December 12 holidays, events, history
👉 HOLIDAYS:
🇺🇳 UN – International Neutrality Day.
🇺🇳 UN – International Universal Health Day.
🌏 World Victory Day.
🔹 NATIONAL HOLIDAYS:
🇯🇵 Japan – Hieroglyphs Day.
🇷🇺 Russia – Constitution Day.
🇰🇬 Kyrgyzstan – National Literature Day.
🇮🇳 India – Retail Workers Day.
🇭🇷 Croatia – Air Force Day.
🇰🇿 Kazakhstan – Customs Workers Day.
🇺🇦 Ukraine – Ground Forces Day.
🇰🇪 Kenya – Jamhuri Day (National Day).
🇹🇲 Turkmenistan – Neutrality Day.
👉 EVENTS:
– 627 – Battle of Nineveh.
– 1408 – Sigismund founded the Order of the Dragon.
– 1787 – Pennsylvania ratified the US Constitution.
– 1875 – An arc lamp without a regulator – an electric “candle” was invented in Russia.
– 1911 – The capital of India was moved from Calcutta to Delhi.
– 1911 – The Table Tennis Association was founded in Great Britain.
– 1913 – The Mona Lisa was discovered in Florence.
– 1925 – Reza Pahlavi officially ascended the throne of the Shah of Iran.
– 1936 – Chiang Kai-shek was captured.
– 1939 – The Finnish army defeated the Soviet troops at the Battle of Tolvayärvi.
– 1961 – The world’s first amateur radio satellite, OSCAR-1, was launched into orbit in the United States.
– 1963 – Kenya gained independence.
– 1979 – The Politburo of the Central Committee of the CPSU decided to send Soviet troops to Afghanistan.
– 1990 – UNESCO included the Ichan Fortress in Khiva in the World Heritage List.
– 1992 – The Decree of the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan “On awarding the city of Nukus of the Republic of Karakalpakstan with the “Honorary Certificate of the Republic of Uzbekistan” was adopted.
– 1993 – A referendum was held on the draft Constitution of the Russian Federation; deputies were elected to the State Duma. The Constitution of the Russian Federation was adopted.
– 2002 – The Constitutional Laws of the Republic of Uzbekistan “On the Senate of the Oliy Majlis of the Republic of Uzbekistan” and “On the Legislative Chamber of the Oliy Majlis of the Republic of Uzbekistan” were adopted.
– 2008 – Switzerland joined the Schengen zone.
– 2012 – Celebrations began on the occasion of the 850th anniversary of the Notre Dame Cathedral (Notre Dame de Paris).
