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On This Day In History for December 24, 2025

This is the 358th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 7 days remaining in 2025.

It was on this date in 1777, that Kiritimati, also called Christmas Island, was discovered by James Cook.
That same date in 1818, The first performance of “Silent Night” took place in the Nikolauskirche in Oberndorf, Austria.
Also on December 24, 1906, Reginald Fessenden transmitted the first radio broadcast; consisting of a poetry reading, a violin solo, and a speech.
73 years ago today was the first flight of Britain’s Handley Page Victor strategic bomber.
That same date in 1968, the crew of Apollo 8 entered into orbit around the Moon, becoming the first humans to do so. They performed ten lunar orbits, took the Earthrise photograph, broadcast live TV pictures, and read the first ten verses of Genesis.
The first Ariane 1 rocket was launched from ELA-1 at the Guiana Space Centre. on this date in 1979.

Happy birthday goes out on this date to:

English physicist and brewer, James Prescott Joule, born on this date in 1818.
Georges Guynemer, French captain and pilot was born on that same date in 1894.
Howard Hughes, the American businessman, engineer, and pilot was born 120 years ago today.
Born December 24, 1923, American general George Patton IV.

Listener Birthdays Dec 2025

1 – Claudio Miranda (ClaudioM)
2 – Ben Fryxell from the MacMania Podcast
6 – SuperMoonMan
7 – Peter aka Zzippster from the Zzipp and Co. Podcast
8 – DanDman
8 – Gydian (Michael H.)
9 – Steve Kite (BigUnit62)
12 – Deckrd
12 – Kevin Burns (Soleblaze)
12 – Matt Blocker TheGiant
12 – Rob Riehl (suriehl)
12 – Pamela Gay from AstronomyCast
13 – Fritz The German
14 – Michael Spence from Brother Osric’s Scriptorium
17 – Jorge Schrauwen
20 – Phil Burchill the 9 year old I started listening to Technorama when I turned 21 this year (2017)!
21 – Johnne Robison Kochheiser
21 – James Ballard KarakSindru
21 – Startrekmom aka: Janet
22 – Bo Pace
22 – Luke “Chuck’s Stalker” Smith (2000)
22 – Jason Pelloni, Tampa, FL
23 – Richard Green
24 – MaDBooM
25 – Joel Parks (Agrojag-Ama)
29 – CMenn
31 – Shadowbird’s Mom
31 – Mr. Sim (aka Jeremy)

And that’s the way it was, on this day in history for December 24, 2025

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