Events of the day 24 December

Events of the day 23 December

Events of the day 25 December

Celebrations 24 December

1935:

Was born Ion Tugui.

1934:

Was born Gheorghe Voda.

1922:

Was born Ava Gardner.

1822:

Was born Matthew Arnold.

1949:

Was born Achille Chavée.

1798:

Was born Adam Bernard Mickiewicz.

1932:

Was born Cynthia Payne.

1881:

Was born Juan Ramón Jiménez.

1818:

Was born James Prescott Joule.

1945:

Was born Rodica Grindea.

1968:

Was born Doina Ioanid.

1945:

Was born Cristian Livescu.

1941:

Was born Stefan Melnic.

1907:

Was born Isidor Feinstein Stone.

1929:

Was born Frank Tyger.

1948:

Was born Zvonimir Penović.

Commemorations 24 December

1863:

Has died William M. Thackeray.

1993:

Has died Norman Vincent Peale.

1982:

Has died Louis Aragon.

2008:

Has died Harold Pinter.

1994:

Has died John Osborne.

1802:

Has died A. N. Radişcev.

1935:

Has died Alban Berg.

2014:

Has died Herbert Harris.

1914:

Has died John Muir.