The majority of churches celebrate St. Nicholas' feast day on Dec. 6, but some Orthodox churches following the old Julian calendar celebrate the feast day of St. Nicholas on Dec. 19.
Today is the United Nations Day for South-South Cooperation. Referring to cooperation between Latin American, African and Southeast Asian countries, the UN proclaimed this day in 2003. Dec. 19 is the date on which the UN endorsed the Buenos Aires Plan of Action for Promoting and Implementing Technical Cooperation among Developing Countries in 1998. The UN General Assembly urged all relevant United Nations organizations and multilateral institutions to intensify their efforts to effectively mainstream the use of South-South cooperation in the design, formulation and implementation of their regular programs and to consider increasing allocations of human, technical and financial resources for supporting South-South cooperation initiatives.
On this day in 1966, the first Turkish passenger automobile, the Anadol, was marketed. A previous unsuccessful prototype was called Devrim (Revolution), but the project was discontinued before being marketed. Production of Anadol passenger cars was discontinued in 1986. Anadol was produced by Koç Group's Otosan Automotive Co.
On this day in 1972 journalist, politician, sociologist, writer and owner of Vatan daily Ahmet Emin Yalman (b. 1907) died. Yalman was always a figure of opposition. During the British occupation of İstanbul, he was exiled to Malta because of his articles in the Vakit daily. During the early republican era, he was prosecuted by the regime because of his harsh criticism of the Republican People's Party (CHP).
Gregorian Calendar: 19 December 2008 C.E.Hijri Calendar:
21Dhul-Hijjah 1429 A.H.Hebrew Calendar:
22 Kislev 5769
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