International Day of Reconciliation: This day is observed to promote reconciliation and harmony between nations and communities that have faced conflicts or wars.
National Chocolate Covered Anything Day: This fun holiday encourages people to indulge in their favorite foods covered in chocolate, from fruits and nuts to pretzels and bacon.
Vijay Diwas: This day is celebrated in India to commemorate the victory of the Indian Armed Forces over Pakistan in the 1971 war.
Day of Reconciliation and Unity in South Africa: This day marks the anniversary of the signing of the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa and is observed to promote national unity and reconciliation in the country.
Baltic Unity Day: This day is observed to commemorate the signing of the Declaration of Unity by the Baltic states of Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania in 1990, which paved the way for their independence from the Soviet Union.
National Ugly Christmas Sweater Day: This fun holiday is celebrated on the third Friday of December and encourages people to wear their tackiest and most outrageous Christmas sweaters.
1773: The Boston Tea Party occurs in which American colonists, frustrated and angry at Britain for imposing “taxation without representation,” dump 342 chests of tea, imported by the British East India Company, into the Boston Harbor.
1775: Jane Austen, one of the most beloved English novelists, is born in Steventon, England.
1944: The Battle of the Bulge begins on the Western Front during World War II when German forces launch a surprise attack against Allied forces.
1965: The Gemini 6 spacecraft is launched from the Cape Kennedy, Florida, carrying astronauts Walter Schirra Jr. and Thomas Stafford. Later in the mission, they become the first humans to rendezvous and dock with another spacecraft, the Gemini 7.
1991: Kazakhstan becomes the last Soviet republic to declare independence from the Soviet Union, officially ending the USSR.
