September 24th in History
Devil's Tower becomes the first US national monument, the Mormons renounce polygamy, and Eisenhower sends the 101st Airborne to Little Rock. F. Scott Fitzgerald, Ayatollah Khomeini, and Jim Henson are born; Paracelsus and Dr. Seuss die. Happy Mahidol Day!
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"A Visit from St. Nicholas" is published! In other news, James II flees England, George Washington resigns his commission, and the Pueblo sailors are released. It's the birthday of Susan Lucci and the Heisei Emperor (Akihito); Hideki Tojo, Charles Atlas, and Victor Borge die. Happy Festivus!
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World War I's Christmas Truce! In other news, the Eggnog Riot at West Point begins, the Ku Klux Klan is formed, and NORAD tracks Santa for the first time. It's the birthday of King John, Kit Carson, and Howard Hughes; Vasco da Gama, Toshiro Mifune, and Norman Vincent Peale die. Happy Aofangadagskvold!
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World War I's "Christmas Truce" begins and Washington crosses the Delaware! Sir Isaac Newton, Clara Barton, Humphrey Bogart, Cab Calloway, Rod Serling, and Jimmy Buffett are born; W. C. Fields, Charlie Chaplin, and James Brown die. Happy Takanakuy!
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