmas Island (Kiritimati)
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December 25: Christmas (Western Christianity; Gregorian calendar); Hanukkah (Judaism) begins at sunset; Quaid-e-Azam Day in Pakistan

Mikhail Gorbachev
Mikhail Gorbachev
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December 26: Saint Stephen's Day (Western Christianity); Boxing Day in the Commonwealth; Wren Day in Ireland and the Isle of Man; Kwanzaa begins (African diaspora in the Americas)

Flannan Isles Lighthouse
Flannan Isles Lighthouse
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December 27

Charles Darwin
Charles Darwin
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December 28

Depiction of Alaric II
Depiction of Alaric II
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December 29

Capture of HMS Java by USS Constitution
Capture of HMS Java by USS Constitution
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December 30: Rizal Day in the Philippines (1896)

Pro-government rally in Tehran, Iran
Pro-government rally in Tehran, Iran
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December 31: Saint Sylvester's Day (Western Christianity)

Taipei 101
Taipei 101
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