This is our day guide for Wednesday December 21st 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 21st 2016
Macau: Dongzhi
Dongzhi means extreme of winter and is an important festival marking end of shorter daylightGo to Today | December 22nd 2016
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| General Information for December 21st 2016 | |
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| There are 1 public holidays today. | |
| Day 356 of 2016 | |
| 10 days left in 2016 | |
| Week 51 of the year | |
| On this Day in History | |
| 1988 - Cockney Rebel's bass player Paul Jeffreys dies in an air crash along with his wife and 257 others when the Pan American Boeing 747 is bombed by terrorists and crashes near Lockerbie, Scotland. | |
| 1970 - Elvis visits the White House for a meeting with President Nixon, at which he asked (unsuccessfully) to be made an undercover narcotics police officer. | |
| 1968 - The Apollo 8 mission is launched. | |
| Every year - Today is the Winter Solstice, signifying the official beginning of Winter. |
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