This is our day guide for Thursday December 10th 2020 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 10th 2020
International: International Human Rights Day
Marks the UN's adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights
Iraq: Victory Day
This public holiday is to celebrate the defeat of ISIS in December 2017
Thailand: Thailand Constitution Day
Commemorates the announcment of the first permanent constitution in 1932December 9th 2020 | Go to Today | December 11th 2020
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| General Information for December 10th 2020 | |
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| There are 3 public holidays today. | |
| Day 345 of 2020 | |
| 21 days left in 2020 | |
| Week 50 of the year | |
| On this Day in History | |
| 1976 – The United Nations General Assembly adopts the Convention on the Prohibition of Military or Any Other Hostile Use of Environmental Modification Techniques. | |
| 1868 – The first traffic lights are installed, outside the Palace of Westminster in London. Resembling railway signals, they use semaphore arms and are illuminated at night by red and green gas lamps. | |
| 1510 - Portuguese conquest of Goa: Portuguese naval forces under the command of Afonso de Albuquerque, and local mercenaries working for privateer Timoji, seize Goa from the Bijapur Sultanate, resulting in 451 years of Portuguese colonial rule. | |
| 1508 – The League of Cambrai is formed by Pope Julius II, Louis XII of France, Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor and Ferdinand II of Aragon as an alliance against Venice. |
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