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<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bashir_Ahmad_Bilour" id="mwAcw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Bashir Ahmad Bilour">Bashir Ahmad Bilour</a> of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Awami_National_Party" id="mwAc0" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Awami National Party">Awami National Party</a> and eight others are killed in a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pakistan" id="mwAc4" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Pakistan">Pakistan</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taliban" id="mwAc8" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Taliban">Taliban</a> bomber suicide attack in Dhaki Nalbandi area near Qissa Khwani Bazaar.<sup about="#mwt209" class="mw-ref reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","attrs":{},"body":{"id":"mw-reference-text-cite_note-38"}}' id="cite_ref-38" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref"><a href="./December_22#cite_note-38" id="mwAdA" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 38;"><span class="mw-reflink-text" id="mwAdE">[38]</span></a></sup>

<span class="mw-reference-text" id="mw-reference-text-cite_note-38"><cite about="#mwt206" class="citation web cs1" id="mwCNQ"><a class="external text" href="https://www.dawn.com/news/773214" id="mwCNU" rel="mw:ExtLink nofollow">"Suicide attack kills senior minister Bilour, eight others in Peshawar"</a>. 22 December 2012.</cite><span about="#mwt206" class="Z3988" id="mwCNY" title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&amp;rft.genre=unknown&amp;rft.btitle=Suicide+attack+kills+senior+minister+Bilour%2C+eight+others+in+Peshawar&amp;rft.date=2012-12-22&amp;rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.dawn.com%2Fnews%2F773214&amp;rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ADecember+22"></span></span>

A study finds the <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VSV-EBOV" id="mwAdU" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="VSV-EBOV">VSV-EBOV</a> vaccine against the <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ebola_virus" id="mwAdY" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Ebola virus">Ebola virus</a> between 70 and 100% effective, thus making it the first proven vaccine against the disease.

<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Nations_Security_Council_Resolution_2397" id="mwAdo" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="United Nations Security Council Resolution 2397">United Nations Security Council Resolution 2397</a> against North Korea is unanimously approved.

President <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump" id="mwAd0" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Donald Trump">Donald Trump</a> signs the <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tax_Cuts_and_Jobs_Act_of_2017" id="mwAd4" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017">Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017</a>.<sup about="#mwt214" class="mw-ref reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","attrs":{},"body":{"id":"mw-reference-text-cite_note-39"}}' id="cite_ref-39" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref"><a href="./December_22#cite_note-39" id="mwAd8" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 39;"><span class="mw-reflink-text" id="mwAeA">[39]</span></a></sup>

<span class="mw-reference-text" id="mw-reference-text-cite_note-39"><cite about="#mwt211" class="citation web cs1" id="mwCNo"><a class="external text" href="https://millercenter.org/president/trump/key-events" id="mwCNs" rel="mw:ExtLink nofollow">"Donald Trump - Key Events | Miller Center"</a>. <i id="mwCNw">millercenter.org</i>. 2021-01-28<span class="reference-accessdate" id="mwCN0">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap" id="mwCN4">2022-01-11</span></span>.</cite><span about="#mwt211" class="Z3988" id="mwCN8" title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&amp;rft.genre=unknown&amp;rft.jtitle=millercenter.org&amp;rft.atitle=Donald+Trump+-+Key+Events+%7C+Miller+Center&amp;rft.date=2021-01-28&amp;rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fmillercenter.org%2Fpresident%2Ftrump%2Fkey-events&amp;rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ADecember+22"></span></span>

A <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2018_Sunda_Strait_tsunami" id="mwAeQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="2018 Sunda Strait tsunami">tsunami</a> caused by an eruption of <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anak_Krakatau" id="mwAeU" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Anak Krakatau">Anak Krakatau</a> in Indonesia kills at least 430 people and injures almost a thousand more.

The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2018–2019_United_States_federal_government_shutdown" id="mwAeg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="2018–2019 United States federal government shutdown">2018–2019 United States federal government shutdown</a>, the longest <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Government_shutdowns_in_the_United_States" id="mwAek" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Government shutdowns in the United States">shutdown</a> of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_government_of_the_United_States" id="mwAeo" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Federal government of the United States">U.S. federal government</a> in history, begins.<sup about="#mwt216" class="mw-ref reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","attrs":{},"body":{"id":"mw-reference-text-cite_note-40"}}' id="cite_ref-40" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref"><a href="./December_22#cite_note-40" id="mwAes" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 40;"><span class="mw-reflink-text" id="mwAew">[40]</span></a></sup>

<span class="mw-reference-text" id="mw-reference-text-cite_note-40">"<a class="external text" href="https://millercenter.org/president/trump/key-events" id="mwCOI" rel="mw:ExtLink nofollow">Donald Trump - Key Events | Miller Center</a>". <i id="mwCOM">millercenter.org</i>. 2021-01-28. Retrieved 2022-01-11.</span>

The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arianism" id="mwEQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Arianism">Arian</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vandal_Kingdom" id="mwEg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Vandal Kingdom">Vandal Kingdom</a> ceases its persecution of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicene_Christianity" id="mwEw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Nicene Christianity">Nicene Christianity</a>.<sup about="#mwt15" class="mw-ref reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","attrs":{"name":"Hussey1985"},"body":{"id":"mw-reference-text-cite_note-Hussey1985-1"}}' id="cite_ref-Hussey1985_1-0" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref"><a href="./December_23#cite_note-Hussey1985-1" id="mwFA" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 1;"><span class="mw-reflink-text" id="mwFQ">[1]</span></a></sup>

<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chlothar_I" id="mwGQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Chlothar I">Chlothar I</a> is crowned <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Frankish_kings" id="mwGg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="List of Frankish kings">King of the Franks</a>.

Maya queen <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yohl_Ik'nal" id="mwHg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Yohl Ik'nal">Yohl Ik'nal</a> is crowned ruler of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palenque" id="mwHw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Palenque">Palenque</a>.

The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sack_of_Aleppo_(962)" id="mwIw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Sack of Aleppo (962)">Sack of Aleppo</a> as part of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arab–Byzantine_wars" id="mwJA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Arab–Byzantine wars">Arab–Byzantine wars</a>: Under the future <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Byzantine_emperors" id="mwJQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="List of Byzantine emperors">Emperor</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikephoros_II_Phokas" id="mwJg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Nikephoros II Phokas">Nicephorus Phocas</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Byzantine_army" id="mwJw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Byzantine army">Byzantine troops</a> storm the city of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aleppo" id="mwKA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Aleppo">Aleppo</a>.

<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arauco_War" id="mwLA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Arauco War">Arauco War</a>: <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Governor_of_Chile" id="mwLQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Governor of Chile">Governor of Chile</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martín_García_Óñez_de_Loyola" id="mwLg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Martín García Óñez de Loyola">Martín García Óñez de Loyola</a> is killed in the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Curalaba" id="mwLw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Battle of Curalaba">Battle of Curalaba</a> by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mapuche" id="mwMA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Mapuche">Mapuches</a> led by <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pelantaru" id="mwMQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Pelantaru">Pelantaru</a>.

As part of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glorious_Revolution" id="mwNw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Glorious Revolution">Glorious Revolution</a>, King <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_II_of_England" id="mwOA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="James II of England">James II of England</a> flees from England to Paris, France after being deposed in favor of his son-in-law and nephew, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_III_of_England" id="mwOQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="William III of England">William of Orange</a> and his daughter <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_II_of_England" id="mwOg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Mary II of England">Mary</a>.

<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moscow_State_Academy_of_Choreography" id="mwPQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Moscow State Academy of Choreography">Moscow State Academy of Choreography</a> was founded<sup about="#mwt20" class="mw-ref reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","attrs":{},"body":{"id":"mw-reference-text-cite_note-2"}}' id="cite_ref-2" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref"><a href="./December_23#cite_note-2" id="mwPg" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 2;"><span class="mw-reflink-text" id="mwPw">[2]</span></a></sup> under the reign of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catherine_the_Great" id="mwQA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Catherine the Great">Catherine II</a>. It is the second ballet school in Russia after <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vaganova_Academy_of_Russian_Ballet" id="mwQQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Vaganova Academy of Russian Ballet">Vaganova Academy of Russian Ballet</a>.

<span class="mw-reference-text" id="mw-reference-text-cite_note-2"><cite about="#mwt17" class="citation web cs1" id="mwBwM"><a class="external text" href="https://balletacademy.ru/mgah/about/history/" id="mwBwQ" rel="mw:ExtLink nofollow">"История"</a>. <i id="mwBwU">balletacademy.ru</i><span class="reference-accessdate" id="mwBwY">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap" id="mwBwc">2024-02-05</span></span>.</cite><span about="#mwt17" class="Z3988" id="mwBwg" title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&amp;rft.genre=unknown&amp;rft.jtitle=balletacademy.ru&amp;rft.atitle=%D0%98%D1%81%D1%82%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B8%D1%8F&amp;rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fballetacademy.ru%2Fmgah%2Fabout%2Fhistory%2F&amp;rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ADecember+23"></span></span>

<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Washington" id="mwRQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="George Washington">George Washington</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Washington's_resignation_as_commander-in-chief" id="mwRg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="George Washington's resignation as commander-in-chief">resigns as commander-in-chief</a> of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Continental_Army" id="mwRw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Continental Army">Continental Army</a> at the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maryland_State_House" id="mwSA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Maryland State House">Maryland State House</a> in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annapolis,_Maryland" id="mwSQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Annapolis, Maryland">Annapolis, Maryland</a>.

The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Savenay" id="mwTQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Battle of Savenay">Battle of Savenay</a>: A decisive defeat of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/House_of_Bourbon" id="mwTg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="House of Bourbon">royalist</a> counter-revolutionaries in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_in_the_Vendée" id="mwTw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="War in the Vendée">War in the Vendée</a> during the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_Revolution" id="mwUA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="French Revolution">French Revolution</a>.

The novel <i id="mwVA"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emma_(novel)" id="mwVQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Emma (novel)">Emma</a></i> by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jane_Austen" id="mwVg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Jane Austen">Jane Austen</a> is first published.

First day of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constantinople_Conference" id="mwWg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Constantinople Conference">Constantinople Conference</a> which resulted in agreement for political reforms in the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balkans" id="mwWw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Balkans">Balkans</a>.

The opera <i id="mwXw"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hansel_and_Gretel_(opera)" id="mwYA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Hansel and Gretel (opera)">Hansel and Gretel</a></i> by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Engelbert_Humperdinck_(composer)" id="mwYQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Engelbert Humperdinck (composer)">Engelbert Humperdinck</a> is first performed.

The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tampere_conference_of_1905" id="mwZw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Tampere conference of 1905">Tampere conference</a>, where <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vladimir_Lenin" id="mwaA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Vladimir Lenin">Vladimir Lenin</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Stalin" id="mwaQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Joseph Stalin">Joseph Stalin</a> meet for the first time, is held in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tampere" id="mwag" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Tampere">Tampere, Finland</a>.<sup about="#mwt25" class="mw-ref reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","attrs":{},"body":{"id":"mw-reference-text-cite_note-3"}}' id="cite_ref-3" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref"><a href="./December_23#cite_note-3" id="mwaw" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 3;"><span class="mw-reflink-text" id="mwbA">[3]</span></a></sup>

<span class="mw-reference-text" id="mw-reference-text-cite_note-3"><cite about="#mwt22" class="citation book cs1 cs1-prop-foreign-lang-source" id="CITEREFKramolnikov1931">Kramolnikov, G. (1931). "Bolshevikkien konferenssi Tampereella v. 1905". <a class="external text" href="https://helda.helsinki.fi/handle/10138/153710" id="mwBww" rel="mw:ExtLink nofollow"><i id="mwBw0">Bolshevikkien toiminta Suomessa ja Viaporin kapina</i></a> (in Finnish). Leningrad: Valtion kustannusliike Kirja. pp.<span id="mwBw4" typeof="mw:Entity"> </span>103–113.</cite><span about="#mwt22" class="Z3988" id="mwBw8" title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&amp;rft.genre=bookitem&amp;rft.atitle=Bolshevikkien+konferenssi+Tampereella+v.+1905&amp;rft.btitle=Bolshevikkien+toiminta+Suomessa+ja+Viaporin+kapina&amp;rft.place=Leningrad&amp;rft.pages=103-113&amp;rft.pub=Valtion+kustannusliike+Kirja&amp;rft.date=1931&amp;rft.aulast=Kramolnikov&amp;rft.aufirst=G.&amp;rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fhelda.helsinki.fi%2Fhandle%2F10138%2F153710&amp;rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ADecember+23"></span><link about="#mwt22" href="./Category:CS1_Finnish-language_sources_(fi)" id="mwBxA" rel="mw:PageProp/Category"/></span>

The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_Reserve_Act" id="mwcA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Federal Reserve Act">Federal Reserve Act</a> is signed into law by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/President_of_the_United_States" id="mwcQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="President of the United States">President</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woodrow_Wilson" id="mwcg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Woodrow Wilson">Woodrow Wilson</a>, creating the <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_Reserve_System" id="mwcw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Federal Reserve System">Federal Reserve System</a>.

<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_I" id="mwdw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="World War I">World War I</a>: Australian and New Zealand troops arrive in <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cairo,_Egypt" id="mweA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Cairo, Egypt">Cairo, Egypt</a>.

World War I: During the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Sarikamish" id="mwfA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Battle of Sarikamish">Battle of Sarikamish</a>, Ottoman forces mistook one another for Russian troops. The following friendly fire incident leaves 2,000 Ottomans dead and many more wounded.<sup about="#mwt27" class="mw-ref reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","attrs":{"name":"Olcen"},"body":{"id":"mw-reference-text-cite_note-Olcen-4"}}' id="cite_ref-Olcen_4-0" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref"><a href="./December_23#cite_note-Olcen-4" id="mwfQ" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 4;"><span class="mw-reflink-text" id="mwfg">[4]</span></a></sup>

World War I: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Magdhaba" id="mwgg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Battle of Magdhaba">Battle of Magdhaba</a>: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allies_of_World_War_I" id="mwgw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Allies of World War I">Allied</a> forces defeat <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ottoman_Empire" id="mwhA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Ottoman Empire">Turkish</a> forces in the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sinai_Peninsula" id="mwhQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Sinai Peninsula">Sinai Peninsula</a>.

