This is our day guide for Sunday December 31st 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 December 31st 2017
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 1989Regional
Switzerland (regional): Restoration Day
Geneva only. Marks the restoration of the Geneva Republic after French occupation by Napoleon.Go to Today | January 1st 2018
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| General Information for December 31st 2017 | |
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| There are 3 public holidays today. | |
| Day 365 of 2017 | |
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| Week 52 of the year | |
| On this Day in History | |
| 1985 - Former Rock 'n' Roll teen idol Ricky Nelson dies in an air crash near De Kalb, Texas. | |
| 1968 - A prototype Tupolev TU-144 takes to the air, the first supersonic transport aircraft. | |
| 1946 - Three people die in a London Underground accident when a Metropolitan line train crashes into another train between the Northwood and Northwood Hills stations. | |
| 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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