This is our day guide for Tuesday December 16th 2025 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 16th 2025
Bahrain: National Day
Accession Day of Isa Bin Salman Al Khalifa, the first Emir of Bahrain, in 1961.
Bangladesh: Victory Day
Commemorates the surrender of the Pakistani army to the Mukti Bahini
Kazakhstan: Independence Day
Kazakhstan Independence Day marks the independence of Kazakhstan on December 16th 1991 following the collapse of the Soviet Union.
South Africa: Day of Reconciliation
The Day of Reconciliation aims to to foster reconciliation between different racial groups in South AfricaDecember 15th 2025 | Go to Today | December 17th 2025
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| General Information for December 16th 2025 | |
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| There are 4 public holidays today. | |
| Day 350 of 2025 | |
| 15 days left in 2025 | |
| Week 51 of the year | |
| On this Day in History | |
| 1960 - 1960 New York air disaster: While approaching New York's Idlewild Airport, a United Airlines Douglas DC-8 collides with a TWA Lockheed Super Constellation in a blindingsnowstorm over Staten Island, killing 134. | |
| 1957 – Sir Feroz Khan Noon replaces Ibrahim Ismail Chundrigar as Prime Minister of Pakistan. | |
| 1930 – Bank robber Herman Lamm and members of his crew are killed by a 200-strong posse, following a botched bank robbery in Clinton, Indiana. | |
| 1811 - The first two in a series of four severe earthquakes occur in the vicinity of New Madrid, Missouri. |
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