December 24

Friday 24, 2004:

The 2004 Christmas Eve Snowstorm delivers an extremely unusual snowfall to the southern United States.

Saturday 24, 1966:

A Canadair CL44 chartered by the United States military crashes into a small village in South Vietnam, killing 129.

Monday 24, 1951:

Libya becomes independent from Italy. Idris I is proclaimed King of Libya.

Thursday 24, 1914:

World War I: The "Christmas truce" begins

Monday 24, 1906:

The first radio program, consisting of a poetry reading, a violin solo, and a speech, is broadcast.

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