December 24
People born on this day are Capricorn.
- 1973
District of Columbia Home Rule Act is passed, allowing residents of Washington, D.C. to elect their own local government.
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Cyclone Tracy devastates Darwin, Australia.
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The first Ariane 1 rocket is launched from ELA-1 at the Guiana Space Centre.
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Aeroflot Flight 601 crashes during takeoff from Leshukonskoye Airport, Russia, killing 44 of the 49 people on board.
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Air France Flight 8969 is hijacked on the ground at Houari Boumediene Airport, Algiers, Algeria. Over the course of three days three passengers are killed, as are all four terrorists.
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A Learjet 35 crashes into Smarts Mountain near Dorchester, New Hampshire, killing both pilots on board.
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Indian Airlines Flight 814 is hijacked in Indian airspace between Kathmandu, Nepal, and Delhi, India. The aircraft landed at Kandahar in Afghanistan. The incident ended on December 31 with the release of 190 survivors (one passenger is killed).
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The Spanish police thwart an attempt by ETA to detonate 50 kg of explosives at 3:55 p.m. inside Madrid's busy Chamartín Station.
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Chad–Sudan relations: Chad declares a state of belligerence against Sudan following a December 18 attack on Adré, which left about 100 people dead.
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The Lord's Resistance Army, a Ugandan rebel group, begins a series of attacks against civilians in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, massacring more than 400.
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A helicopter crash kills Martha Érika Alonso, first female Governor of Puebla, Mexico, and her husband Rafael Moreno Valle Rosas, former governor.
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Burmese military forces commit the Mo So massacre, killing at least 44 civilians.
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1998Alexis Mac Allister, Argentine footballer
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1997Neeraj Chopra, Indian javelin thrower
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1997William Contreras, Venezuelan baseball player
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1995Anett Kontaveit, Estonian tennis player
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1994Han Seung-woo, South Korean singer
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1992Davante Adams, American football player
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1992Serge Aurier, Ivorian footballer
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1991Sofia Black-D'Elia, American actress
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1991Lara Michel, Swiss tennis player
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1991Eric Moreland, American basketball player
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1991Louis Tomlinson, English singer
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1991Taylor Zakhar Perez, American actor
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