<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sex_Disqualification_(Removal)_Act_1919" id="mwiQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Sex Disqualification (Removal) Act 1919">Sex Disqualification (Removal) Act 1919</a> becomes law in the United Kingdom.

<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colombia" id="mwjQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Colombia">Colombia</a> becomes a signatory to the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buenos_Aires_Convention" id="mwjg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Buenos Aires Convention">Buenos Aires</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copyright" id="mwjw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Copyright">copyright</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treaty" id="mwkA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Treaty">treaty</a>.

<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish_Civil_War" id="mwkw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Spanish Civil War">Spanish Civil War</a>: The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Spanish_Republic" id="mwlA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Second Spanish Republic">Spanish Republic</a> legalizes the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regional_Defence_Council_of_Aragon" id="mwlQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Regional Defence Council of Aragon">Regional Defence Council of Aragon</a>.<sup about="#mwt32" class="mw-ref reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","attrs":{"name":"Gacetarepublica"},"body":{"id":"mw-reference-text-cite_note-Gacetarepublica-5"}}' id="cite_ref-Gacetarepublica_5-0" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref"><a href="./December_23#cite_note-Gacetarepublica-5" id="mwlg" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 5;"><span class="mw-reflink-text" id="mwlw">[5]</span></a></sup>

World War II: After <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Wake_Island" id="mwmw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Battle of Wake Island">15 days of fighting</a>, the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imperial_Japanese_Army" id="mwnA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Imperial Japanese Army">Imperial Japanese Army</a> occupies <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wake_Island" id="mwnQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Wake Island">Wake Island</a>.

The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transistor" id="mwoQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Transistor">transistor</a> is first demonstrated at <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bell_Labs" id="mwog" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Bell Labs">Bell Laboratories</a>.

Seven <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japan" id="mwpg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Japan">Japanese</a> military and political leaders convicted of war crimes by the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Military_Tribunal_for_the_Far_East" id="mwpw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="International Military Tribunal for the Far East">International Military Tribunal for the Far East</a> are executed by Allied occupation authorities at <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sugamo_Prison" id="mwqA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Sugamo Prison">Sugamo Prison</a> in Tokyo, Japan.

General <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walton_Walker" id="mwrA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Walton Walker">Walton Walker</a> dies in a jeep accident and is replaced by General <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthew_Ridgway" id="mwrQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Matthew Ridgway">Matthew Ridgway</a> in the <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eighth_United_States_Army" id="mwrg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Eighth United States Army">Eighth United States Army</a>.<sup about="#mwt34" class="mw-ref reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","attrs":{},"body":{"id":"mw-reference-text-cite_note-6"}}' id="cite_ref-6" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref"><a href="./December_23#cite_note-6" id="mwrw" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 6;"><span class="mw-reflink-text" id="mwsA">[6]</span></a></sup>

<span class="mw-reference-text" id="mw-reference-text-cite_note-6"><a class="external text" href="https://www.encyclopedia.com/history/encyclopedias-almanacs-transcripts-and-maps/negotiations-38th-parallel" id="mwBx8" rel="mw:ExtLink nofollow">Negotiations At The 38th Parallel</a></span>

First successful <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kidney_transplantation" id="mwtA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Kidney transplantation">kidney transplant</a> is performed by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._Hartwell_Harrison" id="mwtQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="J. Hartwell Harrison">J. Hartwell Harrison</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Murray" id="mwtg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Joseph Murray">Joseph Murray</a>.

The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Unknown_Soldier_(1955_film)" id="mwug" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="The Unknown Soldier (1955 film)">first film adaptation</a> of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Väinö_Linna" id="mwuw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Väinö Linna">Väinö Linna</a>'s novel <i id="mwvA"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Unknown_Soldier_(novel)" id="mwvQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="The Unknown Soldier (novel)">The Unknown Soldier</a></i>, directed by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edvin_Laine" id="mwvg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Edvin Laine">Edvin Laine</a>, premieres.<sup about="#mwt40" class="mw-ref reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","attrs":{},"body":{"id":"mw-reference-text-cite_note-7"}}' id="cite_ref-7" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref"><a href="./December_23#cite_note-7" id="mwvw" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 7;"><span class="mw-reflink-text" id="mwwA">[7]</span></a></sup><sup about="#mwt44" class="mw-ref reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","attrs":{},"body":{"id":"mw-reference-text-cite_note-8"}}' id="cite_ref-8" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref"><a href="./December_23#cite_note-8" id="mwwQ" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 8;"><span class="mw-reflink-text" id="mwwg">[8]</span></a></sup>

<span class="mw-reference-text" id="mw-reference-text-cite_note-7"><cite about="#mwt37" class="citation web cs1 cs1-prop-foreign-lang-source" id="mwByM"><a class="external text" href="http://www.elonet.fi/fi/elokuva/113528" id="mwByQ" rel="mw:ExtLink nofollow">"Tuntematon sotilas"</a>. <i id="mwByU">Elonet</i> (in Finnish). Kansallinen audiovisuaalinen instituutti<span class="reference-accessdate" id="mwByY">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap" id="mwByc">May 24,</span> 2021</span>.</cite><span about="#mwt37" class="Z3988" id="mwByg" title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&amp;rft.genre=unknown&amp;rft.jtitle=Elonet&amp;rft.atitle=Tuntematon+sotilas&amp;rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.elonet.fi%2Ffi%2Felokuva%2F113528&amp;rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ADecember+23"></span><link about="#mwt37" href="./Category:CS1_Finnish-language_sources_(fi)" id="mwByk" rel="mw:PageProp/Category"/></span>

Hilkka Saarinen née Pylkkänen is murdered in the so-called "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oven_homicide" id="mwxg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Oven homicide">oven homicide</a>" case in Krootila, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kokemäki" id="mwxw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Kokemäki">Kokemäki</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Finland" id="mwyA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Finland">Finland</a>.<sup about="#mwt49" class="mw-ref reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","attrs":{},"body":{"id":"mw-reference-text-cite_note-9"}}' id="cite_ref-9" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref"><a href="./December_23#cite_note-9" id="mwyQ" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 9;"><span class="mw-reflink-text" id="mwyg">[9]</span></a></sup>

<span class="mw-reference-text" id="mw-reference-text-cite_note-9">Hannes Markkula: <i id="mwBzY">Kuusi suomalaista murhaa</i>. (<a href="./Gummerus" id="mwBzc" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Gummerus">Gummerus</a>, 1997) <a about="#mwt46" class="mw-redirect" href="./ISBN_(identifier)" id="mwBzk" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a><span about="#mwt46" id="mwBzo" typeof="mw:Entity"> </span><a about="#mwt46" href="./Special:BookSources/951-20-5081-1" id="mwBzs" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Special:BookSources/951-20-5081-1">951-20-5081-1</a> (in Finnish)</span>

The 82 sailors from the <a about="#mwt50" data-mw='{"parts":[{"template":{"target":{"wt":"USS","href":"./Template:USS"},"params":{"1":{"wt":"Pueblo"},"2":{"wt":"AGER-2"},"3":{"wt":"6"}},"i":0}}]}' href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Pueblo_(AGER-2)" id="mwzg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="USS Pueblo (AGER-2)" typeof="mw:Transclusion">USS<span typeof="mw:Entity"> </span><i>Pueblo</i></a> are released after eleven months of internment in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Korea" id="mwzw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="North Korea">North Korea</a>.

The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_tenants_in_1_World_Trade_Center_(1971–2001)" id="mw0w" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="List of tenants in 1 World Trade Center (1971–2001)">North Tower</a> of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Trade_Center_(1973–2001)" id="mw1A" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="World Trade Center (1973–2001)">World Trade Center</a> in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manhattan" id="mw1Q" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Manhattan">Manhattan</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_City" id="mw1g" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="New York City">New York, New York</a> is topped out at <span about="#mwt51" data-mw='{"parts":[{"template":{"target":{"wt":"convert","href":"./Template:Convert"},"params":{"1":{"wt":"1368"},"2":{"wt":"ft"},"3":{"wt":"m"},"order":{"wt":"flip"}},"i":0}}]}' id="mw1w" typeof="mw:Transclusion">417 metres (1,368</span><span about="#mwt51" typeof="mw:Entity"> </span><span about="#mwt51">ft)</span>, making it the tallest building in the world.

The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democratic_Republic_of_the_Congo" id="mw2g" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Democratic Republic of the Congo">Democratic Republic of the Congo</a> officially becomes a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One-party_state" id="mw2w" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="One-party state">one-party state</a>.

The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Immaculate_Reception" id="mw3w" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Immaculate Reception">Immaculate Reception</a> is caught by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franco_Harris" id="mw4A" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Franco Harris">Franco Harris</a> to win the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pittsburgh_Steelers" id="mw4Q" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Pittsburgh Steelers">Pittsburgh Steelers</a> their first ever playoff victory, after defeating the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oakland_Raiders" id="mw4g" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Oakland Raiders">Oakland Raiders</a>.<sup about="#mwt56" class="mw-ref reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","attrs":{},"body":{"id":"mw-reference-text-cite_note-10"}}' id="cite_ref-10" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref"><a href="./December_23#cite_note-10" id="mw4w" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 10;"><span class="mw-reflink-text" id="mw5A">[10]</span></a></sup>

<span class="mw-reference-text" id="mw-reference-text-cite_note-10"><cite about="#mwt53" class="citation web cs1" id="CITEREFCook2012">Cook, Kevin (2012-08-13). <a class="external text" href="https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/8203175/nfl-1970s-football-was-rowdy-rough" id="mwBz8" rel="mw:ExtLink nofollow">"Rowdy and Rough"</a>. <i id="mwB0A"><a href="./ESPN" id="mwB0E" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="ESPN">ESPN</a></i><span class="reference-accessdate" id="mwB0I">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap" id="mwB0M">2022-12-22</span></span>.</cite><span about="#mwt53" class="Z3988" id="mwB0Q" title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&amp;rft.genre=unknown&amp;rft.jtitle=ESPN&amp;rft.atitle=Rowdy+and+Rough&amp;rft.date=2012-08-13&amp;rft.aulast=Cook&amp;rft.aufirst=Kevin&amp;rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.espn.com%2Fnfl%2Fstory%2F_%2Fid%2F8203175%2Fnfl-1970s-football-was-rowdy-rough&amp;rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ADecember+23"></span></span>

A <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1972_Nicaragua_earthquake" id="mw6A" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="1972 Nicaragua earthquake">6.5 magnitude earthquake</a> strikes the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicaragua" id="mw6Q" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Nicaragua">Nicaraguan</a> capital of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Managua" id="mw6g" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Managua">Managua</a> killing more than 10,000.

The 16 survivors of the <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1972_Andes_flight_disaster" id="mw7Q" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="1972 Andes flight disaster">Andes flight disaster</a> are rescued after 73 days, surviving by cannibalism.

<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alitalia_Flight_4128" id="mw8Q" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Alitalia Flight 4128">Alitalia Flight 4128</a> crashes into the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tyrrhenian_Sea" id="mw8g" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Tyrrhenian Sea">Tyrrhenian Sea</a> while on approach to <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Falcone_Borsellino_Airport" id="mw8w" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Falcone Borsellino Airport">Falcone Borsellino Airport</a> in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palermo" id="mw9A" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Palermo">Palermo</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italy" id="mw9Q" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Italy">Italy</a>, killing 108.<sup about="#mwt61" class="mw-ref reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","attrs":{},"body":{"id":"mw-reference-text-cite_note-11"}}' id="cite_ref-11" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref"><a href="./December_23#cite_note-11" id="mw9g" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 11;"><span class="mw-reflink-text" id="mw9w">[11]</span></a></sup>

<span class="mw-reference-text" id="mw-reference-text-cite_note-11"><cite about="#mwt58" class="citation web cs1" id="CITEREFRanter">Ranter, Harro. <a class="external text" href="https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19781223-0" id="mwB0g" rel="mw:ExtLink nofollow">"ASN Aircraft accident McDonnell Douglas DC-9-32 I-DIKQ Palermo-Punta Raisi Airport (PMO)"</a>. <i id="mwB0k">aviation-safety.net</i>. <a class="mw-redirect" href="./Aviation_Safety_Network" id="mwB0o" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Aviation Safety Network">Aviation Safety Network</a>. <a class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20050421112813/http://www.aviation-safety.net:80/database/record.php?id=19781223-0" id="mwB0s" rel="mw:ExtLink nofollow">Archived</a> from the original on 2005-04-21<span class="reference-accessdate" id="mwB0w">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap" id="mwB00">2021-12-22</span></span>.</cite><span about="#mwt58" class="Z3988" id="mwB04" title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&amp;rft.genre=unknown&amp;rft.jtitle=aviation-safety.net&amp;rft.atitle=ASN+Aircraft+accident+McDonnell+Douglas+DC-9-32+I-DIKQ+Palermo-Punta+Raisi+Airport+%28PMO%29&amp;rft.aulast=Ranter&amp;rft.aufirst=Harro&amp;rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Faviation-safety.net%2Fdatabase%2Frecord.php%3Fid%3D19781223-0&amp;rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ADecember+23"></span></span>

<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soviet–Afghan_War" id="mw-w" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Soviet–Afghan War">Soviet–Afghan War</a>: Soviet Union forces occupy <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kabul" id="mw_A" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Kabul">Kabul</a>, the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Afghanistan" id="mw_Q" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Afghanistan">Afghan</a> capital.

