December 24 in History

Historical Events on December 24

1851 Library of Congress burns.

1865 The Ku Klux Klan is formed.

1911 Lackawanna Cut-Off railway line opens in New Jersey and Pennsylvania.

1924 Albania becomes a republic.

1939 World War II: Pope Pius XII makes a Christmas Eve appeal for peace.

1941 World War II: Kuching is conquered by Japanese forces.

1941 World War II: Benghazi is conquered by British forces.

1943 World War II: U.S. General Dwight D. Eisenhower is named Supreme Allied Commander for the Invasion of Normandy.

1966 A Canadair CL-44 chartered by the United States military crashes into a small village in South Vietnam, killing 129.

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Famous Birthdays on December 24

1946 Jeff Sessions

1969 Ed Miliband

1971 Ricky Martin

1979 Chris Hero

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Famous Deaths on December 24

1931 Flying Hawk

1965 William M. Branham

1980 Karl Dönitz

2008 Harold Pinter

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