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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/December_24

#Events

1294 – Pope Boniface VIII is elected, replacing St. Celestine V, who had resigned.

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1777 – Kiritimati, also called Christmas Island, is discovered by James Cook. *

Flowers of beach naupaka (Scaevola taccada),

Kiritimati's most typical woody plant.

Sweetscent (Pluchea odorata)

has become a serious weed in parts of Kiritimati.

8 November 1957: Grapple X Round C1,

the first successful British hydrogen bomb test,

detonates over Kiritimati's South East Point.

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#Today’sStamp

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1818

– The first performance of "Silent Night"

takes place in the church of St. Nikolaus in Oberndorf, Austria.

Stille Nacht (Silent Night )

https://youtu.be/4puLybRGSAw

Stille Nacht (Silent Night) / Members of the Berliner Philharmoniker

https://youtu.be/JderOU9IBTo

Montserrat Caballé & Montserrat Marti:

Stille Nacht,

Heilige Nacht

(Silent Night,

Holy Night)

https://youtu.be/3-6a8sJGwU0

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1906 – Radio: Reginald Fessenden transmits the first radio broadcast;

consisting of a poetry reading, a violin solo, and a speech.*

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1951 – Libya becomes independent from Italy. Idris I is proclaimed King of Libya.

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1968 – Apollo program:

The crew of Apollo 8 enters into orbit around the Moon,

becoming the first humans to do so.

They performed ten lunar orbits and broadcast live TV pictures.

Apollo 8's Christmas Eve 1968 Message

https://youtu.be/ToHhQUhdyBY

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1969 – The oil company Phillips Petroleum made the first oil discovery in the Norwegian sector of North Sea.

#FelizAniversário

#FelizCumpleaños

#HappyBirthday

#JoyeuxAnniversaire

#BuonCompleanno

#Nacimientos

1475 – Thomas Murner, German poet and translator (d. 1537)

1596 – Leonaert Bramer, Dutch painter (d. 1674)

1625 – Johann Rudolph Ahle, German organist, composer, and theorist (d. 1673)

1679 – Domenico Sarro, Italian composer and educator (d. 1744)

1726 – Johann Hartmann, Danish composer (d. 1793)

1754 – George Crabbe, English priest, surgeon, and poet (d. 1832)

1798 – Adam Mickiewicz, Polish poet and playwright (d. 1855)

1810 – Wilhelm Marstrand, Danish painter and illustrator (d. 1873)

1822 – Matthew Arnold, English poet and critic (d. 1888)

1843 – Lydia Koidula, Estonian poet and playwright (d. 1886)

1867 – Tevfik Fikret, Turkish poet and educator (d. 1915)

1869 – Henriette Roland Holst, Dutch poet, playwright, and politician (d. 1952)

1877 – Sigrid Schauman, Finnish painter and critic (d. 1979)

1879 – Émile Nelligan, Canadian poet (d. 1941)

1880 – Johnny Gruelle, American author and illustrator (d. 1939)

1881 – Charles Wakefield Cadman, American composer and critic (d. 1946)

1885 – Paul Manship, American sculptor (d. 1966)

1888 – Michael Curtiz, Hungarian-American actor, director, and producer (d. 1962)

1891 – Feodor Stepanovich Rojankovsky, Russian illustrator and painter (d. 1970)

1893 – Harry Warren, American pianist and composer (d. 1981)

1895 – E. Roland Harriman, American financier and philanthropist (d. 1978)

1895 – Noel Streatfeild, English author (d. 1986)

1903 – Joseph Cornell, American sculptor and director (d. 1972)

1906 – Franz Waxman, German-American composer and conductor (d. 1967)

1907 – I. F. Stone, American journalist and author (d. 1989)

1910 – Fritz Leiber, American author and poet (d. 1992)

1913 – Ad Reinhardt, American painter and academic (d. 1967)

1914 – Herbert Reinecker, German author and screenwriter (d. 2007)

1919 – Qateel Shifai, Pakistani poet and songwriter (d. 2001)

1919 – Pierre Soulages, French artist

1920 – Franco Lucentini, Italian author and screenwriter (d. 2002)

1928 – Lev Vlassenko, Georgian-Australian pianist and educator (d. 1996)

1929 – Philip Ziegler, English historian and author

1930 – Robert Joffrey, American dancer and choreographer (d. 1988)

1931 – Ray Bryant, American pianist and composer (d. 2011)

1931 – Mauricio Kagel, Argentinian-German composer and scholar (d. 2008)

1934 – John Critchinson, English pianist and composer (d. 2017)