After experiencing an engine fire, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aeroflot_Flight_3519" id="mwAQE" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Aeroflot Flight 3519">Aeroflot Flight 3519</a> attempts to make an emergency landing at <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Krasnoyarsk_International_Airport" id="mwAQI" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Krasnoyarsk International Airport">Krasnoyarsk International Airport</a> but crashes, killing 110 of the 111 people on board.<sup about="#mwt66" class="mw-ref reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","attrs":{},"body":{"id":"mw-reference-text-cite_note-12"}}' id="cite_ref-12" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref"><a href="./December_23#cite_note-12" id="mwAQM" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 12;"><span class="mw-reflink-text" id="mwAQQ">[12]</span></a></sup>

<span class="mw-reference-text" id="mw-reference-text-cite_note-12"><cite about="#mwt63" class="citation web cs1" id="mwB1I">Ranter, Harro. <a class="external text" href="https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19841223-1" id="mwB1M" rel="mw:ExtLink nofollow">"ASN Aircraft accident Tupolev Tu-154B-2 CCCP-85338 Krasnoyarsk Airport (KJA)"</a>. <i id="mwB1Q">aviation-safety.net</i>. Aviation Safety Network. <a class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20050406184549/http://aviation-safety.net:80/database/record.php?id=19841223-1" id="mwB1U" rel="mw:ExtLink nofollow">Archived</a> from the original on 2005-04-06<span class="reference-accessdate" id="mwB1Y">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap" id="mwB1c">2019-08-27</span></span>.</cite><span about="#mwt63" class="Z3988" id="mwB1g" title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&amp;rft.genre=unknown&amp;rft.jtitle=aviation-safety.net&amp;rft.atitle=ASN+Aircraft+accident+Tupolev+Tu-154B-2+CCCP-85338+Krasnoyarsk+Airport+%28KJA%29&amp;rft.aulast=Ranter&amp;rft.aufirst=Harro&amp;rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Faviation-safety.net%2Fdatabase%2Frecord.php%3Fid%3D19841223-1&amp;rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ADecember+23"></span></span>

<i id="mwAQg"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rutan_Voyager" id="mwAQk" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Rutan Voyager">Voyager</a></i>, piloted by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dick_Rutan" id="mwAQo" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Dick Rutan">Dick Rutan</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeana_Yeager" id="mwAQs" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Jeana Yeager">Jeana Yeager</a>, lands at <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edwards_Air_Force_Base" id="mwAQw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Edwards Air Force Base">Edwards Air Force Base</a> in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California" id="mwAQ0" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="California">California</a> becoming the first aircraft to fly non-stop around the world without <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aerial_refueling" id="mwAQ4" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Aerial refueling">aerial</a> or ground refueling.

<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Slovenia" id="mwARI" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="History of Slovenia">History of Slovenia</a>: In a <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slovenian_independence_referendum,_1990" id="mwARM" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Slovenian independence referendum, 1990">referendum</a>, 88.5% of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slovenia" id="mwARQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Slovenia">Slovenia</a>'s overall electorate vote for independence from <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yugoslavia" id="mwARU" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Yugoslavia">Yugoslavia</a>.

A U.S. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_Atomics_MQ-1_Predator#Iraq" id="mwARk" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="General Atomics MQ-1 Predator">MQ-1 Predator</a> is shot down by an Iraqi <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mikoyan-Gurevich_MiG-25" id="mwARo" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-25">MiG-25</a> in the first combat engagement between a drone and conventional aircraft.

An explosion at the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PetroChina" id="mwAR4" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="PetroChina">PetroChina</a> Chuandongbei natural gas field in <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kai_County" id="mwAR8" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Kai County">Kai County</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chongqing" id="mwASA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Chongqing">Chongqing</a>, China, kills at least 234.

An <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antonov_An-140" id="mwASQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Antonov An-140">Antonov An-140</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Azerbaijan_Airlines_Flight_217" id="mwASU" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Azerbaijan Airlines Flight 217">Azerbaijan Airlines Flight 217</a> from <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baku" id="mwASY" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Baku">Baku</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Azerbaijan" id="mwASc" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Azerbaijan">Azerbaijan</a>, to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aktau" id="mwASg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Aktau">Aktau</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kazakhstan" id="mwASk" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Kazakhstan">Kazakhstan</a>, heading across the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caspian_Sea" id="mwASo" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Caspian Sea">Caspian Sea</a>, crashes, killing 23 people.<sup about="#mwt68" class="mw-ref reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","attrs":{},"body":{"id":"mw-reference-text-cite_note-13"}}' id="cite_ref-13" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref"><a href="./December_23#cite_note-13" id="mwASs" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 13;"><span class="mw-reflink-text" id="mwASw">[13]</span></a></sup>

<span class="mw-reference-text" id="mw-reference-text-cite_note-13"><a class="external text" href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/4557116.stm" id="mwB1s" rel="mw:ExtLink nofollow">Azerbaijan plane crash 'kills 23'</a></span>

An agreement is made for the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingdom_of_Nepal" id="mwATA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Kingdom of Nepal">Kingdom of Nepal</a> to be abolished and the country to become a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_republic" id="mwATE" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Federal republic">federal republic</a> with the <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Prime_Ministers_of_Nepal" id="mwATI" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="List of Prime Ministers of Nepal">Prime Minister</a> becoming head of state.

A <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2008_Guinean_coup_d'état" id="mwATY" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="2008 Guinean coup d'état">coup d'état</a> occurs in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guinea" id="mwATc" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Guinea">Guinea</a> hours after the death of President <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lansana_Conté" id="mwATg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Lansana Conté">Lansana Conté</a>.<sup about="#mwt73" class="mw-ref reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","attrs":{},"body":{"id":"mw-reference-text-cite_note-14"}}' id="cite_ref-14" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref"><a href="./December_23#cite_note-14" id="mwATk" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 14;"><span class="mw-reflink-text" id="mwATo">[14]</span></a></sup>

<span class="mw-reference-text" id="mw-reference-text-cite_note-14"><cite about="#mwt70" class="citation news cs1" id="mwB18"><a class="external text" href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/7796902.stm" id="mwB2A" rel="mw:ExtLink nofollow">"Military takes control in Guinea"</a>. <i id="mwB2E">BBC News</i>. 2008-12-23<span class="reference-accessdate" id="mwB2I">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap" id="mwB2M">2022-10-08</span></span>.</cite><span about="#mwt70" class="Z3988" id="mwB2Q" title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&amp;rft.genre=article&amp;rft.jtitle=BBC+News&amp;rft.atitle=Military+takes+control+in+Guinea&amp;rft.date=2008-12-23&amp;rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fnews.bbc.co.uk%2F2%2Fhi%2Fafrica%2F7796902.stm&amp;rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ADecember+23"></span></span>

A bomb <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2015_Sabiha_Gökçen_Airport_bombing" id="mwAT4" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="2015 Sabiha Gökçen Airport bombing">explodes</a> at Istanbul's <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sabiha_Gökçen_Airport" id="mwAT8" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Sabiha Gökçen Airport">Sabiha Gökçen Airport</a>, killing one airport cleaner. The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kurdistan_Freedom_Hawks" id="mwAUA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Kurdistan Freedom Hawks">Kurdistan Freedom Hawks</a> claim responsibility for the attack four days later.

<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emperor_of_China" id="mwEw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Emperor of China">Chinese emperor</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emperor_Wu_of_Liang" id="mwFA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Emperor Wu of Liang">Xiao Yan</a> names <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xiao_Tong" id="mwFQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Xiao Tong">Xiao Tong</a> his heir designate.<sup about="#mwt17" class="mw-ref reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","attrs":{},"body":{"id":"mw-reference-text-cite_note-1"}}' id="cite_ref-1" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref"><a href="./December_24#cite_note-1" id="mwFg" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 1;"><span class="mw-reflink-text" id="mwFw">[1]</span></a></sup>

<span class="mw-reference-text" id="mw-reference-text-cite_note-1"><cite about="#mwt14" class="citation book cs1" id="mwB-s"><a class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=OWLPBAAAQBAJ&amp;dq=Xiao+Yan+Xiao+Tong+heir+designate+502+december&amp;pg=PA1503" id="mwB-w" rel="mw:ExtLink nofollow"><i id="mwB-0">Ancient and Early Medieval Chinese Literature (vol. 3 &amp; 4): A Reference Guide, Part Three &amp; Four</i></a>. BRILL. 18 September 2014. <a class="mw-redirect" href="./ISBN_(identifier)" id="mwB-4" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a><span id="mwB-8" typeof="mw:Entity"> </span><a href="./Special:BookSources/978-90-04-27185-2" id="mwB_A" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Special:BookSources/978-90-04-27185-2"><bdi id="mwB_E">978-90-04-27185-2</bdi></a>.</cite><span about="#mwt14" class="Z3988" id="mwB_I" title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&amp;rft.genre=book&amp;rft.btitle=Ancient+and+Early+Medieval+Chinese+Literature+%28vol.+3+%26+4%29%3A+A+Reference+Guide%2C+Part+Three+%26+Four&amp;rft.pub=BRILL&amp;rft.date=2014-09-18&amp;rft.isbn=978-90-04-27185-2&amp;rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DOWLPBAAAQBAJ%26dq%3DXiao%2BYan%2BXiao%2BTong%2Bheir%2Bdesignate%2B502%2Bdecember%26pg%3DPA1503&amp;rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ADecember+24"></span></span>

<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope_John_IV" id="mwGw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Pope John IV">Pope John IV</a> is elected, several months <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sede_vacante" id="mwHA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Sede vacante">after his predecessor's death</a>.<sup about="#mwt22" class="mw-ref reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","attrs":{},"body":{"id":"mw-reference-text-cite_note-2"}}' id="cite_ref-2" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref"><a href="./December_24#cite_note-2" id="mwHQ" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 2;"><span class="mw-reflink-text" id="mwHg">[2]</span></a></sup>

<span class="mw-reference-text" id="mw-reference-text-cite_note-2"><cite about="#mwt19" class="citation web cs1" id="mwB_Y"><a class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100613051048/http://www2.fiu.edu/~mirandas/bios636.htm" id="mwB_c" rel="mw:ExtLink nofollow">"The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church-Biographical Dictionary-Honorius I (625-638)-636 (II)"</a>. Florida International University. 1998–2010. Archived from <a class="external text" href="http://www2.fiu.edu/~mirandas/bios636.htm" id="mwB_g" rel="mw:ExtLink nofollow">the original</a> on 2010-06-13<span class="reference-accessdate" id="mwB_k">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap" id="mwB_o">2021-10-23</span></span>.</cite><span about="#mwt19" class="Z3988" id="mwB_s" title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&amp;rft.genre=unknown&amp;rft.btitle=The+Cardinals+of+the+Holy+Roman+Church-Biographical+Dictionary-Honorius+I+%28625-638%29-636+%28II%29&amp;rft.pub=Florida+International+University&amp;rft.date=1998%2F2010&amp;rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww2.fiu.edu%2F~mirandas%2Fbios636.htm&amp;rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ADecember+24"></span></span>

<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tang_dynasty" id="mwIg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Tang dynasty">Tang dynasty</a> poet <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Du_Fu" id="mwIw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Du Fu">Du Fu</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Du_Fu#Chengdu" id="mwJA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Du Fu">departs for Chengdu</a>, where he is hosted by fellow poet <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pei_Di" id="mwJQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Pei Di">Pei Di</a>.

<a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Ayn_Shams_(971)" id="mwKQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Battle of Ayn Shams (971)">Battle of Ayn Shams</a>: The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fatimid_Caliphate" id="mwKg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Fatimid Caliphate">Fatimids</a> under <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jawhar_(general)" id="mwKw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Jawhar (general)">Jawhar</a> defeat the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qarmatians" id="mwLA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Qarmatians">Qarmatians</a> at the gates of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cairo" id="mwLQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Cairo">Cairo</a>, putting an end to the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Qarmatian_invasion_of_Egypt" id="mwLg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="First Qarmatian invasion of Egypt">First Qarmatian invasion of Egypt</a>.<sup about="#mwt27" class="mw-ref reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","attrs":{},"body":{"id":"mw-reference-text-cite_note-3"}}' id="cite_ref-3" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref"><a href="./December_24#cite_note-3" id="mwLw" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 3;"><span class="mw-reflink-text" id="mwMA">[3]</span></a></sup>

<span class="mw-reference-text" id="mw-reference-text-cite_note-3"><cite about="#mwt24" class="citation book cs1" id="CITEREFBrett2001">Brett, Michael (2001). <a class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=BqCdfhW3nVwC" id="mwB_8" rel="mw:ExtLink nofollow"><i id="mwCAA">The Rise of the Fatimids: The World of the Mediterranean and the Middle East in the Fourth Century of the Hijra, Tenth Century CE</i></a>. The Medieval Mediterranean. Vol.<span id="mwCAE" typeof="mw:Entity"> </span>30. Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill. pp.<span id="mwCAI" typeof="mw:Entity"> </span>314–315. <a class="mw-redirect" href="./ISBN_(identifier)" id="mwCAM" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a><span id="mwCAQ" typeof="mw:Entity"> </span><a href="./Special:BookSources/90-04-11741-5" id="mwCAU" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Special:BookSources/90-04-11741-5"><bdi id="mwCAY">90-04-11741-5</bdi></a>.</cite><span about="#mwt24" class="Z3988" id="mwCAc" title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&amp;rft.genre=book&amp;rft.btitle=The+Rise+of+the+Fatimids%3A+The+World+of+the+Mediterranean+and+the+Middle+East+in+the+Fourth+Century+of+the+Hijra%2C+Tenth+Century+CE&amp;rft.place=Leiden%2C+Boston%2C+K%C3%B6ln&amp;rft.series=The+Medieval+Mediterranean&amp;rft.pages=314-315&amp;rft.pub=Brill&amp;rft.date=2001&amp;rft.isbn=90-04-11741-5&amp;rft.aulast=Brett&amp;rft.aufirst=Michael&amp;rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DBqCdfhW3nVwC&amp;rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ADecember+24"></span></span>

The capital of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crusades" id="mwNA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Crusades">crusader</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/County_of_Edessa" id="mwNQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="County of Edessa">County of Edessa</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siege_of_Edessa_(1144)" id="mwNg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Siege of Edessa (1144)">falls</a> to <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imad_ad-Din_Zengi" id="mwNw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Imad ad-Din Zengi">Imad ad-Din Zengi</a>, the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atabeg" id="mwOA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Atabeg">atabeg</a> of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mosul" id="mwOQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Mosul">Mosul</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aleppo" id="mwOg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Aleppo">Aleppo</a>.<sup about="#mwt32" class="mw-ref reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","attrs":{},"body":{"id":"mw-reference-text-cite_note-4"}}' id="cite_ref-4" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref"><a href="./December_24#cite_note-4" id="mwOw" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 4;"><span class="mw-reflink-text" id="mwPA">[4]</span></a></sup>

