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10 December

Thursday Hijri 1 Rajab 1448 AH

By the Gregorian calendar 10 December

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By the Hijri calendar 1 Rajab 1448 AH

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Upcoming anniversaries

  1. 192412 December

    First issue of Umm al-Qura newspaper published in Mecca

    On 12 December 1924 the first issue of Umm al-Qura appeared in Mecca. Founded by King Abdulaziz, it had Yusuf Yassin as its first editor-in-chief and ran the headline "The Makkah Declaration". It is still published from Mecca as Saudi Arabia's official gazette.

  2. 201731 December

    Haramain High Speed Railway makes its inaugural Medina–Mecca run

    On 31 December 2017, the Haramain High Speed Railway ran its inaugural train over the roughly 450 km line between Medina and Mecca. Carrying Saudi Arabia's transport minister, the train exceeded 300 km/h and completed the trip in 2 hours 52 minutes.