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On this day for the United States. January • February • March • April • May • June • July • August • September • October • November • December. December 18:
Hundreds of retailers are offering some sort of free shipping on Dec. 17 -- the last day retailers will guarantee. Today is Free Shipping Day, arguably the most successful of the made-up shopping ...
December is the twelfth and final month of the year in the Julian and Gregorian calendars. Its length is 31 days. December, from the Très Riches Heures du duc de Berry. December’s name derives from the Latin word decem (meaning ten) because it was originally the tenth month of the year in the calendar of Romulus c. 750 BC, which began in March.
In most of the world, however, December 31, 1899 is not the last day of the 19th century, which also includes the year 1900. Retrospectively, day zero for dates in Microsoft Excel (similar to January 1, 1970 being day zero for Unix time). This is to ensure backwards compatibility with Lotus 1-2-3, which had a bug misinterpreting 1900 as a leap ...
The Eighteenth Amendment ( Amendment XVIII) to the United States Constitution established the prohibition of alcohol in the United States. The amendment was proposed by Congress on December 18, 1917, and ratified by the requisite number of states on January 16, 1919. The Eighteenth Amendment was repealed by the Twenty-first Amendment on ...
Disasters and accidents Four people are killed and seven injured after an apartment block collapses in the center of Palermo in Italy. (Reuters) [permanent dead link] A large, 33.5- ton aquarium bursts in a busy shopping center on the Nanjing Road pedestrian mall in Shanghai, China, injuring 15 people, including customers and shop staff. (East Day) (The Inquisitr) (RT) Law and crime Following ...
Business and economy Tolls are scrapped for the Severn crossing bridges connecting England and South Wales, making travel across the River Severn free for all commuters for the first time in 800 years. (BBC) Politics and elections Politics of Poland Polish President Andrzej Duda signs into law the bill, passed by the Parliament of Poland three weeks ago, reinstating the Supreme Court judges ...
Current events/2008 December 17. Ruins of an entire ancient city belonging to the Wari culture are discovered in northern Peru. (BBC) South Korean actress Ok So-ri is given an eight-month suspended prison sentence for adultery after the Constitutional Court refused to strike down a law criminalizing adultery. (BBC)