Thanksgiving Day
Thanksgiving Day is observed in Puerto Rico (Día de Acción de Gracias). Recognized nationally.
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In a friendly-fire incident, a skirmish occurred between U.S.-led NATO forces and Pakistani security forces at two military checkposts along the Afghanistan–Pakistan border.- 2025The Wang Fuk Court fire, a catastrophic fire in Tai Po, Hong Kong, leaves at least 168 dead and 79 injured.
- 2021COVID-19 pandemic: The World Health Organization identifies the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant.
- 2019A magnitude 6.4 earthquake strikes western Albania leaving at least 52 people dead and over 1,000 injured. This was the world's deadliest earthquake of 2019, and the deadliest to strike the country in 99 years.