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December 31 is the 365th day of the year (366th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. It is known by a collection of names including: Saint Sylvester's Day, [1] New Year's Eve or Old Year's Day/Night, as the following day is New Year's Day. It is the last day of the year; the following day is January 1, the first day of the following year.
Among the Western churches, the feast day is held on the anniversary of Saint Sylvester's death, 31 December, a date that, since the adoption of the Gregorian calendar, has coincided with New Year's Eve. For these Christian denominations, Saint Sylvester's Day liturgically marks the seventh day of Christmastide. [2]
The day before, 31 December, is also marked as International Solidarity Day of Azerbaijanis, marking the double anniversary of that day in 1989 when the local residents took down the Soviet–Iranian border in then-Nakhichevan ASSR to reunite with Iranian Azerbaijanis south of the border, as well as the Istanbul-held first World Congress of ...
December 31. Make Up Your Mind Day. National Champagne Day. New Year's Eve. No Interruptions Day. Universal Hour of Peace (from 11:30 pm to 12:30 am on Jan. 1) Unlucky Day. World Peace Meditation Day.
1994 - Two timezones of Kiribati moved west of the International Date Line, causing them to skip December 31. claim not cited 1999 – Panama assumed full control of the Panama Canal Zone from the United States, in accordance with the 1977 Torrijos–Carter Treaties, concluding a 20-year transition period. unreferenced section; indiscriminate list
What the papers say – December 31. PA Reporter. December 30, 2024 at 11:22 PM. The New Year Honours feature heavily on the last newspaper front pages of the year. ... December 30, 2024.
At Maranatha Baptist Church in Plains, Georgia, where Carter was a member, a memorial prayer vigil was held on December 30. [55] Rear Admiral Margaret Kibben, the chaplain of the U.S. House of Representatives, led the chamber in prayer for Carter on December 31. [56]
Medicare's open enrollment period ends on Dec. 7. So if you think you can save money with a new Medicare plan, the time to get moving is now. So if you think you can save money with a new Medicare ...