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December 24: Christmas Eve.

1777 - An expedition led by Captain James Cook reached Christmas Island, the largest coral atoll in the world.

1865 - Confederate veterans founded the Ku Klux Klan, which would later become a white supremacist group.

1906 - Reginald Fessenden (pictured) transmitted the first radio broadcast.

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

1974 - Cyclone Tracy destroyed most of Darwin, Australia.

Recent days: December 23 – December 22 – December 21

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