What happend on 24th December

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25.12
1969

Curt Flood writes to Bowie K. Kuhn, the Commissioner of Baseball, asking to be declared a free agent .

1968

The crew of Apollo 8 enter into orbit around the Moon, becoming the first humans to do so.

1968

The crew of the USS Pueblo is released by North Korea after being held for 11 months on suspicion of spying.

1966

A Canadair CL44 chartered by the United States military crashes into a small village in South Vietnam, killing 129.

1954

Laos becomes independent

1953

NBC's Dragnet becomes the first network-sponsored television program

1953

Tangiwai disaster: A railway bridge collapse at Tangiwai, New Zealand sends a fully loaded passenger train into the Whangaehu River, killing 153 people.

1951

Libya becomes independent from Italy. Idris I is proclaimed King of Libya.

1946

France's Fourth Republic founded

1943

US General Dwight D. Eisenhower becomes the supreme Allied commander