<span class="mw-reference-text" id="mw-reference-text-cite_note-4"><cite about="#mwt29" class="citation book cs1" id="CITEREFBaldwin1969">Baldwin, M. W. (1969). <a class="external text" href="http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/History.CrusOne" id="mwCAs" rel="mw:ExtLink nofollow"><i id="mwCAw">A History of the Crusades Volume I: The first hundred years</i></a>. Madison, Wisconsin: University of Wisconsin Press. p.<span id="mwCA0" typeof="mw:Entity"> </span>461. <a class="mw-redirect" href="./ISBN_(identifier)" id="mwCA4" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a><span id="mwCA8" typeof="mw:Entity"> </span><a href="./Special:BookSources/0-299-04834-9" id="mwCBA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Special:BookSources/0-299-04834-9"><bdi id="mwCBE">0-299-04834-9</bdi></a><span class="reference-accessdate" id="mwCBI">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap" id="mwCBM">2021-10-23</span></span>.</cite><span about="#mwt29" class="Z3988" id="mwCBQ" title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&amp;rft.genre=book&amp;rft.btitle=A+History+of+the+Crusades+Volume+I%3A+The+first+hundred+years&amp;rft.place=Madison%2C+Wisconsin&amp;rft.pages=461&amp;rft.pub=University+of+Wisconsin+Press&amp;rft.date=1969&amp;rft.isbn=0-299-04834-9&amp;rft.aulast=Baldwin&amp;rft.aufirst=M.+W.&amp;rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fdigital.library.wisc.edu%2F1711.dl%2FHistory.CrusOne&amp;rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ADecember+24"></span></span>

<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope_Boniface_VIII" id="mwQA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Pope Boniface VIII">Pope Boniface VIII</a> is elected, replacing <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope_Celestine_V" id="mwQQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Pope Celestine V">St. Celestine V</a>, who had <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Papal_resignation" id="mwQg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Papal resignation">resigned</a>.<sup about="#mwt37" class="mw-ref reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","attrs":{},"body":{"id":"mw-reference-text-cite_note-5"}}' id="cite_ref-5" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref"><a href="./December_24#cite_note-5" id="mwQw" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 5;"><span class="mw-reflink-text" id="mwRA">[5]</span></a></sup>

<span class="mw-reference-text" id="mw-reference-text-cite_note-5"><cite about="#mwt34" class="citation encyclopaedia cs1" id="CITEREFChisholm1911"><a href="./Hugh_Chisholm" id="mwCBg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Hugh Chisholm">Chisholm, Hugh</a>, ed. (1911). <span class="cs1-ws-icon" id="mwCBk" title="s:1911 Encyclopædia Britannica/Boniface"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/1911_Encyclop%C3%A6dia_Britannica/Boniface" id="mwCBo" rel="mw:ExtLink">"Boniface"<span id="mwCBs" typeof="mw:Entity"> </span></a></span>. <i id="mwCBw"><a href="./Encyclopædia_Britannica_Eleventh_Edition" id="mwCB0" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition">Encyclopædia Britannica</a></i> (11th<span id="mwCB4" typeof="mw:Entity"> </span>ed.). Cambridge University Press.</cite><span about="#mwt34" class="Z3988" id="mwCB8" title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&amp;rft.genre=bookitem&amp;rft.atitle=Boniface&amp;rft.btitle=Encyclop%C3%A6dia+Britannica&amp;rft.edition=11th&amp;rft.pub=Cambridge+University+Press&amp;rft.date=1911&amp;rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ADecember+24"></span><link about="#mwt34" href="./Category:Wikipedia_articles_incorporating_a_citation_from_the_1911_Encyclopaedia_Britannica_with_Wikisource_reference" id="mwCCA" rel="mw:PageProp/Category"/></span>

A joint <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republic_of_Venice" id="mwSA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Republic of Venice">Venetian</a>–<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spain" id="mwSQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Spain">Spanish</a> fleet <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siege_of_the_Castle_of_St._George" id="mwSg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Siege of the Castle of St. George">captures</a> the Castle of St. George on the island of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cephalonia" id="mwSw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Cephalonia">Cephalonia</a>.<sup about="#mwt42" class="mw-ref reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","attrs":{},"body":{"id":"mw-reference-text-cite_note-6"}}' id="cite_ref-6" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref"><a href="./December_24#cite_note-6" id="mwTA" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 6;"><span class="mw-reflink-text" id="mwTQ">[6]</span></a></sup>

<span class="mw-reference-text" id="mw-reference-text-cite_note-6"><cite about="#mwt39" class="citation book cs1" id="CITEREFSetton1976"><a href="./Kenneth_Setton" id="mwCCQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Kenneth Setton">Setton, Kenneth Meyer</a> (1976). <a class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=0Sz2VYI0l1IC" id="mwCCU" rel="mw:ExtLink nofollow"><i id="mwCCY">The Papacy and the Levant, 1204-1571 Volume 2</i></a>. American Philosophical Society. p.<span id="mwCCc" typeof="mw:Entity"> </span>523. <a class="mw-redirect" href="./ISBN_(identifier)" id="mwCCg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a><span id="mwCCk" typeof="mw:Entity"> </span><a href="./Special:BookSources/0-87169-127-2" id="mwCCo" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Special:BookSources/0-87169-127-2"><bdi id="mwCCs">0-87169-127-2</bdi></a>.</cite><span about="#mwt39" class="Z3988" id="mwCCw" title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&amp;rft.genre=book&amp;rft.btitle=The+Papacy+and+the+Levant%2C+1204-1571+Volume+2&amp;rft.pages=523&amp;rft.pub=American+Philosophical+Society&amp;rft.date=1976&amp;rft.isbn=0-87169-127-2&amp;rft.aulast=Setton&amp;rft.aufirst=Kenneth+Meyer&amp;rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3D0Sz2VYI0l1IC&amp;rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ADecember+24"></span></span>

The <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maratha_Empire" id="mwUw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Maratha Empire">Marathas</a> defeat the combined forces of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mughal_Empire" id="mwVA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Mughal Empire">Mughal Empire</a>, <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jaipur_State" id="mwVQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Jaipur State">Rajputs of Jaipur</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nizam_of_Hyderabad" id="mwVg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Nizam of Hyderabad">Nizam of Hyderabad</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nawab_of_Awadh" id="mwVw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Nawab of Awadh">Nawab of Awadh</a> and <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nawabs_of_Bengal_and_Murshidabad" id="mwWA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Nawabs of Bengal and Murshidabad">Nawab of Bengal</a> in the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Bhopal" id="mwWQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Battle of Bhopal">Battle of Bhopal</a>.<sup about="#mwt47" class="mw-ref reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","attrs":{},"body":{"id":"mw-reference-text-cite_note-7"}}' id="cite_ref-7" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref"><a href="./December_24#cite_note-7" id="mwWg" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 7;"><span class="mw-reflink-text" id="mwWw">[7]</span></a></sup>

<span class="mw-reference-text" id="mw-reference-text-cite_note-7"><cite about="#mwt44" class="citation web cs1" id="mwCDA"><a class="external text" href="http://indianexpresss.in/the-battle-of-bhopal-between-marathas-and-mughal-empire-1737/" id="mwCDE" rel="mw:ExtLink nofollow">"The Battle of Bhopal between Marathas and Mughal Empire (1737)"</a>. <i id="mwCDI">indianexpresss.in</i>. 2 November 2020<span class="reference-accessdate" id="mwCDM">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap" id="mwCDQ">2022-06-10</span></span>.</cite><span about="#mwt44" class="Z3988" id="mwCDU" title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&amp;rft.genre=unknown&amp;rft.jtitle=indianexpresss.in&amp;rft.atitle=The+Battle+of+Bhopal+between+Marathas+and+Mughal+Empire+%281737%29&amp;rft.date=2020-11-02&amp;rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Findianexpresss.in%2Fthe-battle-of-bhopal-between-marathas-and-mughal-empire-1737%2F&amp;rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ADecember+24"></span></span>

<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kiritimati" id="mwXw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Kiritimati">Kiritimati</a>, also called Christmas Island, is discovered by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Cook" id="mwYA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="James Cook">James Cook</a>.<sup about="#mwt52" class="mw-ref reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","attrs":{},"body":{"id":"mw-reference-text-cite_note-8"}}' id="cite_ref-8" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref"><a href="./December_24#cite_note-8" id="mwYQ" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 8;"><span class="mw-reflink-text" id="mwYg">[8]</span></a></sup>

<span class="mw-reference-text" id="mw-reference-text-cite_note-8"><cite about="#mwt49" class="citation web cs1" id="mwCDk"><a class="external text" href="https://www.captaincooksociety.com/home/detail/225-years-ago-october-december-1777" id="mwCDo" rel="mw:ExtLink nofollow">"225 YEARS AGO: OCTOBER - DECEMBER 1777"</a>. <i id="mwCDs">Captain Cook Society</i><span class="reference-accessdate" id="mwCDw">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap" id="mwCD0">2021-10-23</span></span>.</cite><span about="#mwt49" class="Z3988" id="mwCD4" title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&amp;rft.genre=unknown&amp;rft.jtitle=Captain+Cook+Society&amp;rft.atitle=225+YEARS+AGO%3A+OCTOBER+-+DECEMBER+1777&amp;rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.captaincooksociety.com%2Fhome%2Fdetail%2F225-years-ago-october-december-1777&amp;rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ADecember+24"></span></span>

The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plot_of_the_rue_Saint-Nicaise" id="mwZg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Plot of the rue Saint-Nicaise">Plot of the rue Saint-Nicaise</a> fails to kill <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Napoleon" id="mwZw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Napoleon">Napoleon Bonaparte</a>.<sup about="#mwt57" class="mw-ref reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","attrs":{},"body":{"id":"mw-reference-text-cite_note-9"}}' id="cite_ref-9" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref"><a href="./December_24#cite_note-9" id="mwaA" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 9;"><span class="mw-reflink-text" id="mwaQ">[9]</span></a></sup>

<span class="mw-reference-text" id="mw-reference-text-cite_note-9"><cite about="#mwt54" class="citation book cs1" id="CITEREFMcLynn1998">McLynn, Frank (1998). <a class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=FRj1MNP-3xwC" id="mwCEI" rel="mw:ExtLink nofollow"><i id="mwCEM">Napoleon</i></a>. Pimlico. p.<span id="mwCEQ" typeof="mw:Entity"> </span>243. <a class="mw-redirect" href="./ISBN_(identifier)" id="mwCEU" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a><span id="mwCEY" typeof="mw:Entity"> </span><a href="./Special:BookSources/9780712662475" id="mwCEc" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Special:BookSources/9780712662475"><bdi id="mwCEg">9780712662475</bdi></a><span class="reference-accessdate" id="mwCEk">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap" id="mwCEo">2021-10-23</span></span>.</cite><span about="#mwt54" class="Z3988" id="mwCEs" title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&amp;rft.genre=book&amp;rft.btitle=Napoleon&amp;rft.pages=243&amp;rft.pub=Pimlico&amp;rft.date=1998&amp;rft.isbn=9780712662475&amp;rft.aulast=McLynn&amp;rft.aufirst=Frank&amp;rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DFRj1MNP-3xwC&amp;rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ADecember+24"></span></span>

Representatives of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Kingdom" id="mwbQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="United Kingdom">United Kingdom</a> and the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States" id="mwbg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="United States">United States</a> sign the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treaty_of_Ghent" id="mwbw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Treaty of Ghent">Treaty of Ghent</a>, ending the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_of_1812" id="mwcA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="War of 1812">War of 1812</a>.<sup about="#mwt62" class="mw-ref reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","attrs":{},"body":{"id":"mw-reference-text-cite_note-10"}}' id="cite_ref-10" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref"><a href="./December_24#cite_note-10" id="mwcQ" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 10;"><span class="mw-reflink-text" id="mwcg">[10]</span></a></sup>

<span class="mw-reference-text" id="mw-reference-text-cite_note-10"><cite about="#mwt59" class="citation news cs1" id="CITEREFEngelman1960">Engelman, Fred L. (December 1960). <a class="external text" href="https://www.americanheritage.com/peace-christmas-eve" id="mwCE8" rel="mw:ExtLink nofollow">"The peace of Christmas Eve"</a>. <i id="mwCFA"><a href="./American_Heritage_(magazine)" id="mwCFE" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="American Heritage (magazine)">American Heritage</a></i>. Vol.<span id="mwCFI" typeof="mw:Entity"> </span>12, no.<span id="mwCFM" typeof="mw:Entity"> </span>1<span class="reference-accessdate" id="mwCFQ">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap" id="mwCFU">2021-10-23</span></span>.</cite><span about="#mwt59" class="Z3988" id="mwCFY" title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&amp;rft.genre=article&amp;rft.jtitle=American+Heritage&amp;rft.atitle=The+peace+of+Christmas+Eve&amp;rft.volume=12&amp;rft.issue=1&amp;rft.date=1960-12&amp;rft.aulast=Engelman&amp;rft.aufirst=Fred+L.&amp;rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.americanheritage.com%2Fpeace-christmas-eve&amp;rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ADecember+24"></span></span>

The first performance of "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silent_Night" id="mwdg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Silent Night">Silent Night</a>" takes place in the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikolauskirche,_Oberndorf" id="mwdw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Nikolauskirche, Oberndorf">Nikolauskirche</a> in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oberndorf_bei_Salzburg" id="mweA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Oberndorf bei Salzburg">Oberndorf</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Austrian_Empire" id="mweQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Austrian Empire">Austria</a>.<sup about="#mwt67" class="mw-ref reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","attrs":{},"body":{"id":"mw-reference-text-cite_note-11"}}' id="cite_ref-11" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref"><a href="./December_24#cite_note-11" id="mweg" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 11;"><span class="mw-reflink-text" id="mwew">[11]</span></a></sup>

<span class="mw-reference-text" id="mw-reference-text-cite_note-11"><cite about="#mwt64" class="citation news cs1" id="CITEREFDaley2018">Daley, Jason (17 December 2018). <a class="external text" href="https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/silent-night-celebrates-its-bicentennial-180971044/" id="mwCFo" rel="mw:ExtLink nofollow">"It's the Bicentennial of 'Silent Night'<span class="cs1-kern-right" id="mwCFs"></span>"</a>. <i id="mwCFw">Smithsonian Magazine</i><span class="reference-accessdate" id="mwCF0">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap" id="mwCF4">2021-10-23</span></span>.</cite><span about="#mwt64" class="Z3988" id="mwCF8" title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&amp;rft.genre=article&amp;rft.jtitle=Smithsonian+Magazine&amp;rft.atitle=It%27s+the+Bicentennial+of+%27Silent+Night%27&amp;rft.date=2018-12-17&amp;rft.aulast=Daley&amp;rft.aufirst=Jason&amp;rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.smithsonianmag.com%2Fsmart-news%2Fsilent-night-celebrates-its-bicentennial-180971044%2F&amp;rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ADecember+24"></span></span>

The <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eggnog_Riot" id="mwfw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Eggnog Riot">Eggnog Riot</a> at the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Military_Academy" id="mwgA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="United States Military Academy">United States Military Academy</a> begins that night, wrapping up the following morning.

