This is our day guide for Thursday December 8th 2016 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 December 8th 2016
International: Immaculate Conception Day
It is a day that celebrates the belief that Mary, mother of Jesus, was preserved from original sin all of her life
Albania: National Youth Day
Commemorates student demonstrations in 1990 which led to the end of the People's Republic
North Macedonia: St. Clement of Ohrid
Saint Clement of Ohrid was a medieval Bulgarian saint, scholar, writer and enlightener of the Slavs
Panama: Panama Mother's Day
Mother's Day in Panama is a national holiday, celebrated on the Feast of the Immaculate ConceptionGo to Today | December 9th 2016
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| General Information for December 8th 2016 | |
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| There are 4 public holidays today. | |
| Day 343 of 2016 | |
| 23 days left in 2016 | |
| Week 49 of the year | |
| On this Day in History | |
| 1980 - John Lennon is murdered by Mark David Chapman in front of The Dakota in New York City. | |
| 1927 – The Brookings Institution, one of the United States' oldest think tanks, is founded through the merger of three organizations that had been created by philanthropist Robert S. Brookings. | |
| 1854 – In his Apostolic constitution Ineffabilis Deus, Pope Pius IX proclaims the dogmatic definition of Immaculate Conception, which holds that theVirgin Mary was conceived free of original sin. | |
| 1560 – The city of Guarulhos is founded. |
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