Day Guide for Wednesday November 18th 2015 What are the holidays on November 18th 2015?

This is our day guide for Wednesday November 18th 2015 which shows you at a glance what's happening on this day around the world. Using the calendar on this page, you can look at a day guide for any day. Why not look up your birthday to see which holidays you share it with?

Holidays on November 18th 2015

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Germany (regional): Repentance Day

Saxony. Protestant churches celebrate a Day of Repentance and Prayer on the Wednesday before November 23

Latvia: National Day

Marks the declaration of independence from German and Russian occupation after the end of the first world war

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Malaysia (regional): The Sultan of Johor Hol

6 Safar. Johor only. Marks the death of the previous state Sultan, Al-Mutawakkil Alallah

Morocco: Independence Day

Morocco's National Day commemorates independence from France on November 18th 1956

Oman: National Day

Marks Oman's independence from Portugal in 1650

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Philippines (regional): Public Holiday

Manila only. Two Special Non-Working Days due to APEC meeting

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General Information for November 18th 2015
There are 6 public holidays today.
Day 322 of 2015
43 days left in 2015
Week 47 of the year
On this Day in History
1987 - King's Cross fire: In London, 31 people die in a fire at the city's busiest underground station, King's Cross St Pancras.
1978 – In Jonestown, Guyana, Jim Jones led his Peoples Temple to a mass murder-suicide that claimed 918 lives in all, 909 of them in Jonestown itself, including over 270 children. Congressman Leo J. Ryan is murdered by members of the Peoples Temple hours earlier.
1307 - William Tell shoots an apple off his son's head.
401 – The Visigoths, led by king Alaric I, cross the Alps and invade northern Italy.