A little reason to celebrate
Christmas Eve
Religious · Seasonal · December 24
Christmas Eve is the evening before Christmas, marked with church services, family meals, candlelight and the last quiet hours of waiting.
National days on December 24, 2026
Also on December 24
On this day
- 1865: Former Confederate officers Frank McCord, Richard Reed, John Lester, John Kennedy, J. Calvin Jones, and James Crowe form the Ku Klux Klan. Ku Klux Klan
- 1906: Reginald Fessenden transmits the first radio broadcast; consisting of a poetry reading, a violin solo, and a speech. Reginald Fessenden
- 1929: A four alarm fire breaks out in the West Wing of the White House in Washington, D.C. West Wing
- 1968: 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. Apollo program
- 1973: District of Columbia Home Rule Act is passed, allowing residents of Washington, D.C. to elect their own local government. District of Columbia Home Rule Act
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