NIH Diversity Calendar - December 2024

December: Universal Human Rights Month

  • 1st
    World AIDS Day
  • 1st
    Advent (December 1 -December 24) (Christian)
  • 3rd
    Giving Tuesday
  • 3rd
    International Day of Disabled Persons
  • 6th
    St. Nicholas Day (Christian)
  • 9th
    Feast of the Immaculate Conception (Christian)
  • 10th
    International Human Rights Day
  • 12th
    Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe (Christian)
  • 15th
    Bill of Rights Day
  • 16th
    Las Posadas (December 16 - December 24)
  • 24th
    Christmas Eve (Christian)
  • 25th
    Christmas Day (Christian)
  • 25th
    Hanukkah (Jewish) (December 25 - January 2)
  • 26th
    Kwanzaa (December 26 - January 1)
  • 29th
    Wounded Knee Day
  • 31st
    New Year’s Eve