December 24: Christmas Eve (Gregorian calendar); Hanukkah begins at sunset (Judaism, 2016)
Earthrise as seen by the crew of Apollo 8
- 759 – Tang Dynasty poet Du Fu departed for Chengdu, staying with his fellow poet Pei Di, where he composed poems about life in his thatched cottage.
- 1871 – Aida, one of Giuseppe Verdi's most popular operas, made its debut in Cairo, Egypt.
- 1953 – On New Zealand's North Island, at Tangiwai, a railway bridge was damaged by a lahar and collapsed beneath a passenger train, killing 151 people.
- 1968 – Astronaut William Anders of the NASA Apollo 8 mission, the first manned voyage to orbit the Moon, took the famous photograph known as "Earthrise" (pictured), showing the Earth rising above the lunar surface.
- 1974 – Cyclone Tracy struck Darwin, Australia, eventually destroying more than 70% of the city.
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