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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
- 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.
- 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.
- 1943 –World War II: U.S. General Dwight D. Eisenhower becomes the Supreme Allied Commander.
- 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.
- 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.
- 2000 –The Texas 7 hold up a sports store in Irving, Texas. Police officer Aubrey Hawkins is murdered during the robbery.
- 2008 –Lord’s Resistance Army, a Ugandan rebel group, begins a series of attacks on Democratic Republic of the Congo, massacring more than 400.
Who were born on December 24?
- 3 BC –Servius Sulpicius Galba, Roman Emperor (d. 69)
- 1166 –King John of England (d. 1216)
- 1761 –Jean-Louis Pons, French astronomer (d. 1831)
- 1898 –Héctor Scarone, Uruguayan footballer (d. 1967)
- 1923 –George Patton IV, American general (d. 2004)
- 1931 –Ray Bryant, American jazz pianist and composer
- 1934 –Stjepan Mesić, president of Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, Secretary General of Non-Aligned Movement and president of Croatia
- 1963 –Mary Ramsey, American singer (10,000 Maniacs)
- 1969 –Mark Millar, Scottish comic book writer
- 1969 –Sean Michael, South African actor
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