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

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

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

Battle of Leuthen
Battle of Leuthen
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December 6: Saint Nicholas Day (Western Christianity); Independence Day in Finland (1917); White Ribbon Day in Canada (1991)

Béla I of Hungary
Béla I of Hungary
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December 7: Feast day of Saint Ambrose (Christianity); National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day in the United States (1941)

A church after the 1988 Armenian earthquake
A church after the 1988 Armenian earthquake
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December 8: Feast of the Immaculate Conception (Roman Rite Catholicism); Rōhatsu in Japan

Model of IKAROS
Model of IKAROS
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December 9: International Anti-Corruption Day

The first computer mouse
The 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)

Beyoncé
Beyoncé
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December 14: Martyred Intellectuals Day in Bangladesh (1971)

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: Pan American Aviation Day and Wright Brothers Day in the United States; International Day to End Violence Against Sex Workers

Memorial to victims killed during the 1970 Polish protests
Memorial to victims killed during 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

Crew of Apollo 8
Crew of Apollo 8
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December 22: December solstice (03:28 UTC, 2023); Yule begins; Dongzhi Festival in China (2023)

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

Wreckage of the Tangiwai disaster
Wreckage of the Tangiwai disaster
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December 25: Christmas (Western Christianity; Gregorian calendar); Quaid-e-Azam Day in Pakistan

Halley's Comet
Halley's Comet
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December 26: Boxing Day in the Commonwealth; Wren Day in Ireland and the Isle of Man; Kwanzaa begins (African diaspora in the Americas)

Johann Sebastian Bach
Johann Sebastian Bach
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December 27

Japanese aircraft carrier Hōshō
Japanese aircraft carrier Hōshō
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December 28

Canadian Armour Passing Through Ortona
Canadian Armour Passing Through Ortona
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December 29

The Squaw Man
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December 30: Rizal Day in the Philippines (1896)

Arroyo Seco Parkway
Arroyo Seco Parkway
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December 31: Saint Sylvester's Day (Western Christianity)

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