British acquired <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crown_Colony_of_Labuan" id="mwhA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Crown Colony of Labuan">Labuan</a> from the <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sultanate_of_Brunei" id="mwhQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Sultanate of Brunei">Sultanate of Brunei</a> for <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Kingdom_of_Great_Britain_and_Ireland" id="mwhg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland">Great Britain</a>.<sup about="#mwt72" class="mw-ref reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","attrs":{},"body":{"id":"mw-reference-text-cite_note-12"}}' id="cite_ref-12" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref"><a href="./December_24#cite_note-12" id="mwhw" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 12;"><span class="mw-reflink-text" id="mwiA">[12]</span></a></sup>

<span class="mw-reference-text" id="mw-reference-text-cite_note-12"><cite about="#mwt69" class="citation news cs1" id="mwCGM"><a class="external text" href="https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/94443846" id="mwCGQ" rel="mw:ExtLink nofollow">"The Island of Laburn"</a>. <i id="mwCGU">Geelong Advertiser and Squatters' Advocate</i>. 10 September 1847. p.<span id="mwCGY" typeof="mw:Entity"> </span>1<span class="reference-accessdate" id="mwCGc">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap" id="mwCGg">2021-10-23</span></span>.</cite><span about="#mwt69" class="Z3988" id="mwCGk" title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&amp;rft.genre=article&amp;rft.jtitle=Geelong+Advertiser+and+Squatters%27+Advocate&amp;rft.atitle=The+Island+of+Laburn&amp;rft.pages=1&amp;rft.date=1847-09-10&amp;rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Ftrove.nla.gov.au%2Fnewspaper%2Farticle%2F94443846&amp;rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ADecember+24"></span></span>

Jonathan Shank and Barry Ownby form The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ku_Klux_Klan" id="mwjA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Ku Klux Klan">Ku Klux Klan</a>.<sup about="#mwt77" class="mw-ref reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","attrs":{},"body":{"id":"mw-reference-text-cite_note-13"}}' id="cite_ref-13" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref"><a href="./December_24#cite_note-13" id="mwjQ" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 13;"><span class="mw-reflink-text" id="mwjg">[13]</span></a></sup>

<span class="mw-reference-text" id="mw-reference-text-cite_note-13"><cite about="#mwt74" class="citation report cs1" id="CITEREFUnited_States._Congress._House._Committee_on_Un-American_Activities1967"><a href="./House_Un-American_Activities_Committee" id="mwCG0" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="House Un-American Activities Committee">United States. Congress. House. Committee on Un-American Activities</a> (1967). <a class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=R-SbugEACAAJ" id="mwCG4" rel="mw:ExtLink nofollow">The Present-day Ku Klux Klan Movement</a> (Report). p.<span id="mwCG8" typeof="mw:Entity"> </span>3<span class="reference-accessdate" id="mwCHA">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap" id="mwCHE">2021-10-23</span></span>.</cite><span about="#mwt74" class="Z3988" id="mwCHI" title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&amp;rft.genre=report&amp;rft.btitle=The+Present-day+Ku+Klux+Klan+Movement&amp;rft.pages=3&amp;rft.date=1967&amp;rft.au=United+States.+Congress.+House.+Committee+on+Un-American+Activities&amp;rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DR-SbugEACAAJ&amp;rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ADecember+24"></span></span>

The Greek <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Presidential_Guard_(Greece)" id="mwkg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Presidential Guard (Greece)">Presidential Guard</a> is established as the royal escort by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_I_of_Greece" id="mwkw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="George I of Greece">King George I</a>.

The opera <i id="mwlw"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aida" id="mwmA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Aida">Aida</a></i> premieres in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cairo" id="mwmQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Cairo">Cairo</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egypt" id="mwmg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Egypt">Egypt</a>.

<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reginald_Fessenden" id="mwoA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Reginald Fessenden">Reginald Fessenden</a> transmits the first <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radio" id="mwoQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Radio">radio</a> broadcast; consisting of a poetry reading, a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Violin" id="mwog" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Violin">violin</a> solo, and a speech.<sup about="#mwt82" class="mw-ref reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","attrs":{},"body":{"id":"mw-reference-text-cite_note-14"}}' id="cite_ref-14" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref"><a href="./December_24#cite_note-14" id="mwow" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 14;"><span class="mw-reflink-text" id="mwpA">[14]</span></a></sup>

<span class="mw-reference-text" id="mw-reference-text-cite_note-14"><cite about="#mwt79" class="citation book cs1" id="CITEREFDavis1928">Davis, H. P. (1928). <a class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/radioindustrysto00harvrich/page/190/mode/2up" id="mwCHY" rel="mw:ExtLink nofollow">"The Early History of Broadcasting in the United States"</a>. <i id="mwCHc">The radio industry; the story of its development</i>. Chicago &amp; New York: A. W. Shaw company. p.<span id="mwCHg" typeof="mw:Entity"> </span>190<span class="reference-accessdate" id="mwCHk">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap" id="mwCHo">2021-10-23</span></span>.</cite><span about="#mwt79" class="Z3988" id="mwCHs" title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&amp;rft.genre=bookitem&amp;rft.atitle=The+Early+History+of+Broadcasting+in+the+United+States&amp;rft.btitle=The+radio+industry%3B+the+story+of+its+development&amp;rft.place=Chicago+%26+New+York&amp;rft.pages=190&amp;rft.pub=A.+W.+Shaw+company&amp;rft.date=1928&amp;rft.aulast=Davis&amp;rft.aufirst=H.+P.&amp;rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Farchive.org%2Fdetails%2Fradioindustrysto00harvrich%2Fpage%2F190%2Fmode%2F2up&amp;rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ADecember+24"></span></span>

The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italian_Hall_disaster" id="mwqA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Italian Hall disaster">Italian Hall disaster</a> in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calumet,_Michigan" id="mwqQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Calumet, Michigan">Calumet, Michigan</a> results in the deaths of 73 striking workers families at a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christmas" id="mwqg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Christmas">Christmas</a> party participants (including 59 children) when someone falsely yells "fire".<sup about="#mwt87" class="mw-ref reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","attrs":{},"body":{"id":"mw-reference-text-cite_note-15"}}' id="cite_ref-15" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref"><a href="./December_24#cite_note-15" id="mwqw" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 15;"><span class="mw-reflink-text" id="mwrA">[15]</span></a></sup>

<span class="mw-reference-text" id="mw-reference-text-cite_note-15"><cite about="#mwt84" class="citation news cs1" id="CITEREFGmiter2019">Gmiter, Tanda (24 December 2019). <a class="external text" href="https://www.mlive.com/news/2017/12/1913_italian_hall_disaster_was.html" id="mwCH8" rel="mw:ExtLink nofollow">"1913 Italian Hall Disaster was a Michigan Christmas Eve tragedy"</a>. Michigan Live<span class="reference-accessdate" id="mwCIA">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap" id="mwCIE">2021-10-23</span></span>.</cite><span about="#mwt84" class="Z3988" id="mwCII" title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&amp;rft.genre=article&amp;rft.atitle=1913+Italian+Hall+Disaster+was+a+Michigan+Christmas+Eve+tragedy&amp;rft.date=2019-12-24&amp;rft.aulast=Gmiter&amp;rft.aufirst=Tanda&amp;rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.mlive.com%2Fnews%2F2017%2F12%2F1913_italian_hall_disaster_was.html&amp;rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ADecember+24"></span></span>

<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_I" id="mwsA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="World War I">World War I</a>: The "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christmas_truce" id="mwsQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Christmas truce">Christmas truce</a>" begins.

Region of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1918_occupation_of_Međimurje" id="mwtQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="1918 occupation of Međimurje">Međimurje is captured</a> by the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingdom_of_Yugoslavia" id="mwtg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Kingdom of Yugoslavia">Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes</a> from <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingdom_of_Hungary" id="mwtw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Kingdom of Hungary">Hungary</a>.<sup about="#mwt92" class="mw-ref reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","attrs":{},"body":{"id":"mw-reference-text-cite_note-16"}}' id="cite_ref-16" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref"><a href="./December_24#cite_note-16" id="mwuA" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 16;"><span class="mw-reflink-text" id="mwuQ">[16]</span></a></sup>

<span class="mw-reference-text" id="mw-reference-text-cite_note-16"><cite about="#mwt89" class="citation journal cs1 cs1-prop-foreign-lang-source" id="CITEREFVuk2019">Vuk, Ivan (2019). <a class="external text" href="https://hrcak.srce.hr/225220" id="mwCIY" rel="mw:ExtLink nofollow">"Pripojenje Međimurja Kraljevstvu Srba, Hrvata i Slovenaca: Od neuspjeloga pokušaja 13. studenog do uspješnoga zaposjedanja Međimurja 24. prosinca 1918. godine"</a> <span id="mwCIc" typeof="mw:Entity">[</span>The Annexation of Međimurje to the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes: From the unsuccessful attempt on 13 November to the successful occupation of Međimurje on 24 December 1918<span id="mwCIg" typeof="mw:Entity">]</span>. <i id="mwCIk">Časopis za suvremenu povijest</i> (in Croatian). <b id="mwCIo">51</b> (2). Zagreb: Croatian Institute of History: 520–525. <a class="mw-redirect" href="./Doi_(identifier)" id="mwCIs" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Doi (identifier)">doi</a>:<span class="id-lock-free" id="mwCIw" title="Freely accessible"><a class="external text" href="https://doi.org/10.22586%2Fcsp.v51i2.8927" id="mwCI0" rel="mw:ExtLink nofollow">10.22586/csp.v51i2.8927</a></span>. <a class="mw-redirect" href="./ISSN_(identifier)" id="mwCI4" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="ISSN (identifier)">ISSN</a><span id="mwCI8" typeof="mw:Entity"> </span><a class="external text" href="https://www.worldcat.org/issn/0590-9597" id="mwCJA" rel="mw:ExtLink nofollow">0590-9597</a>. <a class="mw-redirect" href="./S2CID_(identifier)" id="mwCJE" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="S2CID (identifier)">S2CID</a><span id="mwCJI" typeof="mw:Entity"> </span><a class="external text" href="https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:204456373" id="mwCJM" rel="mw:ExtLink nofollow">204456373</a>.</cite><span about="#mwt89" class="Z3988" id="mwCJQ" title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&amp;rft.genre=article&amp;rft.jtitle=%C4%8Casopis+za+suvremenu+povijest&amp;rft.atitle=Pripojenje+Me%C4%91imurja+Kraljevstvu+Srba%2C+Hrvata+i+Slovenaca%3A+Od+neuspjeloga+poku%C5%A1aja+13.+studenog+do+uspje%C5%A1noga+zaposjedanja+Me%C4%91imurja+24.+prosinca+1918.+godine&amp;rft.volume=51&amp;rft.issue=2&amp;rft.pages=520-525&amp;rft.date=2019&amp;rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fapi.semanticscholar.org%2FCorpusID%3A204456373%23id-name%3DS2CID&amp;rft.issn=0590-9597&amp;rft_id=info%3Adoi%2F10.22586%2Fcsp.v51i2.8927&amp;rft.aulast=Vuk&amp;rft.aufirst=Ivan&amp;rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fhrcak.srce.hr%2F225220&amp;rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ADecember+24"></span><link about="#mwt89" href="./Category:CS1_Croatian-language_sources_(hr)" id="mwCJU" rel="mw:PageProp/Category"/></span>

<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gabriele_D'Annunzio" id="mwvQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Gabriele D'Annunzio">Gabriele D'Annunzio</a> surrendered the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italian_Regency_of_Carnaro" id="mwvg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Italian Regency of Carnaro">Italian Regency of Carnaro</a> in the city of <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fiume" id="mwvw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Fiume">Fiume</a> to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italian_Armed_Forces" id="mwwA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Italian Armed Forces">Italian Armed Forces</a>.<sup about="#mwt97" class="mw-ref reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","attrs":{},"body":{"id":"mw-reference-text-cite_note-17"}}' id="cite_ref-17" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref"><a href="./December_24#cite_note-17" id="mwwQ" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 17;"><span class="mw-reflink-text" id="mwwg">[17]</span></a></sup>

<span class="mw-reference-text" id="mw-reference-text-cite_note-17"><cite about="#mwt94" class="citation web cs1" id="CITEREFDoody">Doody, Richard. <a class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090308033039/http://worldatwar.net/nations/other/fiume/" id="mwCJk" rel="mw:ExtLink nofollow">"Stati Libero di Fiume – Free State of Fiume"</a>. Archived from <a class="external text" href="http://worldatwar.net/nations/other/fiume/" id="mwCJo" rel="mw:ExtLink nofollow">the original</a> on 2009-03-08<span class="reference-accessdate" id="mwCJs">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap" id="mwCJw">2021-10-24</span></span>.</cite><span about="#mwt94" class="Z3988" id="mwCJ0" title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&amp;rft.genre=unknown&amp;rft.btitle=Stati+Libero+di+Fiume+%E2%80%93+Free+State+of+Fiume&amp;rft.aulast=Doody&amp;rft.aufirst=Richard&amp;rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fworldatwar.net%2Fnations%2Fother%2Ffiume%2F&amp;rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ADecember+24"></span>, <i id="mwCJ4">The World at War</i>.</span>

<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albania" id="mwxg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Albania">Albania</a> becomes a republic.<sup about="#mwt102" class="mw-ref reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","attrs":{},"body":{"id":"mw-reference-text-cite_note-18"}}' id="cite_ref-18" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref"><a href="./December_24#cite_note-18" id="mwxw" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 18;"><span class="mw-reflink-text" id="mwyA">[18]</span></a></sup>

<span class="mw-reference-text" id="mw-reference-text-cite_note-18"><cite about="#mwt99" class="citation web cs1" id="mwCKI"><a class="external text" href="https://albanianroyalcourt.al/zog-i-king-of-the-albanians/" id="mwCKM" rel="mw:ExtLink nofollow">"Zog I, King of the Albanians – Albanian Royal Family"</a><span class="reference-accessdate" id="mwCKQ">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap" id="mwCKU">2022-04-18</span></span>.</cite><span about="#mwt99" class="Z3988" id="mwCKY" title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&amp;rft.genre=unknown&amp;rft.btitle=Zog+I%2C+King+of+the+Albanians+%E2%80%93+Albanian+Royal+Family&amp;rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Falbanianroyalcourt.al%2Fzog-i-king-of-the-albanians%2F&amp;rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ADecember+24"></span></span>

