On This Day: Today in History, December 24 - Birthdays, Deaths, Historical Events and Important Dates - CalendarZ

Historical Events on December 24

1851
Library of Congress burns.
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1865
The Ku Klux Klan is formed.
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1911
Lackawanna Cut-Off railway line opens in New Jersey and Pennsylvania.
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1924
Albania becomes a republic.
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1939
World War II: Pope Pius XII makes a Christmas Eve appeal for peace.
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1941
World War II: Kuching is conquered by Japanese forces.
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1941
World War II: Benghazi is conquered by British forces.
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1943
World War II: U.S. General Dwight D. Eisenhower is named Supreme Allied Commander for the Invasion of Normandy.
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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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