December 24th
What Happened on the day you were born on This day in History
1865 U.S.A. Ku Klux Klan
December 24th , 1865 : A group of Confederate veterans convenes to form the secret society the "Ku Klux Klan." The KKK wished to ensure the local African American population did not gain civil and legal rights.
1903 England First Number Plate
December 24th , 1903 : The first car number plate ( A1 ) is issued to Earl Russel who camped outside the London County Council issuing office overnight to be sure he got it, ( he was the brother of the philosopher Bertrand Russell )
1902 Mexico War Minister Resigns
December 24th , 1902 : Mexico’s Minister of War, General Hernando Reyes, has quit his post and it is believed this would have a big political impact on Mexican politics. Senor Limantour who was the finance minister was in line to be take the post of Minister of War.
1927 Ireland Immigrants In US
December 24th , 1927 : Irish workers in the U.S. sent an estimated $150,000 per week to poor relatives in Ireland. The republican war had devastated the country. In Kerry county 30% of the people were destitute. Their girls are sold to become domestic servants in America.
1933 Italy Benito Mussolini
December 24th , 1933 : Benito Mussolini gave a speech in which he emphasized that agriculture was the main thing holding Italy together. He commented, “Fascist policy has leaned to agricultural rather than industry because we have far greater interests in agriculture.”
1943 World War II Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower
December 24th , 1943 : Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower is appointed as the supreme commander of Allied forces.
1944 Germany
December 24th , 1944 : Those Germans who fled Adolf Hitler and his Nazis all expressed loathing for the dictator and his repression. Once allowed to live in a democracy like the U.S. they became very individualistic.
1958 U.S.A. Telephone Use
December 24th , 1958 : According to a study by the telephone company Americans possessed 50% of the world’s telephones, but Canada topped the charts for use of the phone with 497 phone discussions per year followed by 491 for Sweden and 460 for the United States.
1967 Israel Bethlehem and Jerusalem
December 24th , 1967 : As a result of Israel’s victory in war pilgrims to Bethlehem and Jerusalem were allowed in for the first time in 16 years. The mayor believed that 20,000 Arab and Christian travellers would flood in to the Holy Land.
1968 U.S.A. Orbit The Moon
December 24th , 1968 : The first men ever to circle the moon and visit the dark side of the moon are Frank Borman, James Lovell and William Anders when Apollo 8 orbits the Moon, becoming the first manned space mission to achieve the feat.
1975 Iran Push Up Oil Prices
December 24th , 1975 : The Shah of Iran and autocrat Muammar el-Qaddafi managed to quadruple the cost of oil. Shah Mohammed Raza Pahlavi told U.S. President Ford that he, the Shah, was going to play a leading role in Persian Gulf matters.
1979 Europe Ariane 1
December 24th , 1979 : The first European built rocket, Ariane 1, part of the European Space Agency has successfully completed its maiden flight. The primary objective of the Ariane Program is to launch satellites on behalf of European nations
1989 China Welcomed To US
December 24th , 1989 : President George Bush went against congress and extended the welcome mat to China even though the Chinese government was guilty of human rights violations and the murder of students at Tinammen Square.
1990 Russia Mikhail S. Gorbachev
December 24th , 1990 : Mikhail S. Gorbachev, President of Russia, had proposed a new framework for Russian government and a cabinet shuffle. However, the average Russian on the street was experiencing deteriorating living conditions.
1992 U.S.A. Bush Pardons Iran Contra
December 24th , 1992 : President Bush pardoned former Defense Secretary Caspar Weinberger and five others involved in the arms for hostages Iran Contra scandal
1994 France Hijack
December 24th , 1994 : Four Islamic extremists hijack Air France Flight 8969 in Algiers, flying the aircraft to Marseilles . The French Prime Minister Edouard Balladur uses French commandos to storm the aircraft killing all the terrorists and remaining hostages were released unharmed.
1997 France Carlos the Jackal
December 24th , 1997 : Ilich Ramirez Sanchez, the self-proclaimed leftist revolutionary and mercenary known as Carlos the Jackal, was sentenced by a French court to life in prison for the 1975 murders of two French investigators and a Lebanese national at the OPEC headquarters in Vienna.
2002 U.S.A. Laci Peterson
December 24th , 2002 : Laci Peterson was reported missing from her Modesto, California, home, by her husband, Scott, who was later convicted of murdering her and their unborn son.
2004 U.S.A. Texas Snowstorm
December 24th , 2004 : A huge snowstorm strikes Texas and Louisiana before it headed northeast into the New England states. It was the most snow that Texas received since 1899. Some places in the state only received a few inches while other places, like Victoria, received up to 13 inches overnight.
2005 U.S.A. Import Of Prescription Drugs From Canada
December 24th , 2005 : In the hopes of driving drug prices down in the U.S. senators and house officials were pushing for a change in federal law that would allow the importation of prescription drugs from Canada and other countries.
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What Happened on the day you were born on This day in History
1962 U.S.A. Return Of Captured Americans From Bay Of Pigs Operation
December 24th , 1962 : The US government reaches an agreement with Cuba for the return of prisoners captured during the Bay of Pigs invasion of Cuba paying a ransom of $53 million in food and medical supplies when the last of more than 1,000 men taken prisoner are returned to the United States in time for Christmas.
