📅 December 24 in the Time Tunnel
What happened on December 24? Travel back in time and find out — then test yourself with the quiz.
🎉 Special days
⏳ On this day in history
- 1777James Cook found Kiritimati (Christmas Island)
- 1906By some accounts, Reginald Fessenden made the first radio broadcast with voice and music
- 1968The Apollo 8 crew orbited the Moon — the first humans ever to do so — and photographed "Earthrise"
🎂 Born on December 24
- ⚡ James Prescott Joule (1818) — physicist
- 🛩️ Howard Hughes (1905) — businessman and pilot
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December 24 quiz
In what year? 🏝️ James Cook found Kiritimati (Christmas Island)
In what year? 📻 By some accounts, Reginald Fessenden made the first radio broadcast with voice and music
In what year? 🌍 The Apollo 8 crew orbited the Moon — the first humans ever to do so — and photographed "Earthrise"
Which famous person was born on December 24?