Assassination attempt on <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Argentina" id="mwzA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Argentina">Argentine</a> President <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hipólito_Yrigoyen" id="mwzQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Hipólito Yrigoyen">Hipólito Yrigoyen</a>.<sup about="#mwt107" class="mw-ref reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","attrs":{},"body":{"id":"mw-reference-text-cite_note-19"}}' id="cite_ref-19" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref"><a href="./December_24#cite_note-19" id="mwzg" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 19;"><span class="mw-reflink-text" id="mwzw">[19]</span></a></sup>

<span class="mw-reference-text" id="mw-reference-text-cite_note-19"><cite about="#mwt104" class="citation web cs1" id="mwCKo"><a class="external text" href="https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/message-president-hipolito-irigoyen-argentina-his-escape-from-assassination" id="mwCKs" rel="mw:ExtLink nofollow">"Message to President Hipolito Irigoyen of Argentina on His Escape From Assassination. | The American Presidency Project"</a>. <i id="mwCKw">www.presidency.ucsb.edu</i><span class="reference-accessdate" id="mwCK0">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap" id="mwCK4">2022-04-18</span></span>.</cite><span about="#mwt104" class="Z3988" id="mwCK8" title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&amp;rft.genre=unknown&amp;rft.jtitle=www.presidency.ucsb.edu&amp;rft.atitle=Message+to+President+Hipolito+Irigoyen+of+Argentina+on+His+Escape+From+Assassination.+%7C+The+American+Presidency+Project&amp;rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.presidency.ucsb.edu%2Fdocuments%2Fmessage-president-hipolito-irigoyen-argentina-his-escape-from-assassination&amp;rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ADecember+24"></span></span>

A four alarm fire breaks out in the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Wing" id="mw0g" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="West Wing">West Wing</a> of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_House" id="mw0w" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="White House">White House</a> in Washington, D.C.<sup about="#mwt112" class="mw-ref reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","attrs":{},"body":{"id":"mw-reference-text-cite_note-20"}}' id="cite_ref-20" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref"><a href="./December_24#cite_note-20" id="mw1A" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 20;"><span class="mw-reflink-text" id="mw1Q">[20]</span></a></sup>

<span class="mw-reference-text" id="mw-reference-text-cite_note-20"><cite about="#mwt109" class="citation web cs1" id="mwCLM"><a class="external text" href="https://www.whitehousehistory.org/the-christmas-eve-west-wing-fire-of-1929" id="mwCLQ" rel="mw:ExtLink nofollow">"The Christmas Eve West Wing Fire of 1929"</a>. <i id="mwCLU">WHHA (en-US)</i>.</cite><span about="#mwt109" class="Z3988" id="mwCLY" title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&amp;rft.genre=unknown&amp;rft.jtitle=WHHA+%28en-US%29&amp;rft.atitle=The+Christmas+Eve+West+Wing+Fire+of+1929&amp;rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.whitehousehistory.org%2Fthe-christmas-eve-west-wing-fire-of-1929&amp;rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ADecember+24"></span></span>

<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II" id="mw2Q" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="World War II">World War II</a>: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope_Pius_XII" id="mw2g" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Pope Pius XII">Pope Pius XII</a> makes a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christmas_Eve" id="mw2w" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Christmas Eve">Christmas Eve</a> appeal for peace.<sup about="#mwt117" class="mw-ref reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","attrs":{},"body":{"id":"mw-reference-text-cite_note-21"}}' id="cite_ref-21" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref"><a href="./December_24#cite_note-21" id="mw3A" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 21;"><span class="mw-reflink-text" id="mw3Q">[21]</span></a></sup>

<span class="mw-reference-text" id="mw-reference-text-cite_note-21"><cite about="#mwt114" class="citation web cs1" id="mwCLo"><a class="external text" href="https://www.vatican.va/content/pius-xii/it/speeches/1939/documents/hf_p-xii_spe_19391224_questo-giorno.html" id="mwCLs" rel="mw:ExtLink nofollow">"Alla Curia Romana in occasione del Natale (24 dicembre 1939) | PIO XII"</a>. <i id="mwCLw">www.vatican.va</i><span class="reference-accessdate" id="mwCL0">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap" id="mwCL4">2022-04-18</span></span>.</cite><span about="#mwt114" class="Z3988" id="mwCL8" title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&amp;rft.genre=unknown&amp;rft.jtitle=www.vatican.va&amp;rft.atitle=Alla+Curia+Romana+in+occasione+del+Natale+%2824+dicembre+1939%29+%7C+PIO+XII&amp;rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.vatican.va%2Fcontent%2Fpius-xii%2Fit%2Fspeeches%2F1939%2Fdocuments%2Fhf_p-xii_spe_19391224_questo-giorno.html&amp;rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ADecember+24"></span></span>

World War II: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kuching" id="mw4Q" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Kuching">Kuching</a> is conquered by Japanese forces.<sup about="#mwt122" class="mw-ref reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","attrs":{},"body":{"id":"mw-reference-text-cite_note-22"}}' id="cite_ref-22" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref"><a href="./December_24#cite_note-22" id="mw4g" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 22;"><span class="mw-reflink-text" id="mw4w">[22]</span></a></sup>

<span class="mw-reference-text" id="mw-reference-text-cite_note-22"><cite about="#mwt119" class="citation book cs1" id="CITEREFKeat_Gin_Ooi2004">Keat Gin Ooi (2004). <a class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=QKgraWbb7yoC&amp;pg=PA1177" id="mwCMM" rel="mw:ExtLink nofollow"><i id="mwCMQ">Southeast Asia: A Historical Encyclopedia, from Angkor Wat to Timor. R-Z. volume three</i></a>. ABC-CLIO. pp.<span id="mwCMU" typeof="mw:Entity"> </span>1177–. <a class="mw-redirect" href="./ISBN_(identifier)" id="mwCMY" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a><span id="mwCMc" typeof="mw:Entity"> </span><a href="./Special:BookSources/978-1-57607-770-2" id="mwCMg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Special:BookSources/978-1-57607-770-2"><bdi id="mwCMk">978-1-57607-770-2</bdi></a><span class="reference-accessdate" id="mwCMo">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap" id="mwCMs">2013-07-18</span></span>.</cite><span about="#mwt119" class="Z3988" id="mwCMw" title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&amp;rft.genre=book&amp;rft.btitle=Southeast+Asia%3A+A+Historical+Encyclopedia%2C+from+Angkor+Wat+to+Timor.+R-Z.+volume+three&amp;rft.pages=1177-&amp;rft.pub=ABC-CLIO&amp;rft.date=2004&amp;rft.isbn=978-1-57607-770-2&amp;rft.au=Keat+Gin+Ooi&amp;rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DQKgraWbb7yoC%26pg%3DPA1177&amp;rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ADecember+24"></span></span>

World War II: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benghazi" id="mw5g" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Benghazi">Benghazi</a> is conquered by the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eighth_Army_(United_Kingdom)" id="mw5w" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Eighth Army (United Kingdom)">British Eighth Army</a>.<sup about="#mwt129" class="mw-ref reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","attrs":{},"body":{"id":"mw-reference-text-cite_note-23"}}' id="cite_ref-23" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref"><a href="./December_24#cite_note-23" id="mw6A" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 23;"><span class="mw-reflink-text" id="mw6Q">[23]</span></a></sup>

<span class="mw-reference-text" id="mw-reference-text-cite_note-23"><cite about="#mwt124" class="citation journal cs1" id="CITEREFAddington1967">Addington, Larry (Autumn 1967). "Operation Sunflower: Rommel Versus the General Staff". <i id="mwCNA">Military Affairs</i>. <b id="mwCNE">31</b> (3): 120–130. <a class="mw-redirect" href="./Doi_(identifier)" id="mwCNI" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Doi (identifier)">doi</a>:<a class="external text" href="https://doi.org/10.2307%2F1984650" id="mwCNM" rel="mw:ExtLink nofollow">10.2307/1984650</a>. <a class="mw-redirect" href="./JSTOR_(identifier)" id="mwCNQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="JSTOR (identifier)">JSTOR</a><span id="mwCNU" typeof="mw:Entity"> </span><a class="external text" href="https://www.jstor.org/stable/1984650" id="mwCNY" rel="mw:ExtLink nofollow">1984650</a>. <link about="#mwt128" data-mw='{"name":"templatestyles","attrs":{"src":"Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"},"body":{"extsrc":""}}' href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1215172403" id="mwCNc" rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" typeof="mw:Extension/templatestyles"/><a class="mw-redirect" href="./ProQuest_(identifier)" id="mwCNg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="ProQuest (identifier)">ProQuest</a><span id="mwCNk" typeof="mw:Entity"> </span><a class="external text" href="https://search.proquest.com/docview/1296635624" id="mwCNo" rel="mw:ExtLink nofollow">1296635624</a>.</cite><span about="#mwt124" class="Z3988" id="mwCNs" title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&amp;rft.genre=article&amp;rft.jtitle=Military+Affairs&amp;rft.atitle=Operation+Sunflower%3A+Rommel+Versus+the+General+Staff&amp;rft.ssn=fall&amp;rft.volume=31&amp;rft.issue=3&amp;rft.pages=120-130&amp;rft.date=1967&amp;rft_id=info%3Adoi%2F10.2307%2F1984650&amp;rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.jstor.org%2Fstable%2F1984650%23id-name%3DJSTOR&amp;rft.aulast=Addington&amp;rft.aufirst=Larry&amp;rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ADecember+24"></span></span>

World War II: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monarchism_in_France" id="mw7Q" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Monarchism in France">French monarchist</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fernand_Bonnier_de_La_Chapelle" id="mw7g" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Fernand Bonnier de La Chapelle">Fernand Bonnier de La Chapelle</a>, assassinates <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vichy_France" id="mw7w" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Vichy France">Vichy</a> French Admiral <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/François_Darlan" id="mw8A" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="François Darlan">François Darlan</a> in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Algiers" id="mw8Q" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Algiers">Algiers</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Algeria" id="mw8g" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Algeria">Algeria</a>.<sup about="#mwt134" class="mw-ref reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","attrs":{},"body":{"id":"mw-reference-text-cite_note-24"}}' id="cite_ref-24" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref"><a href="./December_24#cite_note-24" id="mw8w" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 24;"><span class="mw-reflink-text" id="mw9A">[24]</span></a></sup>

<span class="mw-reference-text" id="mw-reference-text-cite_note-24"><cite about="#mwt131" class="citation book cs1" id="CITEREFAtkinson2003">Atkinson, Rick (2003). <a class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/armyatdawn00rick/page/251" id="mwCN8" rel="mw:ExtLink nofollow"><i id="mwCOA">An Army at Dawn</i></a>. Henry Holt. pp.<span id="mwCOE" typeof="mw:Entity"> </span><a class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/armyatdawn00rick/page/251" id="mwCOI" rel="mw:ExtLink nofollow">251–52</a>. <a class="mw-redirect" href="./ISBN_(identifier)" id="mwCOM" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a><span id="mwCOQ" typeof="mw:Entity"> </span><a href="./Special:BookSources/9780805074482" id="mwCOU" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Special:BookSources/9780805074482"><bdi id="mwCOY">9780805074482</bdi></a>.</cite><span about="#mwt131" class="Z3988" id="mwCOc" title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&amp;rft.genre=book&amp;rft.btitle=An+Army+at+Dawn&amp;rft.pages=251-52&amp;rft.pub=Henry+Holt&amp;rft.date=2003&amp;rft.isbn=9780805074482&amp;rft.aulast=Atkinson&amp;rft.aufirst=Rick&amp;rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Farchive.org%2Fdetails%2Farmyatdawn00rick%2Fpage%2F251&amp;rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ADecember+24"></span></span>

World War II: U.S. General <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dwight_D._Eisenhower" id="mw-A" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Dwight D. Eisenhower">Dwight D. Eisenhower</a> is named <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supreme_Allied_Commander" id="mw-Q" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Supreme Allied Commander">Supreme Allied Commander</a> for <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Overlord" id="mw-g" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Operation Overlord">Operation Overlord</a>.

