This is our day guide for Saturday December 31st 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 31st 2016
International: New Year's Eve
The last day of the year in the Gregorian calendar is usually celebrated with parties as midnight approaches
Azerbaijan: World Azerbaijanis Solidarity Day
The nationalist Popular Front of Azerbaijan organised the removal of borders between Soviet Azerbaijan and Iran on 31 December 1989
Maldives: The Day Maldives Embraced Islam
According to legend, the Maldives was converted to Islam in the year 1153 ADRegional
Switzerland (regional): Restoration Day
Geneva only. Marks the restoration of the Geneva Republic after French occupation by Napoleon.Go to Today | January 1st 2017
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| There are 4 public holidays today. | |
| Day 366 of 2016 | |
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| Week 52 of the year | |
| On this Day in History | |
| 1998 - A leap second was added, making 1998 one second longer than 1999 - a quirk that had to be accommodated by Radio-controlled Clocks across the globe. | |
| 1984 - Def Leppard's drummer Rick Allen loses an arm in a car crash near Sheffield. | |
| 1879 - Gilbert & Sullivan's The Pirates of Penzance premieres, in New York. | |
| 1460 - John 'Bloody Clifford', Lord of Skipton Castle, hacks off the heads of Richard Duke of York and his son, during the Wars of the Roses. |
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