FAMOUS BIRTHDAYS

Colin Chapman

Colin Chapman, English engineer and businessman, founded Lotus Cars (born 1928)

Agnes Martin

Agnes Martin, American painter and educator (born 1912)

Alphonse Daudet

Alphonse Daudet, French author, poet, and playwright (born 1840)

Betsie ten Boom

Betsie ten Boom, Dutch Holocaust victim (born 1885)

Ayinde Barrister

Ayinde Barrister, Nigerian fuji musician (born 1948)

Haggai

Christian feast day: Haggai

Marianna Fontanella

Christian feast day: Blessed Marianna Fontanella

Martyrs of Songkhon

Christian feast day: Blessed Philip Siphong Onphitak

Ralph Adams Cram

Christian feast day: Ralph Adams Cram, Richard Upjohn and John La Farge (Episcopal Church (USA))

Independence Day (Kazakhstan)

Independence Day, celebrates the independence of Kazakhstan from the Soviet Union in 1991.

National day

National Day, celebrates the withdrawal of United Kingdom from Bahrain, making Bahrain an independent emirate in 1971.

Public holidays in Thailand

National Sports Day (Thailand)

Las Posadas

The beginning of the nine-day celebration beginning December 16 and ending December 24, celebrating the trials which Mary and Joseph endured before finding a place to stay where Jesus could be born (Hispanidad): The first day of Las Posadas (Mexico, Latin America)

Simbang Gabi

The beginning of the nine-day celebration beginning December 16 and ending December 24, celebrating the trials which Mary and Joseph endured before finding a place to stay where Jesus could be born (Hispanidad): The first day of the Simbang Gabi novena of masses (Philippines)

Victory Day (Bangladesh)

Victory Day observances, celebration of the Indo-Bangla allied victory over Pakistan armed forces and the Liberation of Bangladesh. (Bangladesh and India[a])

Colin Chapman

Colin Chapman, English engineer and businessman, founded Lotus Cars (born 1928)

Haggai

Christian feast day: Haggai