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Victory Day (Bengali: বিজয় দিবস Bijôy Dibôsh) is a national holiday in Bangladesh celebrated on 16 December to commemorate the defeat of the Pakistan Armed Forces in the Bangladesh Liberation War in 1971 and the Independence of Bangladesh.
The Fiestas Patrias (literally Homeland Holidays) [1] of Chile consist of two days, with a third one added on some years: 18 September, in commemoration of the proclamation of the First Governing Body of 1810, and marking the beginning of the Chilean Independence process. 19 September, known as the "Day of the Glories of the Army".
December 18 The argument over women's rights in Victoria was lampooned in this Melbourne Punch cartoon of 1887 1894 – South Australia is the first colony to give women equal franchise with men.
December 19 and 21, 1930: Soviet dictator Joseph Stalin dismisses Alexei Rykov (both on far left) from positions as Soviet Premier and Communist Party Politburo member December 19, 1930: Stalin appoints Vyacheslav Molotov as new Soviet Premier December 26, 1930: Prince Louis II declares dictatorship in Principality of Monaco
Father's Day in Indonesia was first declared in 2006 in Surakarta City Hall attended by hundreds of people from various community groups, including people from community of inter-religion communication. Because of its recent declaration, there is not much hype about the celebration, compared to the celebration of Mother's Day on 22 December. [48]
18 December 18, 1905 (Monday) 19 December ... U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt and his guests home to Washington D.C. after the Army-Navy Game played earlier in the day.
18 December 18, 1974 (Wednesday) 19 December 19, 1974 (Thursday) ... Later on the same day, Northwest Orient Airlines Flight 6231, another Boeing 727, ...
The December-solstice solar year is the solar year based on the December solstice. It is thus the length of time between adjacent December solstices. The length of the December-solstice year has been relatively stable between 6000 BC and AD 2000, in the range of 49 minutes 30 seconds to 50 minutes in excess of 365 days 5 hours.