Holidays Calendar for November 12, 2023
November 12 is Journée Nationale Maoré, a holiday in the Comoros connected with the history of the Union of the Comoros, particularly the relations between the Comoros and France.
East Timor annually celebrates Notional Youth Day on November 12. Institution of this holiday is connected with a grieving event in the history of the country.
Religious Holidays →
India,
Guyana,
Mauritius,
Nepal,
Suriname,
Fiji,
Kenya,
Malaysia,
Singapore,
Sri Lanka,
Trinidad and Tobago
Diwali
Diwali, also known as Deepavali or the Festival of Lights, is a major Hindu festival that falls between mid-October and mid-November in the Gregorian calendar. It is dedicated to the victory of light over darkness.
World Pneumonia Day is annually observed on November 12 since 2009. This observance was introduced to raise public awareness of the death toll among children under 5 caused by pneumonia.
International Tongue Twister Day is celebrated annually on the second Sunday in November. It was created to remind people that tongue twisters are both fun and good for improving speaking skills and pronunciation.
Sun Yat-sen's Birthday is an unofficial holiday in the Republic of China, that is observed on November 12. This holiday commemorates the birthday anniversary of a prominent Chinese revolutionary and politician Sun Yat-sen. The holiday is also known as Doctor's Day, since Sun Yat-sen was also a doctor.
Winegrower and Winemaker’s Day is a Ukrainian professional holiday celebrated on the second Sunday of November every year. It was officially established by President Volodymyr Zelensky in July 2020.
Tit Day in Russia is celebrated on November 12. It was initiated by the Russian Birds Conservation Union and is closely linked to a Slavic folk holiday of the same name. The main goal of the holiday is to encourage people to feed tits during winter.
The Tunisians annually celebrate National Tree Festival on the second Sunday in November. The government of Tunisia prepares a special program, that is implemented in cooperation with non-governmental institutions.
The second Sunday in November is Father's Day in Sweden, Finland, Norway, Estonia and Iceland. This holiday was introduced, like in other countries around the world. As far as every country chooses its own day for celebration, the named five observe the holiday on the second Sunday in November.
National Pupusa Day is an annual holiday in El Salvador celebrated on the second Sunday of November. It is dedicated to a traditional Salvadoran dish.
People of Azerbaijan annually celebrate Constitution Day on November 12. This is a national working day, that celebrates the anniversary of adoption of the Constitution on November 12, 1995.
National Health Day is an Indonesian observance held on November 12 every year. On this day in 1959, Sukarno officially launched the malaria eradication project by spraying DDT in the village of Kalasan to eliminate Anopheles mosquitoes.
The birthday of Juana Inés de la Cruz is an unofficial observance celebrated by some people in Mexico. It honors a Hieronymite nun of New Spain who made a name for herself as a self-taught scholar, philosopher, composer, and poet.
Remembrance Sunday is an annual observance in the United Kingdom that was established to commemorate servicemen and women in WWI, WWII and later conflicts. It is held on the Sunday nearest to Armistice Day, i.e. on the second Sunday in November.
November 12 is National Pizza with the Works Except Anchovies Day, also referred to as National Pizza With Everything (Except Anchovies) Day.
November 12 is the perfect day to indulge in a delicious roast beef sandwich because it is National French Dip Day. This unofficial food holiday was created to celebrate a type of sandwich that is traditionally served with a light broth or gravy for dipping.
November 12 is the perfect day to go out with your friends and enjoy cheap drinks because it is National Happy Hour Day. The origins of this amazing holiday are unclear, but don’t let it stop you from having fun!
National Chicken Soup for the Soul Day, also known simply as Chicken Soup for the Soul Day, is celebrated annually on November 12. It was created to encourage people to take care of themselves and find inspiration in the positive stories and experiences of others.
Hasyl Bayramy is one of the oldest folk festivals in Turkmenistan, that is held to celebrate the new harvest. It's annually celebrated on the second Sunday in November.
Most countries observed Father's Day on the third Sunday in June, but Indonesia is an exception. Indonesians celebrate Father's Day on November 12. However, the holiday is not official and does not enjoy wide popularity.
Festivals on November 12, 2023
- Scallop Fair in Normandy in Port-en-Bessin-Huppain, France
- Camerimage in Torun, Poland
- Torrone Festival in Cremona, Italy
- VeggieWorld in Munich, Germany
- GLOW Eindhoven in Eindhoven, Netherlands
- Supanova Pop Culture Expo in Brisbane, Australia
- White Truffle Fair in San Miniato in San Miniato, Italy
- Motor City Comic Con in Novi, USA
- Novacon in Buxton, United Kingdom
- Glasgow Christmas Market in Glasgow, United Kingdom
- Memphis Comic and Fantasy Convention in Memphis, USA
- Taste of Abu Dhabi in Abu Dhabi, UAE
- London Jazz Festival in London, United Kingdom
- Vienna Christmas Market in Vienna, Austria
- Bilbao International Documentary and Short Film Festival in Bilbao, Spain
This Day in History
- 2021 Judge Brenda Penny of the Los Angeles County Superior Court formally terminated Britney Spears's conservatorship that began on February 1, 2008.
- 2018 Died: Stan Lee, American comic book writer, editor, producer, and publisher. He was the editor-in-chief of Marvel Comics, and later its publisher and chairman.
