Today in History for 24th December 2025

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Historical Events

1798 - Russia and Britain sign Second anti-French Coalition
1932 - Arturo Alessandri wins presidential election in Chile
1941 - First ships of Admiral Chuichi Nagumo's Pearl Harbor fleet return to Japan
1950 - National Football League Championship, Cleveland Stadium: Cleveland Browns beat LA Rams, 30-28; Cleveland has 5 interceptions, Rams 1
1990 - Expos trade Tim Raines to the White Sox for Iván Calderón and Barry Jones

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Famous Birthdays

1791 - Eugène Scribe, French dramatist (Bertrand et Raton), born in Paris, France (d. 1861)
1809 - (Christopher) "Kit" Carson, American frontiersman, Indian fighter and army officer, born in Madison County, Kentucky (d. 1868)
1955 - Anwar Khan, Pakistani cricketer (bowled four overs for Pakistan 1979), born in Karachi, Pakistan
1980 - Tomas Kalnoky, American musician (Streetlight Manifesto), born in Prague, Czechoslovakia
1984 - Jehnny Beth [Camille Berthomier], French musician, singer-songwriter (John and Jehn; Savages; To Love Is to Live), born in Poitiers, France

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Famous Deaths

1959 - Edmund Goulding, British screenwriter and film director (Grand Hotel, Dark Victory, Nightmare Alley), dies during heart surgery at 68
1963 - Raphaël Verwilghen, Belgian architect, and urban planner, dies at 78
1975 - Tilly Losch, Austrian dancer and actress (Duel in the Sun; Garden of Allah), dies at about 71 (birth date disputed)
2002 - Laci Peterson, American murder victim, dies at 27
2024 - Richard Perry, American record producer (Harry Nilsson; Ringo Starr; Carly Simon; Leo Sayer; The Pointer Sisters), dies of cardiac arrest at 82

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