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December 5 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) December 4 - Eastern Orthodox liturgical calendar - December 6. All fixed commemorations below celebrated on December 18 by Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar. [note 1] For December 5th, Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar commemorate the Saints listed on November 22 .
December 10, 1911 (Sunday) Dante's Inferno, a 69-minute (five reel) silent film based on the 14th Century vision of Hell written by Dante Alighieri, premiered at the Gane's Manhattan Theater in New York. Bringing the Devil to the silver screen for the first time, the Italian made film was a success.
The traditional Chinese calendar ( traditional Chinese: 農曆; simplified Chinese: 农历; lit. 'agricultural calendar'; informally traditional Chinese: 陰曆; simplified Chinese: 阴历; lit. ' lunar calendar ') is a lunisolar calendar, combining the solar, lunar, and other cycles for various social and agricultural purposes.
Features of the original Nanakshahi calendar (2003 Version): [28] [29] Uses the accurate Tropical year (365 Days, 5 Hours, 48 Minutes, 45 Seconds) rather than the Sidereal year. Called Nanakshahi after Guru Nanak (Founder of Sikhism) Year 1 is the Year of Guru Nanak's Birth (1469 CE). As an example, 17 May 2024 CE is Nanakshahi 556.
calendar. The Juche calendar, named after the Juche ideology, is the system of year-numbering used in North Korea. It begins with the birth of Kim Il Sung, the founder of North Korea. His birth year, 1912 in the Gregorian calendar, is " Juche 1" in the Juche calendar. The calendar was adopted in 1997, three years after the death of Kim Il Sung .
December 1, 1969 (Monday) December 1, 1969: Congressman Pirnie drawing the first number. The first draft lottery in the United States since 1942 (and the first in peacetime) was held, and September 14 was the first of the 366 days of the year selected, with Congressman Alexander Pirnie of New York making the first selection.