HAPPENED TODAY
December 24, 1524: died in Cochin in India the Portuguese navigator Vasco da Gama.
December 24, 1951: Libya becomes an independent kingdom, after the British rule.
December 24, 1965: Veterans Confederate Army, a private club formed in Tennessee: the Ku Klux Klan.
December 24, 1968: Christmas Message live from space. Astronauts Lovell, Borman and Anders send their message of peace: "The moon is a little closer to Earth ... and the world a little smaller."
December 24, 1975: Clashes the outskirts of Buenos Aires, Argentina. The fighting between security forces and guerrillas last 9 hours.
December 24, 1978: The Radio Hanoi, Vietnam, Chinese troops accused of entering the day before, twice in their territory.
BORN TODAY
December 24, 1837: Elisabeth of Bavaria, Empress of Austria, Queen of Hungary.
December 24, 1950: Fausto Terenzi, radio host.
December 24, 1965: Emma Marcegaglia, businesswoman, first woman president of the "Young Entrepreneurs".
Ilaria Biancacci
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