World War II: The Belgian Troopship <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SS_Léopoldville_(1928)" id="mw_g" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="SS Léopoldville (1928)">Leopoldville</a> was torpedoed and sank with the loss of 763 soldiers and 56 crew.<sup about="#mwt139" class="mw-ref reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","attrs":{},"body":{"id":"mw-reference-text-cite_note-25"}}' id="cite_ref-25" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref"><a href="./December_24#cite_note-25" id="mw_w" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 25;"><span class="mw-reflink-text" id="mwAQA">[25]</span></a></sup>

<span class="mw-reference-text" id="mw-reference-text-cite_note-25"><cite about="#mwt136" class="citation web cs1" id="CITEREFAllen">Allen, Tonya. <a class="external text" href="http://www.uboat.net/history/leopoldville.htm" id="mwCOs" rel="mw:ExtLink nofollow">"The Sinking of SS <i id="mwCOw">Léopoldville</i>"</a>. <i id="mwCO0">uboat.net</i>. Guðmundur Helgason<span class="reference-accessdate" id="mwCO4">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap" id="mwCO8">2021-05-10</span></span>.</cite><span about="#mwt136" class="Z3988" id="mwCPA" title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&amp;rft.genre=unknown&amp;rft.jtitle=uboat.net&amp;rft.atitle=The+Sinking+of+SS+L%C3%A9opoldville&amp;rft.aulast=Allen&amp;rft.aufirst=Tonya&amp;rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.uboat.net%2Fhistory%2Fleopoldville.htm&amp;rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ADecember+24"></span></span>

Five of nine children <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sodder_children_disappearance" id="mwAQQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Sodder children disappearance">become missing</a> after their home in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fayetteville,_West_Virginia" id="mwAQU" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Fayetteville, West Virginia">Fayetteville, West Virginia</a>, is burned down.<sup about="#mwt144" class="mw-ref reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","attrs":{"name":"Smithsonian story"},"body":{"id":"mw-reference-text-cite_note-Smithsonian_story-26"}}' id="cite_ref-Smithsonian_story_26-0" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref"><a href="./December_24#cite_note-Smithsonian_story-26" id="mwAQY" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 26;"><span class="mw-reflink-text" id="mwAQc">[26]</span></a></sup>

<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Libya" id="mwAQs" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Libya">Libya</a> becomes independent. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Idris_of_Libya" id="mwAQw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Idris of Libya">Idris I</a> is proclaimed King of Libya.<sup about="#mwt149" class="mw-ref reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","attrs":{},"body":{"id":"mw-reference-text-cite_note-27"}}' id="cite_ref-27" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref"><a href="./December_24#cite_note-27" id="mwAQ0" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 27;"><span class="mw-reflink-text" id="mwAQ4">[27]</span></a></sup>

<span class="mw-reference-text" id="mw-reference-text-cite_note-27"><cite about="#mwt146" class="citation book cs1" id="CITEREFVandewalle2012">Vandewalle, Dirk (26 March 2012). <a class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=Ua2wPCQbpgcC" id="mwCP0" rel="mw:ExtLink nofollow"><i id="mwCP4">A History of Modern Libya</i></a> (2nd<span id="mwCP8" typeof="mw:Entity"> </span>ed.). Cambridge University Press. p.<span id="mwCQA" typeof="mw:Entity"> </span>43. <a class="mw-redirect" href="./ISBN_(identifier)" id="mwCQE" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a><span id="mwCQI" typeof="mw:Entity"> </span><a href="./Special:BookSources/9781107019393" id="mwCQM" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Special:BookSources/9781107019393"><bdi id="mwCQQ">9781107019393</bdi></a><span class="reference-accessdate" id="mwCQU">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap" id="mwCQY">2021-10-24</span></span>.</cite><span about="#mwt146" class="Z3988" id="mwCQc" title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&amp;rft.genre=book&amp;rft.btitle=A+History+of+Modern+Libya&amp;rft.pages=43&amp;rft.edition=2nd&amp;rft.pub=Cambridge+University+Press&amp;rft.date=2012-03-26&amp;rft.isbn=9781107019393&amp;rft.aulast=Vandewalle&amp;rft.aufirst=Dirk&amp;rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DUa2wPCQbpgcC&amp;rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ADecember+24"></span></span>

First flight of Britain's <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Handley_Page_Victor" id="mwARI" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Handley Page Victor">Handley Page Victor</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strategic_bomber" id="mwARM" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Strategic bomber">strategic bomber</a>.

<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tangiwai_disaster" id="mwARc" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Tangiwai disaster">Tangiwai disaster</a>: In <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Zealand" id="mwARg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="New Zealand">New Zealand</a>'s <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Island" id="mwARk" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="North Island">North Island</a>, at <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tangiwai" id="mwARo" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Tangiwai">Tangiwai</a>, a railway bridge is damaged by a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lahar" id="mwARs" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Lahar">lahar</a> and collapses beneath a passenger train, killing 151 people.<sup about="#mwt154" class="mw-ref reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","attrs":{},"body":{"id":"mw-reference-text-cite_note-28"}}' id="cite_ref-28" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref"><a href="./December_24#cite_note-28" id="mwARw" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 28;"><span class="mw-reflink-text" id="mwAR0">[28]</span></a></sup>

<span class="mw-reference-text" id="mw-reference-text-cite_note-28"><cite about="#mwt151" class="citation news cs1" id="CITEREFSmith2011">Smith, Jacqueline (6 August 2011). <a class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20121025191303/http://www.nzherald.co.nz/new-zealand/news/article.cfm?l_id=71&amp;objectid=10743254" id="mwCQs" rel="mw:ExtLink nofollow">"Death and the maiden: The tale of 'Tangiwai'<span class="cs1-kern-right" id="mwCQw"></span>"</a>. <i id="mwCQ0"><a href="./The_New_Zealand_Herald" id="mwCQ4" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="The New Zealand Herald">The New Zealand Herald</a></i>. Archived from <a class="external text" href="http://www.nzherald.co.nz/new-zealand/news/article.cfm?l_id=71&amp;objectid=10743254" id="mwCQ8" rel="mw:ExtLink nofollow">the original</a> on 2012-10-25<span class="reference-accessdate" id="mwCRA">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap" id="mwCRE">2021-10-24</span></span>.</cite><span about="#mwt151" class="Z3988" id="mwCRI" title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&amp;rft.genre=article&amp;rft.jtitle=The+New+Zealand+Herald&amp;rft.atitle=Death+and+the+maiden%3A+The+tale+of+%27Tangiwai%27&amp;rft.date=2011-08-06&amp;rft.aulast=Smith&amp;rft.aufirst=Jacqueline&amp;rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.nzherald.co.nz%2Fnew-zealand%2Fnews%2Farticle.cfm%3Fl_id%3D71%26objectid%3D10743254&amp;rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ADecember+24"></span></span>

<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vietnam_War" id="mwASE" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Vietnam War">Vietnam War</a>: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viet_Cong" id="mwASI" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Viet Cong">Viet Cong</a> operatives <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1964_Brinks_Hotel_bombing" id="mwASM" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="1964 Brinks Hotel bombing">bomb the Brinks Hotel</a> in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ho_Chi_Minh_City" id="mwASQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Ho Chi Minh City">Saigon</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Vietnam" id="mwASU" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="South Vietnam">South Vietnam</a> to demonstrate they can strike an American installation in the heavily guarded capital.<sup about="#mwt159" class="mw-ref reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","attrs":{},"body":{"id":"mw-reference-text-cite_note-29"}}' id="cite_ref-29" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref"><a href="./December_24#cite_note-29" id="mwASY" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 29;"><span class="mw-reflink-text" id="mwASc">[29]</span></a></sup>

<span class="mw-reference-text" id="mw-reference-text-cite_note-29"><cite about="#mwt156" class="citation book cs1" id="CITEREFLangguth2000">Langguth, A. J. (2000). <a class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=vQorBRYyu_gC" id="mwCRY" rel="mw:ExtLink nofollow"><i id="mwCRc">Our Vietnam-The War 1954-1975</i></a>. Simon &amp; Schuster. p.<span id="mwCRg" typeof="mw:Entity"> </span>326. <a class="mw-redirect" href="./ISBN_(identifier)" id="mwCRk" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a><span id="mwCRo" typeof="mw:Entity"> </span><a href="./Special:BookSources/9780743212441" id="mwCRs" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Special:BookSources/9780743212441"><bdi id="mwCRw">9780743212441</bdi></a><span class="reference-accessdate" id="mwCR0">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap" id="mwCR4">2021-10-24</span></span>.</cite><span about="#mwt156" class="Z3988" id="mwCR8" title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&amp;rft.genre=book&amp;rft.btitle=Our+Vietnam-The+War+1954-1975&amp;rft.pages=326&amp;rft.pub=Simon+%26+Schuster&amp;rft.date=2000&amp;rft.isbn=9780743212441&amp;rft.aulast=Langguth&amp;rft.aufirst=A.+J.&amp;rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DvQorBRYyu_gC&amp;rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ADecember+24"></span></span>

<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flying_Tiger_Line_Flight_282" id="mwASo" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Flying Tiger Line Flight 282">Flying Tiger Line Flight 282</a> crashes after takeoff from <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Francisco_International_Airport" id="mwASs" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="San Francisco International Airport">San Francisco International Airport</a>, killing three.<sup about="#mwt164" class="mw-ref reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","attrs":{},"body":{"id":"mw-reference-text-cite_note-30"}}' id="cite_ref-30" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref"><a href="./December_24#cite_note-30" id="mwASw" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 30;"><span class="mw-reflink-text" id="mwAS0">[30]</span></a></sup>

<span class="mw-reference-text" id="mw-reference-text-cite_note-30"><cite about="#mwt161" class="citation web cs1" id="CITEREFRanter">Ranter, Harro. <a class="external text" href="https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19641224-0" id="mwCSM" rel="mw:ExtLink nofollow">"ASN Aircraft accident Lockheed L-1049H Super Constellation N6915C San Francisco International Airport, CA (SFO)"</a>. <i id="mwCSQ">aviation-safety.net</i>. <a class="mw-redirect" href="./Aviation_Safety_Network" id="mwCSU" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Aviation Safety Network">Aviation Safety Network</a><span class="reference-accessdate" id="mwCSY">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap" id="mwCSc">2019-12-23</span></span>.</cite><span about="#mwt161" class="Z3988" id="mwCSg" title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&amp;rft.genre=unknown&amp;rft.jtitle=aviation-safety.net&amp;rft.atitle=ASN+Aircraft+accident+Lockheed+L-1049H+Super+Constellation+N6915C+San+Francisco+International+Airport%2C+CA+%28SFO%29&amp;rft.aulast=Ranter&amp;rft.aufirst=Harro&amp;rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Faviation-safety.net%2Fdatabase%2Frecord.php%3Fid%3D19641224-0&amp;rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ADecember+24"></span></span>

A <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canadair_CL-44" id="mwATE" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Canadair CL-44">Canadair CL-44</a> chartered by the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Armed_Forces" id="mwATI" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="United States Armed Forces">United States military</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1966_Flying_Tiger_Line_Canadair_CL-44_crash" id="mwATM" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="1966 Flying Tiger Line Canadair CL-44 crash">crashes</a> into a small village in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Vietnam" id="mwATQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="South Vietnam">South Vietnam</a>, killing 111.<sup about="#mwt169" class="mw-ref reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","attrs":{},"body":{"id":"mw-reference-text-cite_note-31"}}' id="cite_ref-31" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref"><a href="./December_24#cite_note-31" id="mwATU" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 31;"><span class="mw-reflink-text" id="mwATY">[31]</span></a></sup>

<span class="mw-reference-text" id="mw-reference-text-cite_note-31"><cite about="#mwt166" class="citation web cs1" id="mwCSw"><a class="external text" href="https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19660321-0" id="mwCS0" rel="mw:ExtLink nofollow">"Canadair CL-44D4-2"</a>. <i id="mwCS4">Aviation Safety Network</i>.</cite><span about="#mwt166" class="Z3988" id="mwCS8" title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&amp;rft.genre=unknown&amp;rft.jtitle=Aviation+Safety+Network&amp;rft.atitle=Canadair+CL-44D4-2&amp;rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Faviation-safety.net%2Fdatabase%2Frecord.php%3Fid%3D19660321-0&amp;rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ADecember+24"></span></span>

<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_program" id="mwATo" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Apollo program">Apollo program</a>: The crew of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_8" id="mwATs" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Apollo 8">Apollo 8</a> enters into orbit around the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moon" id="mwATw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Moon">Moon</a>, becoming the first humans to do so. They performed ten <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lunar_orbit" id="mwAT0" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Lunar orbit">lunar orbits</a>, took the <i id="mwAT4"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earthrise" id="mwAT8" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Earthrise">Earthrise</a></i> photograph, broadcast live TV pictures, and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_8_Genesis_reading" id="mwAUA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Apollo 8 Genesis reading">read the first ten verses of Genesis</a>.<sup about="#mwt174" class="mw-ref reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","attrs":{},"body":{"id":"mw-reference-text-cite_note-32"}}' id="cite_ref-32" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref"><a href="./December_24#cite_note-32" id="mwAUE" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 32;"><span class="mw-reflink-text" id="mwAUI">[32]</span></a></sup>

<span class="mw-reference-text" id="mw-reference-text-cite_note-32"><cite about="#mwt171" class="citation book cs1" id="CITEREFChaikin1998">Chaikin, Andrew (1998) [First published 1994]. <i id="mwCTM">A Man on the Moon</i>. New York: Penguin Books. <a class="mw-redirect" href="./ISBN_(identifier)" id="mwCTQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a><span id="mwCTU" typeof="mw:Entity"> </span><a href="./Special:BookSources/978-0-14-027201-7" id="mwCTY" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-14-027201-7"><bdi id="mwCTc">978-0-14-027201-7</bdi></a>.</cite><span about="#mwt171" class="Z3988" id="mwCTg" title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&amp;rft.genre=book&amp;rft.btitle=A+Man+on+the+Moon&amp;rft.place=New+York&amp;rft.pub=Penguin+Books&amp;rft.date=1998&amp;rft.isbn=978-0-14-027201-7&amp;rft.aulast=Chaikin&amp;rft.aufirst=Andrew&amp;rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ADecember+24"></span></span>

Nigerian troops capture <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Umuahia" id="mwAUY" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Umuahia">Umuahia</a>, the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biafra" id="mwAUc" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Biafra">Biafran</a> capital.

<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LANSA_Flight_508" id="mwAUs" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="LANSA Flight 508">LANSA Flight 508</a> is struck by lightning and crashes in the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Puerto_Inca_District" id="mwAUw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Puerto Inca District">Puerto Inca District</a> in the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Department_of_Huánuco" id="mwAU0" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Department of Huánuco">Department of Huánuco</a> in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peru" id="mwAU4" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Peru">Peru</a>, killing 91.<sup about="#mwt179" class="mw-ref reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","attrs":{},"body":{"id":"mw-reference-text-cite_note-33"}}' id="cite_ref-33" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref"><a href="./December_24#cite_note-33" id="mwAU8" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 33;"><span class="mw-reflink-text" id="mwAVA">[33]</span></a></sup>

<span class="mw-reference-text" id="mw-reference-text-cite_note-33"><cite about="#mwt176" class="citation web cs1" id="mwCTw">Ranter, Harro. <a class="external text" href="https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19711224-0" id="mwCT0" rel="mw:ExtLink nofollow">"ASN Aircraft accident Lockheed L-188A Electra OB-R-941 Puerto Inca"</a>. <i id="mwCT4">aviation-safety.net</i>. Aviation Safety Network<span class="reference-accessdate" id="mwCT8">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap" id="mwCUA">2020-12-23</span></span>.</cite><span about="#mwt176" class="Z3988" id="mwCUE" title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&amp;rft.genre=unknown&amp;rft.jtitle=aviation-safety.net&amp;rft.atitle=ASN+Aircraft+accident+Lockheed+L-188A+Electra+OB-R-941+Puerto+Inca&amp;rft.aulast=Ranter&amp;rft.aufirst=Harro&amp;rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Faviation-safety.net%2Fdatabase%2Frecord.php%3Fid%3D19711224-0&amp;rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ADecember+24"></span></span>

<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/District_of_Columbia_Home_Rule_Act" id="mwAVQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="District of Columbia Home Rule Act">District of Columbia Home Rule Act</a> is passed, allowing residents of Washington, D.C. to elect their own <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Local_government" id="mwAVU" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Local government">local government</a>.

