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Saturday, December 28, 2024 falls on a Saturday. It is day 363 of the year, ISO week 52, in Q4.
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Saturday, December 28
December 28, 2024 is day 363 of 366, ISO week 52, in Q4. The moon is Waning Crescent and the zodiac sign is Capricorn.
Day of year363
ISO week52
QuarterQ4
Days left3
Sun and Moon Cycles
- Moon phase
- Waning Crescent
- Lunar age
- 27.3 days
- Illumination
- 5%
- Season
- Winter in the Northern Hemisphere, summer in the Southern Hemisphere
Zodiac and Holidays
- Zodiac
- Capricorn
- Observances
- No major fixed observance in the built-in calendar
- Shareable URL
- /date/2024-12-28
Today's Celebrations
December 28
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Abel (Coptic Church)
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Caterina Volpicelli
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Feast of the Holy Innocents or Childermas; in Spain and Latin American countries the festival is celebrated with pranks...
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Simon the Athonite
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December 28 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
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King Taksin Memorial Day (Thailand)
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Proclamation Day (South Australia), celebration started on the day following Christmas (South Australia)
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Republic Day (South Sudan)
Daily Briefing
Local briefSaturday, December 28, 2024 combines practical calendar facts with a wider view of the day: 2018: Netflix released Black Mirror: Bandersnatch, its first interactive content for adults.. Use it to check the date, plan across time zones, and scan the observances and historical markers attached to December 28.
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History for December 28
Netflix released Black Mirror: Bandersnatch, its first interactive content for adults.
The passenger ferry Norman Atlantic caught fire in the Adriatic Sea, killing an estimated 28 people.
Indonesia AirAsia Flight 8501 crashed into the Java Sea after the pilots mishandled a non-critical error in the cockpit, which resulted in all 162 people on board being killed in the crash.
Kurdish–Turkish conflict: Acting on information that Kurdish militants were crossing the border from Iraqi territory, two Turkish F-16 jets fired at a group of villagers, killing 34 people.
A suicide bomber attacked a Shia procession commemorating the day of Ashura in Karachi, Pakistan, causing 43 deaths.
Tibetan dissident filmmaker Dhondup Wangchen was imprisoned for subversion by Chinese authorities after a secret trial.
Somali Civil War: Troops of Somalia's Transitional Federal Government and their Ethiopian allies captured Mogadishu unopposed.
An unidentified body, later identified as Vivianne Ruiz, was found in garbage bags.
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Brigitte Bardot, French actress, singer and activist (born 1934)
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Charles Dolan, American businessman, founded Cablevision and HBO (born 1926)
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Vijayakanth, Indian actor and politician (born 1952)
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Philomena Franz, German Romani author (born 1922)
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Grichka Bogdanoff, French television presenter and scientific essayist (born 1949)
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John Madden, American football Hall of Fame coach and commentator (born 1936)
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