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On This Day December 24 Through Years of History
Events listed include Vasco da Gama's death in 1524 in Cochin, the 1814 Treaty of Ghent ending the War of 1812, the 1851 Library of Congress fire, the 1865 birth of the Ku Klux Klan, Verdi's Aida premiere in 1871, Fessenden's 1906 radio broadcast, Caruso's 1920 farewell performance, Eisenhower named Allied supreme commander in 1943, Menotti's Amahl broadcast in 1951, and 1980 Iran hostage candle vigil.
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Vasco da Gama
Africa
India
Cochin
United States
Britain
Ghent
Belgium
Library of Congress
Washington
D.C
Pulaski
Tenn
Ku Klux Klan
Giuseppe Verdi
Cairo
Egypt
Suez Canal
Reginald A. Fessenden
Brant Rock
Mass
Enrico Caruso
Jacques Halevy
Metropolitan Opera
New York
Franklin Roosevelt
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Gian Carlo Menotti
Nbc-Tv
U.S
Iran