December 24 in History

Historical Events on December 24

759 Tang dynasty poet Du Fu departs for Chengdu, where he is hosted by fellow poet Pei Di.

1865 The Ku Klux Klan is formed.

1914 World War I: The "Christmas truce" begins.

1924 Albania becomes a republic.

1929 Assassination attempt on Argentine President Hipólito Yrigoyen.

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

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

1951 Libya becomes independent from Italy. Idris I is proclaimed King of Libya.

1964 Vietnam War: Viet Cong operatives bomb the Brinks Hotel in Saigon, South Vietnam to demonstrate they can strike an American installation in the heavily guarded capital.

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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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