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December 24

Christmas Island (Kiritimati)

759 – The Tang-dynasty poet Du Fu departed for Chengdu, where he lived for the next five years and composed poems about life in his thatched cottage.
1777 – An expedition led by English explorer James Cook reached Christmas Island (pictured), the largest coral atoll in the world.
1814 – The United Kingdom and the United States signed a peace treaty in Ghent, present-day Belgium, ending the War of 1812.
1979 – The Soviet government deployed troops in Afghanistan, starting the Soviet–Afghan War.
1999 – Jihadists linked to al-Qaeda hijacked Indian Airlines Flight 814 to force the release of Islamist figures held in prison in India.

Maslama ibn Abd al-Malik (d. 738)
George Crabbe (b. 1754)
Adam Exner (b. 1928)
Turid Birkeland (d. 2015)

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Inca

what about the end of the 5th incan epoch? where would that go? we don't know

Last son of...

Is Robert Todd Lincoln Beckwith more than trivia? Last descendant of Lincoln, yadda yadda yadda... The man is of no interest as far as I can see. I will remove him if no-one protests here within a week or so. Greswik 17:29, 23 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

1979

There appears to be some dispute over whether the Soviets invaded Afghanistan on Dec 23 or 24. The first launch of the Europe rocket or whatever is correct on December 23 1979. And the Soviet invasion is listed on the December 23 page while on its own page Soviet war in Afghanistan it has December 24. EdEColbert⁰⁵⁸⁵ 04:51, 28 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Actually, the Soviet War in Afghanistan lists it as Dec 27. EdEColbert⁰⁵⁸⁵ 04:56, 28 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Want to add someone

I want to add someone who doesn't have his Wikipedia yet Sriiiija (talk) 19:59, 17 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Michael Curtiz

According to http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/person/42547%7C111394/Michael-Curtiz/ and his own wikipedia page, Michael Curtiz was born in 1886 not 1888 Elspooky (talk) 12:02, 24 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Adam and Eve

According to a non-citable source, December 24 was feasted by Eastern Christians and medieval Germans as Saint Adam and Eve. --Error (talk) 20:51, 22 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]