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To: IQBAL LATIF who wrote (47577)12/24/2004 12:42:59 AM
From: IQBAL LATIF  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 50167
 
Today in history-December 24: Christmas Eve

1777 - Christmas Island, the oldest atoll in the world, was discovered by Captain James Cook.

1865 - The Ku Klux Klan, a white supremacist group, was founded by Confederate veterans.

1906 - Reginald Fessenden transmitted the first radio broadcast ever.

1914 - British and German soldiers interrupted World War I to celebrate Christmas, beginning the Christmas truce.

1974 - Cyclone Tracy destroyed most of Darwin, Australia.