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December 24: Day of the Week
December 24, 2024 is the 359th day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 7 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week is Tuesday.
If you are trying to learn Spanish then this day of the week in Spanish is martes.
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Here’s the December calendar. You can also browse the full year monthly calendar.
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Zodiac & Birthstone
Capricorn is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Turquoise is the modern birthstone for this month. Onyx is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
December 24 Historical Event(s)
1294
Pope Boniface VIII is elected Pope, replacing St. Celestine V, who had resigned.
1777
Kiritimati, also called Christmas Island, is discovered by James Cook.
1814
The Treaty of Ghent is signed ending the War of 1812.
1851
Library of Congress burns.
1911
Lackawanna Cut-Off railway line opens in New Jersey and Pennsylvania.
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.
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.
1955
NORAD Tracks Santa for the first time in what will become an annual Christmas Eve tradition.
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?
1745
Benjamin Rush, doctor and Founding Father of the United States (d. 1813)
1894
Georges Guynemer, French aviator (d. 1917)
1938
Valentim Loureiro, Portuguese politician, and former football chairman of Boavista F.C. and Liga Portuguesa de Futebol Profissional
1944
Oswald Gracias, Roman Catholic Archbishop of Bombay
1955
Clarence Gilyard, American actor
1963
Caroline Aherne, British comedienne, writer and actress
1969
Sean Michael, South African actor
1976
Yuri, Korean singer
1980
Tomas Kalnoky, Czech musician (Streetlight Manifesto)
1986
Kyrylo Fesenko, Ukrainian basketball player
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