This is our day guide for Thursday December 21st 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 21st 2017
Public sector only
Tonga: Public Holiday
The public sector in Tonga will enjoy a Christmas Vacation from 20 December 2017 - 2 January 2018Go to Today | December 22nd 2017
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| General Information for December 21st 2017 | |
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| There are 1 public holidays today. | |
| Day 355 of 2017 | |
| 10 days left in 2017 | |
| Week 51 of the year | |
| On this Day in History | |
| 1988 - Cockney Rebel's bass player Paul Jeffreys dies in an air crash along with his wife and 257 others when the Pan American Boeing 747 is bombed by terrorists and crashes near Lockerbie, Scotland. | |
| 1970 - Elvis visits the White House for a meeting with President Nixon, at which he asked (unsuccessfully) to be made an undercover narcotics police officer. | |
| 1968 - The Apollo 8 mission is launched. | |
| 1940 - US musician Frank Zappa is born (d. 1993). |
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