December 24 in history
Events on December 24
Notable events that happened on December 24 in past years.
- 2021
Burmese military forces commit the Mo So massacre, killing at least 44 civilians.
Wikipedia article: Tatmadaw - 2003
The Spanish police thwart an attempt by ETA to detonate 50 kg of explosives at 3:55 p.m. inside Madrid's busy Chamartín Station.
Wikipedia article: ETA (separatist group) - 1994
Air France Flight 8969 is hijacked on the ground at Houari Boumediene Airport, Algiers, Algeria. Over the course of three days three passengers are killed, as are all four terrorists.
Wikipedia article: Air France Flight 8969 - 1974
Cyclone Tracy devastates Darwin, Australia.
Wikipedia article: Cyclone Tracy - 1968
Apollo program: The crew of Apollo 8 enters into orbit around the Moon, becoming the first humans to do so. They performed ten lunar orbits, took the Earthrise photograph, broadcast live TV pictures, and read the first ten verses of Genesis.
Wikipedia article: Apollo program - 1964
Flying Tiger Line Flight 282 crashes after takeoff from San Francisco International Airport, killing three.
Wikipedia article: Flying Tiger Line Flight 282 - 1951
Libya becomes independent. Idris I is proclaimed King of Libya.
Wikipedia article: Libya - 1942
World War II: French monarchist, Fernand Bonnier de La Chapelle, assassinates Vichy French Admiral François Darlan in Algiers, Algeria.
Wikipedia article: Monarchism in France - 1939
World War II: Pope Pius XII makes a Christmas Eve appeal for peace.
Wikipedia article: World War II - 1920
Gabriele D'Annunzio surrendered the Italian Regency of Carnaro in the city of Fiume to Italian Armed Forces.
Wikipedia article: Gabriele D'Annunzio - 1906
Reginald Fessenden transmits the first radio broadcast; consisting of a poetry reading, a violin solo, and a speech.
Wikipedia article: Reginald Fessenden - 1818
The first performance of "Silent Night" takes place in the Nikolauskirche in Oberndorf, Austria.
Wikipedia article: Silent Night - 1777
Kiritimati, also called Christmas Island, is discovered by James Cook.
Wikipedia article: Kiritimati - 1144
The capital of the crusader County of Edessa falls to Imad ad-Din Zengi, the atabeg of Mosul and Aleppo.
- 502
Chinese emperor Xiao Yan names Xiao Tong his heir designate.
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