<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyclone_Tracy" id="mwAVk" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Cyclone Tracy">Cyclone Tracy</a> devastates <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darwin,_Northern_Territory" id="mwAVo" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Darwin, Northern Territory">Darwin</a>, Australia.<sup about="#mwt184" class="mw-ref reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","attrs":{},"body":{"id":"mw-reference-text-cite_note-34"}}' id="cite_ref-34" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref"><a href="./December_24#cite_note-34" id="mwAVs" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 34;"><span class="mw-reflink-text" id="mwAVw">[34]</span></a></sup>

<span class="mw-reference-text" id="mw-reference-text-cite_note-34"><cite about="#mwt181" class="citation web cs1" id="mwCUU"><a class="external text" href="http://www.bom.gov.au/cyclone/about/extremes.shtml" id="mwCUY" rel="mw:ExtLink nofollow">"Tropical cyclone extremes"</a>. <a href="./Bureau_of_Meteorology" id="mwCUc" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Bureau of Meteorology">Bureau of Meteorology</a>. <a class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150721225339/http://www.bom.gov.au/cyclone/about/extremes.shtml" id="mwCUg" rel="mw:ExtLink nofollow">Archived</a> from the original on 2015-07-21<span class="reference-accessdate" id="mwCUk">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap" id="mwCUo">2021-10-24</span></span>.</cite><span about="#mwt181" class="Z3988" id="mwCUs" title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&amp;rft.genre=unknown&amp;rft.btitle=Tropical+cyclone+extremes&amp;rft.pub=Bureau+of+Meteorology&amp;rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.bom.gov.au%2Fcyclone%2Fabout%2Fextremes.shtml&amp;rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ADecember+24"></span></span>

<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aeroflot_Flight_601" id="mwAWA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Aeroflot Flight 601">Aeroflot Flight 601</a> crashes during takeoff from <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leshukonskoye_Airport" id="mwAWE" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Leshukonskoye Airport">Leshukonskoye Airport</a>, killing 44 of the 49 people on board.<sup about="#mwt189" class="mw-ref reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","attrs":{"name":"airdis"},"body":{"id":"mw-reference-text-cite_note-airdis-35"}}' id="cite_ref-airdis_35-0" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref"><a href="./December_24#cite_note-airdis-35" id="mwAWI" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 35;"><span class="mw-reflink-text" id="mwAWM">[35]</span></a></sup>

<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air_France_Flight_8969" id="mwAWc" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Air France Flight 8969">Air France Flight 8969</a> is hijacked on the ground at <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Houari_Boumediene_Airport" id="mwAWg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Houari Boumediene Airport">Houari Boumediene Airport</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Algiers" id="mwAWk" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Algiers">Algiers</a>, Algeria. Over the course of three days three passengers are killed, as are all four terrorists.<sup about="#mwt194" class="mw-ref reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","attrs":{},"body":{"id":"mw-reference-text-cite_note-36"}}' id="cite_ref-36" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref"><a href="./December_24#cite_note-36" id="mwAWo" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 36;"><span class="mw-reflink-text" id="mwAWs">[36]</span></a></sup>

<span class="mw-reference-text" id="mw-reference-text-cite_note-36"><cite about="#mwt191" class="citation magazine cs1" id="CITEREFSancton2001"><a href="./Tom_Sancton" id="mwCVo" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Tom Sancton">Sancton, Thomas</a> (24 June 2001). <a class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090523083536/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0%2C9171%2C163487%2C00.html" id="mwCVs" rel="mw:ExtLink nofollow">"Anatomy of a Hijack"</a>. <i id="mwCVw"><a href="./Time_(magazine)" id="mwCV0" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Time (magazine)">Time</a></i>. Paris: <a href="./WarnerMedia" id="mwCV4" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="WarnerMedia">AOL Time Warner</a>. Archived from <a class="external text" href="http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,163487,00.html" id="mwCV8" rel="mw:ExtLink nofollow">the original</a> on 2009-05-23<span class="reference-accessdate" id="mwCWA">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap" id="mwCWE">2021-10-24</span></span>.</cite><span about="#mwt191" class="Z3988" id="mwCWI" title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&amp;rft.genre=article&amp;rft.jtitle=Time&amp;rft.atitle=Anatomy+of+a+Hijack&amp;rft.date=2001-06-24&amp;rft.aulast=Sancton&amp;rft.aufirst=Thomas&amp;rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.time.com%2Ftime%2Fmagazine%2Farticle%2F0%2C9171%2C163487%2C00.html&amp;rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ADecember+24"></span></span>

A <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Learjet_35" id="mwAW8" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Learjet 35">Learjet 35</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1996_New_Hampshire_Learjet_crash" id="mwAXA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="1996 New Hampshire Learjet crash">crashes</a> into <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smarts_Mountain" id="mwAXE" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Smarts Mountain">Smarts Mountain</a> near <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dorchester,_New_Hampshire" id="mwAXI" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Dorchester, New Hampshire">Dorchester, New Hampshire</a>, killing both pilots on board.<sup about="#mwt199" class="mw-ref reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","attrs":{},"body":{"id":"mw-reference-text-cite_note-37"}}' id="cite_ref-37" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref"><a href="./December_24#cite_note-37" id="mwAXM" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 37;"><span class="mw-reflink-text" id="mwAXQ">[37]</span></a></sup>

<span class="mw-reference-text" id="mw-reference-text-cite_note-37"><cite about="#mwt196" class="citation web cs1" id="mwCWY">Ranter, Harro. <a class="external text" href="https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19961224-0" id="mwCWc" rel="mw:ExtLink nofollow">"ASN Aircraft accident Learjet 35A N388LS Dorchester, NH"</a>. <i id="mwCWg">aviation-safety.net</i>. Aviation Safety Network. <a class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20060207071700/http://aviation-safety.net:80/database/record.php?id=19961224-0" id="mwCWk" rel="mw:ExtLink nofollow">Archived</a> from the original on 2006-02-07<span class="reference-accessdate" id="mwCWo">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap" id="mwCWs">2021-12-21</span></span>.</cite><span about="#mwt196" class="Z3988" id="mwCWw" title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&amp;rft.genre=unknown&amp;rft.jtitle=aviation-safety.net&amp;rft.atitle=ASN+Aircraft+accident+Learjet+35A+N388LS+Dorchester%2C+NH&amp;rft.aulast=Ranter&amp;rft.aufirst=Harro&amp;rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Faviation-safety.net%2Fdatabase%2Frecord.php%3Fid%3D19961224-0&amp;rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ADecember+24"></span></span>

The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sid_El-Antri_massacre" id="mwAXg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Sid El-Antri massacre">Sid El-Antri massacre</a> in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Algeria" id="mwAXk" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Algeria">Algeria</a> kills between 50 and 100 people.<sup about="#mwt204" class="mw-ref reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","attrs":{},"body":{"id":"mw-reference-text-cite_note-38"}}' id="cite_ref-38" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref"><a href="./December_24#cite_note-38" id="mwAXo" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 38;"><span class="mw-reflink-text" id="mwAXs">[38]</span></a></sup>

<span class="mw-reference-text" id="mw-reference-text-cite_note-38"><cite about="#mwt201" class="citation web cs1 cs1-prop-foreign-lang-source" id="mwCXA"><a class="external text" href="http://www.algeria-watch.de/fr/article/pol/amnistie/amnistie_tissemsilt.htm" id="mwCXE" rel="mw:ExtLink nofollow">"<span class="cs1-kern-left" id="mwCXI"></span>"L'important pour nous c'est d'avoir nos droits"<span class="cs1-kern-right" id="mwCXM"></span>"</a>. <i id="mwCXQ">Algeria-Watch</i> (in French). 13 December 2009<span class="reference-accessdate" id="mwCXU">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap" id="mwCXY">2021-10-24</span></span>.</cite><span about="#mwt201" class="Z3988" id="mwCXc" title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&amp;rft.genre=unknown&amp;rft.jtitle=Algeria-Watch&amp;rft.atitle=%22L%27important+pour+nous+c%27est+d%27avoir+nos+droits%22&amp;rft.date=2009-12-13&amp;rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.algeria-watch.de%2Ffr%2Farticle%2Fpol%2Famnistie%2Famnistie_tissemsilt.htm&amp;rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ADecember+24"></span><link about="#mwt201" href="./Category:CS1_French-language_sources_(fr)" id="mwCXg" rel="mw:PageProp/Category"/></span>

<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_Airlines_Flight_814" id="mwAX8" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Indian Airlines Flight 814">Indian Airlines Flight 814</a> is hijacked in Indian airspace between <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kathmandu" id="mwAYA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Kathmandu">Kathmandu</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nepal" id="mwAYE" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Nepal">Nepal</a>, and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delhi" id="mwAYI" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Delhi">Delhi</a>, India. The aircraft landed at <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kandahar" id="mwAYM" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Kandahar">Kandahar</a> in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Afghanistan" id="mwAYQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Afghanistan">Afghanistan</a>. The incident ended on <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/December_31" id="mwAYU" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="December 31">December 31</a> with the release of 190 survivors (one passenger is killed).<sup about="#mwt209" class="mw-ref reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","attrs":{},"body":{"id":"mw-reference-text-cite_note-39"}}' id="cite_ref-39" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref"><a href="./December_24#cite_note-39" id="mwAYY" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 39;"><span class="mw-reflink-text" id="mwAYc">[39]</span></a></sup>

<span class="mw-reference-text" id="mw-reference-text-cite_note-39"><cite about="#mwt206" class="citation web cs1" id="mwCXw"><a class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140326022254/http://ibnlive.in.com/news/govt-fumbled-ic814-taken-away/20846-3.html" id="mwCX0" rel="mw:ExtLink nofollow">"How Govt lost the IC-814 hijack deal"</a>. <i id="mwCX4">IBN Live</i>. 7 September 2006. Archived from <a class="external text" href="http://www.ibnlive.com/news/govt-fumbled-ic814-taken-away/20846-3.html" id="mwCX8" rel="mw:ExtLink nofollow">the original</a> on 2014-03-26<span class="reference-accessdate" id="mwCYA">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap" id="mwCYE">2021-10-24</span></span>.</cite><span about="#mwt206" class="Z3988" id="mwCYI" title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&amp;rft.genre=unknown&amp;rft.jtitle=IBN+Live&amp;rft.atitle=How+Govt+lost+the+IC-814+hijack+deal&amp;rft.date=2006-09-07&amp;rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ibnlive.com%2Fnews%2Fgovt-fumbled-ic814-taken-away%2F20846-3.html&amp;rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ADecember+24"></span></span>

The Spanish police thwart an attempt by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ETA_(separatist_group)" id="mwAYs" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="ETA (separatist group)">ETA</a> to detonate 50<span id="mwAYw" typeof="mw:Entity"> </span>kg of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Explosive" id="mwAY0" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Explosive">explosives</a> at 3:55<span id="mwAY4" typeof="mw:Entity"> </span>p.m. inside <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madrid" id="mwAY8" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Madrid">Madrid</a>'s busy <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madrid_Chamartín_railway_station" id="mwAZA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Madrid Chamartín railway station">Chamartín Station</a>.<sup about="#mwt214" class="mw-ref reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","attrs":{},"body":{"id":"mw-reference-text-cite_note-40"}}' id="cite_ref-40" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref"><a href="./December_24#cite_note-40" id="mwAZE" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 40;"><span class="mw-reflink-text" id="mwAZI">[40]</span></a></sup>

<span class="mw-reference-text" id="mw-reference-text-cite_note-40"><cite about="#mwt211" class="citation news cs1" id="CITEREFGoodman2003">Goodman, Al (24 December 2003). <a class="external text" href="https://edition.cnn.com/2003/WORLD/europe/12/24/spain.arrests/index.html" id="mwCYY" rel="mw:ExtLink nofollow">"Spain police thwart train bombing"</a>. <i id="mwCYc">CNN</i>. Time Warner<span class="reference-accessdate" id="mwCYg">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap" id="mwCYk">2022-02-17</span></span>.</cite><span about="#mwt211" class="Z3988" id="mwCYo" title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&amp;rft.genre=article&amp;rft.jtitle=CNN&amp;rft.atitle=Spain+police+thwart+train+bombing&amp;rft.date=2003-12-24&amp;rft.aulast=Goodman&amp;rft.aufirst=Al&amp;rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fedition.cnn.com%2F2003%2FWORLD%2Feurope%2F12%2F24%2Fspain.arrests%2Findex.html&amp;rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ADecember+24"></span></span>

<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chad–Sudan_relations" id="mwAZY" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Chad–Sudan relations">Chad–Sudan relations</a>: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chad" id="mwAZc" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Chad">Chad</a> declares a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Declaration_of_war" id="mwAZg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Declaration of war">state of belligerence</a> against <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sudan" id="mwAZk" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Sudan">Sudan</a> following a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/December_18" id="mwAZo" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="December 18">December 18</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Adré" id="mwAZs" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Battle of Adré">attack on Adré</a>, which left about 100 people dead.<sup about="#mwt219" class="mw-ref reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","attrs":{},"body":{"id":"mw-reference-text-cite_note-41"}}' id="cite_ref-41" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref"><a href="./December_24#cite_note-41" id="mwAZw" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 41;"><span class="mw-reflink-text" id="mwAZ0">[41]</span></a></sup>

<span class="mw-reference-text" id="mw-reference-text-cite_note-41"><cite about="#mwt216" class="citation news cs1" id="CITEREFPadire2005">Padire, Dany Danzoumbe (23 December 2005). <a class="external text" href="https://reliefweb.int/report/chad/chad-declares-state-belligerence-sudan" id="mwCY4" rel="mw:ExtLink nofollow">"Chad declares "state of belligerence" with Sudan"</a>. <i id="mwCY8">ReliefWeb</i><span class="reference-accessdate" id="mwCZA">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap" id="mwCZE">2022-02-17</span></span>.</cite><span about="#mwt216" class="Z3988" id="mwCZI" title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&amp;rft.genre=article&amp;rft.jtitle=ReliefWeb&amp;rft.atitle=Chad+declares+%22state+of+belligerence%22+with+Sudan&amp;rft.date=2005-12-23&amp;rft.aulast=Padire&amp;rft.aufirst=Dany+Danzoumbe&amp;rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Freliefweb.int%2Freport%2Fchad%2Fchad-declares-state-belligerence-sudan&amp;rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ADecember+24"></span></span>