- 2014 The robotic European Space Agency lander Philae achieved the first-ever soft landing on a comet nucleus (comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko).
- 2012 Died: Daniel N. Stern, American psychiatrist and psychoanalytic theorist. His most notable work is The Interpersonal World of the Infant (1985).
- 2007 Died: Ira Levin, American novelist, playwright, lyricist, and librettist. His best known works include the novels Rosemary's Baby and The Stepford Wives.
- 2003 Chinese magnetic levitation train Shanghai Transrapid set a new world speed record for commercial railway systems (501 kilometers/311 miles per hour).
- 2003 Died: Penny Singleton (born Dorothy McNulty), American film actress. She is best known for her role as Blondie Bumstead in a series of 28 films.
- 1997 Kuwaiti terrorist Ramzi Yousef was found guilty of masterminding the 1993 World Trade Center bombing, which killed 6 people and injured over a thousand.
- 1996 A Saudi Arabian Airlines Boeing 747-100B and a Kazakhstan Airlines Ilyushin Il-76 collided mid-air over India, killing all 312 people on board both planes.
- 1994 Born: Guillaume Cizeron, French ice dancer. With partner Gabriella Papadakis, he is the 2022 Olympic champion, the 2018 Olympic silver medalist, and a five-time World champion.
- 1994 Died: Wilma Rudolph, American track and field athlete. She was considered the fastest woman in the world in the 1960s and competed in two Olympic Games.
- 1990 Crown Prince Akihito was crowned Emperor of Japan, becoming the 125th Japanese monarch. The era of Akihito's reign is known as the Heisei period.
- 1986 Died: Erich Koch, German Nazi leader. He served as a Gauleiter (regional branch leader) of the Nazi Party (NSDAP) in East Prussia from 1928 to 1945.
- 1982 Born: Anne Hathaway, American actress, singer, and producer known for her role in the films The Princess Diaries, The Devil Wears Prada, Les Misérables, and many more.
- 1981 Died: William Holden, American actor who won the Academy Award for Best Actor in 1953 for his role as J.J. Sefton in Billy Wilder's war film Stalag 17.
- 1980 Born: Gustaf Skarsgård, Swedish actor known for his roles in the films Evil, The Way Back, Kon-Tiki, and Oppenheimer. He is one of the sons of Stellan Skarsgård.
- 1980 Born: Ryan Gosling, Canadian actor, film director, producer, screenwriter, and musician. His breakthrough role was Noah Calhoun in The Notebook (2004).
- 1970 Born: Tonya Harding, American former figure skater, retired boxer, and reality television personality. She was the first American woman to successfully land a triple axel in an international competition.
- 1970 A devastating tropical cyclone struck East Pakistan (now Bangladesh) and part of India. With about 500,000 casualties, it is the deadliest tropical cyclone in history.
- 1970 Born: Craig Parker, New Zealand actor known for his roles as Haldir the The Lord of the Rings film trilogy and Darken Rahl in Legend of the Seeker.
- 1958 Born: Megan Mullally, American actress best known for playing Karen Walker in the NBC sitcom Will & Grace, for which she received two Emmy Awards out of eight nominations.
- 1945 Born: Neil Young, Canadian singer-songwriter, musician, filmmaker, and environmentalist. His best known songs include "Heart of Gold", "Ohio", "Helpless".
- 1933 Hugh Gray took the first known photograph alleged to be of the Loch Ness Monster. The image is blurred, and critics have claimed Gray photographed his dog.
- 1929 Born: Michael Ende, German author of fantasy and children's fiction. He is best known for his fantasy novel The Neverending Story published in 1979.
- 1929 Born: Grace Kelly, American actress who became the Princess of Monaco after marrying Prince Rainier III in 1956. She met him at the Cannes Film Festival.
- 1921 The Washington Naval Conference, also known as the Washington Disarmament Conference, began. It was the first arms control conference in history.
- 1920 The Treaty of Rapallo was signed between the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes and the Kingdom of Italy in the town of Rapallo, near Genoa, Italy.
- 1918 The Republic of German-Austria was officially proclaimed a day after Charles I of Austria relinquished his right to take part in Austrian affairs of state.
- 1916 Died: Percival Lowell, American businessman, writer, mathematician, and astronomer. He is known as the founder of the Lowell Observatory in Arizona.
- 1902 Died: William Henry Barlow, English civil engineer, particularly associated with railway engineering projects. He was also an experimenter and inventor.
- 1865 Died: Elizabeth Gaskell (née Stevenson), British novelist and short story writer. Elizabeth Gaskell was the first to write a biography of Charlotte Brontë.
- 1840 Born: Auguste Rodin, French sculptor. His best known works include The Thinker, The Burghers of Calais, The Walking Man, The Age of Bronze, The Kiss.
- 1833 Born: Alexander Borodin, Russian chemist and Romantic composer known for his symphonies. He was a member of The Five, a famous group of composers.
- 1817 Born: Bahá'u'lláh (born Mírzá Ḥusayn-`Alí Núrí), Persian religious leader who founded the Bahá'í faith, which emphasizes the spiritual unity of all humankind.
- 1615 Born: Richard Baxter, English Puritan church leader, theologian, poet, and polemicist. He was one of the most influential leaders of Nonconformists.
- 1035 Died: Cnut the Great, King of Denmark, England, Norway, and parts of Sweden, together known as the North Sea Empire. He reigned from 1016 until his death.