WillDekkard
12-24-2010, 04:07 AM
Hear are some notable events that happened on
This Date in History - December 24th
Christmas Eve
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* 563 The Byzantine church Hagia Sophia in Constantinople is dedicated for the second time after being destroyed by earthquakes.
* 1294 Pope Boniface VIII is elected Pope, replacing St. Celestine V, who had resigned.
* 1777 Kiritimati, also called Christmas Island, is discovered by James Cook.
* 1814 The Treaty of Ghent is signed ending the War of 1812.
* 1826 The Eggnog Riot at the United States Military Academy begins that night, wrapping up the following morning.
* 1851 Library of Congress burns.
* 1865 Several U.S. Civil War Confederate veterans form the Ku Klux Klan.
* 1906 Radio: Reginald Fessenden transmits the first radio broadcast; consisting of a poetry reading, a violin solo, and a speech.
* 1914 World War I: The "Christmas truce" begins.
* 1924 Albania becomes a republic.
* 1929 Assassination attempt on Argentine President Hipσlito Yrigoyen.
* 1939 World War II: Pope Pius XII makes a Christmas Eve appeal for peace.
* 1941 World War II: Kuching is conquered by Japanese forces.
* 1942 World War II: French monarchist, Fernand Bonnier de La Chapelle, assassinates Vichy French Admiral Franηois Darlan in Algiers.
* 1943 World War II: U.S. General Dwight D. Eisenhower becomes the Supreme Allied Commander.
* 1951 Libya becomes independent from Italy. Idris I is proclaimed King of Libya.
* 1953 Tangiwai disaster: A railway bridge is destroyed by a lahar at Tangiwai, in the Central North Island of New Zealand, sending a fully loaded passenger train into the Whangaehu River, and killing 153 people.
* 1955 NORAD Tracks Santa for the first time in what will become an annual Christmas Eve tradition.
* 1966 A Canadair CL-44 chartered by the United States military crashes into a small village in South Vietnam, killing 129.
* 1968 The crew of the USS Pueblo is released by North Korea after being held for 11 months on suspicion of spying.
* 1968 Apollo Program: The crew of Apollo 8 enters into orbit around the Moon, becoming the first humans to do so. They performed 10 lunar orbits and broadcast live TV pictures that became the famous Christmas Eve Broadcast, one of the most watched programs in history.
* 1973 District of Columbia Home Rule Act is passed, allowing residents of Washington, D.C. to elect their own local government.
* 1974 Cyclone Tracy devastates Darwin, Australia.
* 1979 The first European Ariane rocket is launched.
* 1997 The Sid El-Antri massacre (or Sidi Lamri) in Algeria kills 50-100 people.
* 2000 The Texas 7 hold up a sports store in Irving, Texas. Police officer Aubrey Hawkins is murdered during the robbery.
* 2003 The Spanish police thwart an attempt by ETA to detonate 50 kg of explosives at 3:55 p.m. inside Madrid's busy Chamartνn Station.
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This Date in History - December 24th
Christmas Eve
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* 563 The Byzantine church Hagia Sophia in Constantinople is dedicated for the second time after being destroyed by earthquakes.
* 1294 Pope Boniface VIII is elected Pope, replacing St. Celestine V, who had resigned.
* 1777 Kiritimati, also called Christmas Island, is discovered by James Cook.
* 1814 The Treaty of Ghent is signed ending the War of 1812.
* 1826 The Eggnog Riot at the United States Military Academy begins that night, wrapping up the following morning.
* 1851 Library of Congress burns.
* 1865 Several U.S. Civil War Confederate veterans form the Ku Klux Klan.
* 1906 Radio: Reginald Fessenden transmits the first radio broadcast; consisting of a poetry reading, a violin solo, and a speech.
* 1914 World War I: The "Christmas truce" begins.
* 1924 Albania becomes a republic.
* 1929 Assassination attempt on Argentine President Hipσlito Yrigoyen.
* 1939 World War II: Pope Pius XII makes a Christmas Eve appeal for peace.
* 1941 World War II: Kuching is conquered by Japanese forces.
* 1942 World War II: French monarchist, Fernand Bonnier de La Chapelle, assassinates Vichy French Admiral Franηois Darlan in Algiers.
* 1943 World War II: U.S. General Dwight D. Eisenhower becomes the Supreme Allied Commander.
* 1951 Libya becomes independent from Italy. Idris I is proclaimed King of Libya.
* 1953 Tangiwai disaster: A railway bridge is destroyed by a lahar at Tangiwai, in the Central North Island of New Zealand, sending a fully loaded passenger train into the Whangaehu River, and killing 153 people.
* 1955 NORAD Tracks Santa for the first time in what will become an annual Christmas Eve tradition.
* 1966 A Canadair CL-44 chartered by the United States military crashes into a small village in South Vietnam, killing 129.
* 1968 The crew of the USS Pueblo is released by North Korea after being held for 11 months on suspicion of spying.
* 1968 Apollo Program: The crew of Apollo 8 enters into orbit around the Moon, becoming the first humans to do so. They performed 10 lunar orbits and broadcast live TV pictures that became the famous Christmas Eve Broadcast, one of the most watched programs in history.
* 1973 District of Columbia Home Rule Act is passed, allowing residents of Washington, D.C. to elect their own local government.
* 1974 Cyclone Tracy devastates Darwin, Australia.
* 1979 The first European Ariane rocket is launched.
* 1997 The Sid El-Antri massacre (or Sidi Lamri) in Algeria kills 50-100 people.
* 2000 The Texas 7 hold up a sports store in Irving, Texas. Police officer Aubrey Hawkins is murdered during the robbery.
* 2003 The Spanish police thwart an attempt by ETA to detonate 50 kg of explosives at 3:55 p.m. inside Madrid's busy Chamartνn Station.
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