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Day Of The Week: December 24

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December 24, 2025 is the 358th day of the year 2025 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 7 days remaining until the end of 2025. The day of the week is Wednesday.

If you are into daily horoscope then Capricorn is your zodiac sign. Turquoise is your modern birthstone. Onyx is your mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.

Historical Events: December 24

  • 1826
    The Eggnog Riot at the United States Military Academy begins that night, wrapping up the following morning.
  • 1865
    The Ku Klux Klan is formed.
  • 1906
    Radio: Reginald Fessenden transmits the first radio broadcast; consisting of a poetry reading, a violin solo, and a speech.
  • 1911
    Lackawanna Cut-Off railway line opens in New Jersey and Pennsylvania.
  • 1939
    World War II: Pope Pius XII makes a Christmas Eve appeal for peace.
  • 1941
    World War II: Kuching is conquered by Japanese forces.
  • 1964
    Vietnam War: Viet Cong operatives bomb the Brinks Hotel in Saigon to demonstrate they can strike an American installation in the heavily guarded capital.
  • 1966
    A Canadair CL-44 chartered by the United States military crashes into a small village in South Vietnam, killing 129.
  • 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.
  • 1979
    The first European Ariane rocket is launched.

Who were born on December 24?

  • 1867
    Kantarō Suzuki, 42nd Prime Minister of Japan (d. 1948)
  • 1868
    Emanuel Lasker, German chess player (d. 1941)
  • 1877
    Sigrid Schauman, Finnish painter (d. 1979)
  • 1894
    Georges Guynemer, French aviator (d. 1917)
  • 1895
    E. Roland Harriman, American financier (d. 1978)
  • 1898
    Baby Dodds, American jazz drummer (d. 1959)
  • 1907
    I. F. Stone, American journalist (d. 1989)
  • 1941
    John Levene, British actor
  • 1954
    José María Figueres, Costa Rican politician
  • 1982
    Aiba Masaki, Japanese singer and actor

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