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2019 International Year of Indigenous Languages
1920 November 27: Belarus Heroes’ Day
1912 November 28: Albanian Flag Day/Declaration of Independence
November 29: International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People
November 30: Saint Andrew’s Day, Scotland’s official national day
December 3: International Day of the Basque Language
1917 December 6: Finland Independence Day
1948 December 10: Human Rights Day
1994 December 11: First Chechen War
1974 December 13: Malta Republic Day
1991 December 16: Kazakhstan Independence Day
1989 December 16: Romanian Revolution
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