1942 – Indra Bania, Indian actor, director, and playwright (d. 2015)

1942 – Đoàn Viết Hoạt, Vietnamese journalist, educator, and activist

1944 – Barry Elliot, English actor and screenwriter

1950 – Dana Gioia, American poet and critic

1950 – Libby Larsen, American composer

1960 – Glenn McQueen, Canadian-American animator (d. 2002)

1961 – Eriko Kitagawa, Japanese director and screenwriter

1962 – Kate Spade, American fashion designer, co-founded Kate Spade New York

1963 – Caroline Aherne, English actress, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2016)

1969 – Brad Anderson, American wrestler*

1969 – Pernille Fischer Christensen, Danish director and screenwriter

1969 – Nick Love, English director and screenwriter

1969 – Mark Millar, Scottish author

1970 – Adam Haslett, American author and academic

1973 – Stephenie Meyer, American author and film producer

1974 – Paal Nilssen-Love, Norwegian drummer and composer

1974 – J.D. Walsh, American actor, director, and producer

1979 – Chris Hero, American wrestler and trainer

#Obituario RecordarANuestrosMuertosEsDarlesVidaEternaEnNuestrosCorazones.EnPazDescanse

1453 – John Dunstaple, English composer (b. 1390)

1707 – Noël Coypel, French painter and educator (b. 1628)

1863 – William Makepeace Thackeray, English author and poet (b. 1811)

1865 – Charles Lock Eastlake, English painter and historian (b. 1793)

1873 – Johns Hopkins, American businessman and philanthropist (b. 1795)

1889 – Jan Jakob Lodewijk ten Kate, Dutch pastor and poet (b. 1819)

1914 – John Muir, Scottish-American geologist, botanist, and author, founded Sierra Club (b. 1838)

1941 – Siegfried Alkan, German composer (b. 1858)

1961 – Robert Hillyer, American poet and academic (b. 1895)

1962 – Eveline Adelheid von Maydell, German illustrator (b. 1890)

1964 – Claudia Jones, Trinidad-British journalist and activist (b. 1915)

1975 – Bernard Herrmann, American composer and conductor (b. 1911)

1982 – Louis Aragon, French author and poet (b. 1897)

1985 – Camille Tourville, Canadian-American wrestler and manager (b. 1927)

1986 – Gardner Fox, American author (b. 1911)

1988 – Jainendra Kumar, Indian author (b. 1905)

1990 – Thorbjørn Egner, Norwegian playwright and songwriter (b. 1922)

1991 – Virginia Sorensen, American author (b. 1912)

1994 – John Boswell, American historian, author, and academic (b. 1947)

1997 – James Komack, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1930)

1997 – Toshiro Mifune, Chinese-Japanese actor and producer (b. 1920)

1997 – Pierre Péladeau, Canadian businessman, founded Quebecor (b. 1925)

1999 – Bill Bowerman, American runner, coach, and businessman, co-founded Nike, Inc. (b. 1911)

2002 – Kjell Aukrust, Norwegian author and poet (b. 1920)

2006 – Kenneth Sivertsen, Norwegian guitarist and composer (b. 1961)

2008 – Harold Pinter, English playwright, screenwriter, director, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1930)

2009 – Gero von Wilpert, German author and academic (b. 1933)

2010 – Eino Tamberg, Estonian composer and educator (b. 1930)

2012 – Richard Rodney Bennett, English-American composer and academic (b. 1936)

2012 – Charles Durning, American soldier and actor (b. 1923)

2012 – Dennis O'Driscoll, Irish poet and critic (b. 1954)

2013 – Frédéric Back, German-Canadian director, animator, and screenwriter (b. 1924)*

2013 – Ian Barbour, Chinese-American author and scholar (b. 1923)

2013 – Allan McKeown, English-American screenwriter and producer (b. 1946)

2014 – Buddy DeFranco, American clarinet player (b. 1923)

2014 – Krzysztof Krauze, Polish director and screenwriter (b. 1953)

2016 – Richard Adams, English author (b. 1920)

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#Holidays

Christmas Eve (Christianity) and its related observances:

Aðfangadagskvöld, the day when the 13th and the last Yule Lad arrives to towns. (Iceland)

Feast of the Seven Fishes (Italy)

Juleaften (Denmark)/Julaften (Norway)/Julafton (Sweden)

Nittel Nacht (certain Orthodox Jewish denominations)

Nochebuena (Spain and Spanish-speaking countries)

The Declaration of Christmas Peace (Old Great Square of Turku, Finland's official Christmas City

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#FotoDelDía

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