Day Guide for Thursday November 23rd 2017 What are the holidays on November 23rd 2017?

This is our day guide for Thursday November 23rd 2017 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 November 23rd 2017

International: Thanksgiving

Fourth Thursday in November. Traditionally, this holiday celebrates the giving of thanks for the autumn harvest

Georgia: Saint George's Day

Commemorates the torture of St. George on the wheel for refusing to make sacrifices to the Roman gods

Regional

India (regional): Martyrdom of Sri Guru Teg Bahadur Ji

Punjab. Guru Teg Bahadur was the ninth of ten Gurus (Prophets) of the Sikh religion

Regional

India (regional): Seng Kut Snem

A festival of the Khasi Community in Meghalaya celebrating their culture and traditions

Japan: Labour Thanksgiving Day

Labor Thanksgiving Day is a modern name for the ritual of Harvest Festival

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General Information for November 23rd 2017
There are 5 public holidays today.
Day 327 of 2017
38 days left in 2017
Week 47 of the year
On this Day in History
2010 - Bombardment of Yeonpyeong: North Korean artillery attack kills 2 civilians and 2 marines on Yeonpyeong Island, South Korea.
2005 - Ellen Johnson Sirleaf is elected president of Liberia and becomes the first woman to lead an African country.
1992 – The first smartphone, the IBM Simon, is introduced at COMDEX in Las Vegas, Nevada.
1924 - Edwin Hubble's scientific discovery that Andromeda, previously believed to be a nebula within our galaxy, is actually another galaxy, and that the Milky Way is only one of many such galaxies in the universe, was first published in a newspaper.