Day Guide for Friday December 8th 2017 What are the holidays on December 8th 2017?

This is our day guide for Friday December 8th 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 8th 2017

International: Immaculate Conception Day

It is a day that celebrates the belief that Mary, mother of Jesus, was preserved from original sin all of her life

Albania: National Youth Day

Commemorates student demonstrations in 1990 which led to the end of the People's Republic

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India (regional): Friday after Eid e-Milad-un Nabi

A public holiday in Jammu and Kashmir on the Friday after Eid-i-Milad-ul-Nabi

Mali: Prophet's Baptism

Celebrated one week after the Prophet Mohammed's Birthday, this marks the traditional Islamic birth rites that take place seven days after birth.

North Macedonia: St. Clement of Ohrid

Saint Clement of Ohrid was a medieval Bulgarian saint, scholar, writer and enlightener of the Slavs

Panama: Panama Mother's Day

Mother's Day in Panama is a national holiday, celebrated on the Feast of the Immaculate Conception

Uzbekistan: Constitution Day

Marks the adoption of the constitution of Uzbekistan on December 8th 1992.

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General Information for December 8th 2017
There are 7 public holidays today.
Day 342 of 2017
23 days left in 2017
Week 49 of the year
On this Day in History
1963 - Pan Am Flight 214, a Boeing 707, is struck by lightning and crashes near Elkton, Maryland, killing all 81 people on board.
1949 – The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East is established to provide aid to Palestinian refugees who left their homes during the1948 Palestinian exodus.
1813 – Premier of Beethoven's Seventh Symphony.
1660 – A woman (either Margaret Hughes or Anne Marshall) appears on an English public stage for the first time, in the role of Desdemona in a production of Shakespeare's play Othello.