This Day in History: December 24, 2025
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1524
Portuguese navigator Vasco da Gama died in Cochin, India.
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1814
The War of 1812 between America and Britain ended with the signing of the Treaty of Ghent.
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1818
"Silent Night" was composed by Franz Joseph Gruber.
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1865
The Ku Klux Klan was formed in Pulaski, Tennessee.
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1871
Giuseppe Verdi's opera Aida premiered in Cairo, Egypt, at the opening of the Suez Canal.
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1943
Gen. Dwight Eisenhower was appointed supreme commander of Allied Forces by President Franklin Roosevelt.
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1992
President Bush pardoned former defense secretary Caspar Weinberger and five others in the Iran-Contra scandal.
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