Births on December 24

George Patton IV

Born on December 24, 1923

George Patton IV, American general (d. 2004)

George Smith Patton IV (December 24, 1923 – June 27, 2004) was a major general in the United States Army and the son of World War II General George S. Patton Jr. He served in the Korean War and the Vietnam War.

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Events on 1923

16 Feb

Tutankhamun
Howard Carter unseals the burial chamber of Pharaoh Tutankhamun.
25 Jun

Aerial refueling
Capt. Lowell H. Smith and Lt. John P. Richter perform the first ever aerial refueling in a DH.4B biplane
9 Sep

Republican People's Party (Turkey)
Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, the founder of the Republic of Turkey, founds the Republican People's Party.
12 Sep

Zimbabwe
Southern Rhodesia, today called Zimbabwe, is annexed by the United Kingdom.
29 Oct

Ottoman Empire
Turkey becomes a republic following the dissolution of the Ottoman Empire.

Births on December 24

George Patton IV

Born on December 24, 1923

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Events on 1923

Tutankhamun

Aerial refueling

Republican People's Party (Turkey)

Zimbabwe

Ottoman Empire