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 | |
| 1971 - Indo-Pakistani War: The Indian Navy launches an attack on West Pakistan's port city of Karachi. | |
| 1941 - World War II: Japanese forces simultaneously invade Malaya, Thailand, Hong Kong, the Philippines, and the Dutch East Indies. (See December 7 for the concurrent attack on Pearl Harbor in the Western Hemisphere.) | |
| 1914 - World War I: A squadron of Britain's Royal Navy defeats an inferior squadron of the Imperial German High Seas Fleet in the Battle of the Falkland Islands in the South Atlantic. | |
| 395 - Later Yan is defeated by its former vassal Northern Wei at the Battle of Canhe Slope. |
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