holidays

World Soil Day

International Year of Soils

2015 UN theme year

The International Year of Soils, 2015 was declared by the Sixty-eighth session of the United Nations General Assembly on December 20, 2013, after recognizing December 5 as World Soil Day.
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December 5

Day of the year

December 5 is the 339th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 26 days remain until the end of the year.
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