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Day Of The Week: December 24
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
- 563 –The Byzantine church Hagia Sophia in Constantinople is dedicated for the second time after being destroyed by earthquakes.
- 1826 –The Eggnog Riot at the United States Military Academy begins that night, wrapping up the following morning.
- 1851 –Library of Congress burns.
- 1906 –Radio: Reginald Fessenden transmits the first radio broadcast; consisting of a poetry reading, a violin solo, and a speech.
- 1913 –The Italian Hall Disaster (“1913 Massacre”) in Calumet, Michigan, results in the death of 73 Christmas party goers held by striking mine workers, including 59 children.
- 1924 –Albania becomes a republic.
- 1939 –World War II: Pope Pius XII makes a Christmas Eve appeal for peace.
- 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.
- 1973 –District of Columbia Home Rule Act is passed, allowing residents of Washington, D.C. to elect their own local government.
- 1980 –Witnesses report the first of several sightings of unexplained lights near RAF Woodbridge, in Rendlesham Forest, Suffolk, England, an incident called “Britain’s Roswell”.
Who were born on December 24?
- 1907 –I. F. Stone, American journalist (d. 1989)
- 1914 –Ralph Marterie, American trumpet player and big band leader (d. 1978)
- 1931 –Mauricio Kagel, Argentine composer (d. 2008)
- 1941 –John Levene, British actor
- 1946 –Jeff Sessions, American politician
- 1950 –Dana Gioia, American poet
- 1955 –Grand L. Bush, American actor
- 1957 –Hamid Karzai, President of Afghanistan
- 1970 –Amaury Nolasco, American actor
- 1992 –Melissa Suffield, English actress
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