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🏛️ Public Holidays
US: New Year's Day
Also observed in: Año Nuevo (AR,CL,CO,ES,MX,PE,VE) · Neujahr (AT,DE) · Ano Novo (PT) · Capodanno (IT) · Confraternização Universal (BR) · Den obnovy samostatného českého státu; Nový rok (CZ) · Første nyttårsdag (NO) · Jour de l'an (FR) · Neujahrstag (CH) · Nieuwjaar (BE) and 18 more
🕰️ On This Day in History
- 2017 — An attack on a nightclub in Istanbul, Turkey, during New Year's celebrations, kills at least 39 people and injures more than 60 others. ↗
- 2017 — Portuguese politician and diplomat António Guterres was officially elected Secretary-General of the United Nations. ↗
- 2016 — The Address Downtown Dubai burns over midnight as the New Year is rung in. The blaze started on the night of New Year's Eve 2015, by... ↗
- 2013 — At least 60 people are killed and 200 injured in a stampede after celebrations at Félix Houphouët-Boigny Stadium in Abidjan, Ivory Coast. ↗
- 2011 — A bomb explodes as Coptic Christians in Alexandria, Egypt, leave a new year service, killing 23 people. ↗
🎂 Notable Births
- 1994 — Brendan Elliot, Australian rugby league player
- 1994 — Craig Murray, Scottish footballer
- 1993 — Jon Flanagan, English footballer
- 1993 — Michael Olaitan, Nigerian footballer
- 1992 — Daniel Kofi Agyei, Ghanaian footballer