What happend on 23rd December

22.12
24.12
2004

An earthquake measured 8.1 on the Richter scale hits Macquarie Island in the Southern Ocean, one day before the 2004 Indian Ocean Earthquake.

1990

Republic of Slovenia votes to secede from Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia

1986

The Scaled Composites Voyager aircraft completes the first non-stop flight around the world without refueling.

1982

The Environmental Protection Agency recommends the evacuation of Times Beach, Missouri due to dangerous levels of dioxin contamination

1979

Soviet invasion of Afghanistan: Soviet military units occupy Kabul, the capital of Afghanistan

1973

A Sobelair Caravelle passenger jet crashes in Morocco, killing 106

1972

The survivors of the Andes flight disaster are rescued after 73 days.

1972

Terry Bradshaw throws the Immaculate Reception pass "to" Franco Harris.

1972

The Nicaragua capital city, Managua was struck by a 6.5 magnitude earthquake.

1964

Beach Boys' bassist/keyboardist Brian Wilson suffers a nervous breakdown on a flight from Los Angeles to Houston, eventually precipitating his retirement.