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December 18 is the 352nd day of the year (353rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 13 days remain until the end of the year.
Federal holidays are designated by the United States Congress in Title V of the United States Code ( 5 U.S.C. § 6103 ). [2] Congress only has authority to create holidays for federal institutions (including federally-owned properties), employees, and the District of Columbia. As a general rule of courtesy, custom, and sometimes regulation, other institutions, such as banks, businesses ...
This week was first recognized from 10 to 17 November 2014, under the name Aromantic Awareness Week. In 2015, it was moved to late February and the name was changed to Aromantic Spectrum Awareness Week, to be more inclusive of all arospec identities. [9] Aromantic Visibility Day. 5 June.
Vote for the North Jersey Boys Basketball Player of the Week for Dec. 18-24. Gannett. Greg Mattura, NorthJersey.com. December 26, 2023 at 1:10 AM. After the first full week of the high school boys ...
Vote for who you think is the SARTA Athlete of the Week, which honors a boy and girl Stark County-area high school athlete throughout the school year.
2023–2024 Sundhnúkur eruptions. The Sundhnúkur volcanic eruption occurs on the Reykjanes Peninsula in Iceland after weeks of earthquakes prompting the evacuation of 4,000 people. The Icelandic Meteorological Office says that the risk of lava flowing toward the town of Grindavík is high. (RÚV)
The number of weeks in a given year is equal to the corresponding week number of 28 December, because it is the only date that is always in the last week of the year since it is a week before 4 January which is always in the first week of the following year.
These are the Billboard Hot 100 number-one singles of 1982. The two longest running number-one singles of 1982 are "I Love Rock 'n' Roll" by Joan Jett and the Blackhearts and "Ebony and Ivory" by Paul McCartney and Stevie Wonder, which each stayed at the top for seven weeks. "Physical" by Olivia Newton-John concluded a ten week run that began ...
December 8, 1963 (Sunday) All 81 people on Pan Am Flight 214 were killed when the plane exploded after being struck by lightning. The Boeing 707 jet was in a holding pattern at an altitude of 5,000 feet (1,500 m), awaiting clearance to land at Philadelphia, when it was struck at 8:58 p.m.
December 14, 1944 (Thursday) The British escort destroyer Aldenham was sunk by a naval mine in the Adriatic Sea off Pag. Aldenham was the last Royal Navy destroyer lost in World War II. The Palawan massacre occurred in the Philippines when 150 Allied prisoners of war were murdered by the Japanese during an air raid.