December 24th , 1962 : The US government reaches an agreement with Cuba for the return of prisoners captured during the Bay of Pigs invasion of Cuba paying a ransom of $53 million in food and medical supplies when the last of more than 1,000 men taken prisoner are returned to the United States in time for Christmas.
1865 U.S.A. Ku Klux Klan
December 24th , 1865 : A group of Confederate veterans convenes to form the secret society the "Ku Klux Klan." The KKK wished to ensure the local African American population did not gain civil and legal rights.
1903 England First Number Plate
December 24th , 1903 : The first car number plate ( A1 ) is issued to Earl Russel who camped outside the London County Council issuing office overnight to be sure he got it, ( he was the brother of the philosopher Bertrand Russell )
1902 Mexico War Minister Resigns
December 24th , 1902 : Mexico’s Minister of War, General Hernando Reyes, has quit his post and it is believed this would have a big political impact on Mexican politics. Senor Limantour who was the finance minister was in line to be take the post of Minister of War.
1927 Ireland Immigrants In US
December 24th , 1927 : Irish workers in the U.S. sent an estimated $150,000 per week to poor relatives in Ireland. The republican war had devastated the country. In Kerry county 30% of the people were destitute. Their girls are sold to become domestic servants in America.
1933 Italy Benito Mussolini
December 24th , 1933 : Benito Mussolini gave a speech in which he emphasized that agriculture was the main thing holding Italy together. He commented, “Fascist policy has leaned to agricultural rather than industry because we have far greater interests in agriculture.”
1943 World War II Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower
December 24th , 1943 : Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower is appointed as the supreme commander of Allied forces.
1944 Germany
December 24th , 1944 : Those Germans who fled Adolf Hitler and his Nazis all expressed loathing for the dictator and his repression. Once allowed to live in a democracy like the U.S. they became very individualistic.
1958 U.S.A. Telephone Use
December 24th , 1958 : According to a study by the telephone company Americans possessed 50% of the world’s telephones, but Canada topped the charts for use of the phone with 497 phone discussions per year followed by 491 for Sweden and 460 for the United States.
1967 Israel Bethlehem and Jerusalem
December 24th , 1967 : As a result of Israel’s victory in war pilgrims to Bethlehem and Jerusalem were allowed in for the first time in 16 years. The mayor believed that 20,000 Arab and Christian travellers would flood in to the Holy Land.
1968 U.S.A. Orbit The Moon
December 24th , 1968 : The first men ever to circle the moon and visit the dark side of the moon are Frank Borman, James Lovell and William Anders when Apollo 8 orbits the Moon, becoming the first manned space mission to achieve the feat.
1975 Iran Push Up Oil Prices
December 24th , 1975 : The Shah of Iran and autocrat Muammar el-Qaddafi managed to quadruple the cost of oil. Shah Mohammed Raza Pahlavi told U.S. President Ford that he, the Shah, was going to play a leading role in Persian Gulf matters.
1979 Europe Ariane 1
December 24th , 1979 : The first European built rocket, Ariane 1, part of the European Space Agency has successfully completed its maiden flight. The primary objective of the Ariane Program is to launch satellites on behalf of European nations
1989 China Welcomed To US
December 24th , 1989 : President George Bush went against congress and extended the welcome mat to China even though the Chinese government was guilty of human rights violations and the murder of students at Tinammen Square.
1990 Russia Mikhail S. Gorbachev
December 24th , 1990 : Mikhail S. Gorbachev, President of Russia, had proposed a new framework for Russian government and a cabinet shuffle. However, the average Russian on the street was experiencing deteriorating living conditions.
1992 U.S.A. Bush Pardons Iran Contra
December 24th , 1992 : President Bush pardoned former Defense Secretary Caspar Weinberger and five others involved in the arms for hostages Iran Contra scandal
1994 France Hijack
December 24th , 1994 : Four Islamic extremists hijack Air France Flight 8969 in Algiers, flying the aircraft to Marseilles . The French Prime Minister Edouard Balladur uses French commandos to storm the aircraft killing all the terrorists and remaining hostages were released unharmed.
1997 France Carlos the Jackal
December 24th , 1997 : Ilich Ramirez Sanchez, the self-proclaimed leftist revolutionary and mercenary known as Carlos the Jackal, was sentenced by a French court to life in prison for the 1975 murders of two French investigators and a Lebanese national at the OPEC headquarters in Vienna.
2002 U.S.A. Laci Peterson
December 24th , 2002 : Laci Peterson was reported missing from her Modesto, California, home, by her husband, Scott, who was later convicted of murdering her and their unborn son.
2004 U.S.A. Texas Snowstorm
December 24th , 2004 : A huge snowstorm strikes Texas and Louisiana before it headed northeast into the New England states. It was the most snow that Texas received since 1899. Some places in the state only received a few inches while other places, like Victoria, received up to 13 inches overnight.
2005 U.S.A. Import Of Prescription Drugs From Canada
December 24th , 2005 : In the hopes of driving drug prices down in the U.S. senators and house officials were pushing for a change in federal law that would allow the importation of prescription drugs from Canada and other countries.
