Tukuk-OS📅 December 24
19 events · 12 births · 12 deaths
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What happened on December 24? Below are the notable events chosen by Wikipedia’s editors for this date, followed by celebrated births, deaths and the observances recognised around the world.
Events
- 2021 — Burmese military forces killed at least 40 civilians during the Mo So massacre in Kayah State, Myanmar.
- 2008 — The Lord's Resistance Army, a Ugandan rebel group, began attacks on several villages in the north of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, killing hundreds and committing numerous atrocities.
- 1999 — Jihadists linked to al-Qaeda hijacked Indian Airlines Flight 814 to force the release of Islamist figures held in prison in India.
- 1979 — The Soviet government deployed troops in Afghanistan, starting the Soviet–Afghan War.
- 1973 — The U.S. Congress granted home rule to Washington, D.C., allowing the residents to elect their own mayor and a city council.
United States CongressDistrict of Columbia home ruleWashington, D.C.
- 1968 — Piloted by Jim Lovell, Apollo 8 became the first human spaceflight to reach and orbit the Moon (Earthrise pictured).
- 1964 — The Viet Cong bombed the Brinks Hotel in Saigon, killing two U.S. Army officers and raising fears of an escalation of the Vietnam War.
- 1955 — According to legend, the NORAD Tracks Santa program began after children began calling the Continental Air Defense Command Center to inquire about Santa Claus's whereabouts due to a misprinted phone number in an advertisement.
- 1953 — A railway bridge at Tangiwai on New Zealand's North Island was damaged by a lahar and collapsed beneath a passenger train (wreckage pictured), killing 151 people.
- 1925 — Winnie-the-Pooh first appeared by name in a children's story in the London Evening News.
- 1918 — Forces united in the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes defeated Hungarian forces to end the occupation of Međimurje.
- 1914 — World War I: British and German soldiers interrupted fighting to celebrate Christmas, beginning the Christmas truce .
- 1913 — Seventy-three people were crushed to death in a stampede after someone falsely yelled "fire" at a crowded Christmas party in Calumet, Michigan, U.S.
Italian Hall disasterStampedeShouting fire in a crowded theater
- 1871 — Aida, one of Giuseppe Verdi's most popular operas, made its debut in Cairo, Egypt.
- 1865 — Six Confederate veterans of the American Civil War founded a social club they named the Ku Klux Klan, which later became a white supremacist group.
- 1846 — The Sultanate of Brunei ceded the island of Labuan to the British Empire.
- 1818 — The Christmas carol "Silent Night" (audio featured) by Joseph Mohr and Franz Gruber was first performed in a church in Oberndorf bei Salzburg, Austria.
- 1814 — The United Kingdom and the United States signed a peace treaty in Ghent, present-day Belgium, ending the War of 1812.
- 759 — The Tang-dynasty poet Du Fu departed for Chengdu, where he lived for the next five years and composed poems about life in his thatched cottage.
Births
- 2002 — Joshua Primo, Canadian basketball player
- 2002 — Jeremiah Trotter Jr., American football player
- 2001 — Choi Sung-beom, South Korean football player
- 1998 — Alexis Mac Allister, Argentine footballer
- 1997 — Neeraj Chopra, Indian javelin thrower
- 1997 — William Contreras, Venezuelan baseball player
- 1995 — Anett Kontaveit, Estonian tennis player
- 1994 — Han Seung-woo, South Korean singer
- 1992 — Davante Adams, American football player
- 1992 — Serge Aurier, Ivorian footballer
- 1992 — P. J. Hairston, American basketball player
- 1991 — Sofia Black-D'Elia, American actress
Deaths
- 2024 — Hudson Meek, American actor (born 2008)
- 2024 — Richard Perry, American record producer (born 1942)
- 2023 — Cheri Barry, American politician and mayor of Meridian, Mississippi (born 1955)
- 2023 — Richard Bowes, American science fiction author (born 1944)
- 2023 — Troy Dargan, Cook Islands rugby league footballer (born 1997)
- 2018 — Martha Érika Alonso, Governor of Puebla (born 1973)
- 2018 — Rafael Moreno Valle Rosas, former governor of Puebla (born 1968)
- 2017 — Jerry Kindall, American baseball player and coach (born 1935)
- 2017 — Heather Menzies, Canadian-American model and actress (born 1949)
- 2016 — Rick Parfitt, British musician (born 1948)
- 2016 — Liz Smith, English actress (born 1921)
- 2016 — Richard Adams, English author (born 1920)
Observances & holidays
- Christian feast day: Adela and Irmina
- Christian feast day: Paola Elisabetta Cerioli
- Christian feast day: Adam and Eve
- Christian feast day: December 24 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
- Christmas Eve (Christianity) and its related observances: Aðfangadagskvöld, the day when the 13th and the last Yule Lad arrives to towns. (Iceland)
- Christmas Eve (Christianity) and its related observances: Feast of the Seven Fishes (Italian Americans)
- Christmas Eve (Christianity) and its related observances:
Juleaften (Denmark)/Julaften (Norway)/Julafton (Sweden)
Yule and Christmas in DenmarkChristmas in NorwayChristmas Eve
- Christmas Eve (Christianity) and its related observances: Nittel Nacht (certain Orthodox Jewish denominations)
- Christmas Eve (Christianity) and its related observances: Nochebuena (Spain and Spanish-speaking countries)
- Christmas Eve (Christianity) and its related observances: The Declaration of Christmas Peace (Old Great Square of Turku, Finland's official Christmas City)
- Christmas Eve (Christianity) and its related observances: Wigilia (Poland)
- Christmas Eve (Christianity) and its related observances: Quviasukvik, the Inuit new year (Alaska, Canada, Greenland and Russia)
- Christmas Eve (Christianity) and its related observances: Kūčios (Lithuania)
- Independence Day (Libya)
- Day of Military Honour – Siege of Ismail (Russia)
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