A Canadair CL-44 chartered by the United States military crashes into a small village in South Vietnam, killing 111. Date: December 24, 1966 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on December 24 📅 Events on this day in 1966 📅 On This Day (Today)

Allegheny Airlines Flight 736 crashes on approach to Bradford Regional Airport, killing 20. Date: December 24, 1968 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on December 24 📅 Events on this day in 1968 📅 On This Day (Today)

Apollo program: The crew of Apollo 8 enters into orbit around the Moon, becoming the first humans to do so. They performed ten lunar orbits, took the Earthrise photograph, broadcast live TV pictures, and read the first ten verses of Genesis. Date: December 24, 1968 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on December…

Nigerian troops capture Umuahia, the Biafran capital. Date: December 24, 1969 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on December 24 📅 Events on this day in 1969 📅 On This Day (Today)

LANSA Flight 508 is struck by lightning and crashes in the Puerto Inca District in the Department of Huánuco in Peru, killing 91. Date: December 24, 1971 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on December 24 📅 Events on this day in 1971 📅 On This Day (Today)

District of Columbia Home Rule Act is passed, allowing residents of Washington, D.C. to elect their own local government. Date: December 24, 1973 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on December 24 📅 Events on this day in 1973 📅 On This Day (Today)

Cyclone Tracy devastates Darwin, Australia. Date: December 24, 1974 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on December 24 📅 Events on this day in 1974 📅 On This Day (Today)

The first Ariane 1 rocket is launched from ELA-1 at the Guiana Space Centre. Date: December 24, 1979 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on December 24 📅 Events on this day in 1979 📅 On This Day (Today)

Aeroflot Flight 601 crashes during takeoff from Leshukonskoye Airport, Russia, killing 44 of the 49 people on board. Date: December 24, 1983 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on December 24 📅 Events on this day in 1983 📅 On This Day (Today)

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. Date: December 24, 1994 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on December 24 📅 Events on this day in 1994 📅 On This…