Record No.
MRB-2026-006883
First Country to Welcome Each New Day
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Record Holder
Institutional / General Record
Samoa
Category
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Country
Samoa
(
WS )
Achievement Date
30 December 2011
Verification Status
Reference
Record Description
Samoa skipped December 30, 2011 entirely to move to the west side of the International Date Line, jumping from one of the last places on Earth to see each new day to one of the first, alongside Tonga.
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