December 21st Holidays
☀️ Winter Solstice
🧘🏻♀️ World Meditation Day
🏀 World Basketball Day
🎬 International Short Film Day
🥻 World Saree Day
🔥 Global Orgasm Day
🧩 Crossword Puzzle Day
📜 Short Story Day
🤖 International Dalek Remembrance Day
👀 Look on the Bright Side Day
🎄 Yule
🇺🇸 Don’t Make Your Bed Day - USA
🇺🇸 National Kiwi Fruit Day - USA
🇺🇸 National Short Girl Appreciation Day - USA
🇺🇸 National French Fried Shrimp Day - USA
🇺🇸 National Flashlight Day - USA
🇺🇸 Shake and Freeze Day - USA
🇺🇸 Ribbon Candy Day - USA
🇺🇸 National Homeless Person’s Memorial Day - USA
🇺🇸 Humbug Day - USA
🇺🇸 National Armagnac Day - USA
🇺🇸 National Coquito Day - USA
🇺🇸 National Maine Day - USA
🇬🇧 Phileas Fogg Win a Wager Day - United Kingdom
🇪🇸 National Childhood Cancer Day (Día Nacional del Niño con Cáncer) - Spain
🇫🇮 Feast of St. Thomas - Finland, Netherlands, Guatemala
🇦🇷 Twin Day (Día del Gemelo) - Argentina
🇲🇽 Mayan Culture Day (Día Nacional de la Cultura Maya) - Mexico
🇨🇳 Dōngzhì Festival (冬至) - China
🇮🇳 Pancha Ganapati (पंच गणपति) - India
🇵🇭 Armed Forces Day (Araw ng Hukbong Sandatahang Lakas) - Philippines
🇹🇲 Day of Remembrance of the First President (Türkmenistanyň ilkinji Prezidenti S.A.Nyýazowy ýatlama güni) - Turkmenistan
🇷🇴 Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Communism (Ziua Memoriei Victimelor Comunismului) - Romania
🇮🇷 Shab-e Yalda (شب یلدا) - Iran
🇸🇹 São Tomé Day (Dia de São Tomé) - São Tomé and Príncipe
This Day in History
• On December 21, 1891, The first ever basketball game took place in the USA 135 yr.
• On December 21, 1968, The Apollo-8 manned spacecraft was launched to enter lunar orbit 58 yr.
• On December 21, 1984, The Soviet interplanetary station Vega-2 was successfully launched to study the planets of the solar system 42 yr.
