This is our day guide for Saturday December 17th 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 17th 2016
Bahrain: National Day Holiday
Accession Day of Isa Bin Salman Al Khalifa, the first Emir of Bahrain, in 1961.Go to Today | December 18th 2016
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| General Information for December 17th 2016 | |
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| There are 1 public holidays today. | |
| Day 352 of 2016 | |
| 14 days left in 2016 | |
| Week 50 of the year | |
| On this Day in History | |
| 2001 - Stuart Adamson, guitarist, singer/songwriter and founder member of Big Country, is found dead in a hotel room. | |
| 1967 - Australian Prime Minister Harold Holt disappears while swimming near Portsea, Victoria, and is presumed drowned. | |
| 1903 - The Wright Brothers make their first flight. | |
| 1780 - James Cook's ship HMS Resolution returns to England (Cook having been killed on Hawaii during the voyage). |
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