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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.
- 1871 –Aida opens in Cairo.
- 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.
- 1914 –World War I: The “Christmas truce” begins.
- 1942 –World War II: French monarchist, Fernand Bonnier de La Chapelle, assassinates Vichy French Admiral François Darlan in Algiers.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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”.
- 2005 –Chad–Sudan relations: Chad declares a state of war against Sudan following a December 18 attack on Adré, which left about 100 people dead.
Who were born on December 24?
- 1798 –Adam Mickiewicz, Polish poet (d. 1855)
- 1886 –Michael Curtiz, Hungarian-born director (d. 1962)
- 1906 –Franz Waxman, German film composer (d. 1967)
- 1924 –Mohammed Rafi, Indian actor and playback singer (d. 1980)
- 1931 –Ray Bryant, American jazz pianist and composer
- 1945 –Steve Smith, Canadian Comedian, The New Red Green Show, Duct Tape Forever
- 1947 –Kevin Sheedy, coach of Australian Football League club Essendon FC
- 1971 –Giorgos Alkaios, Greek singer
- 1971 –Ricky Martin, Puerto Rican singer
- 1988 –Stefanos Athanasiadis, Greek footballer, striker at PAOK F.C.
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