24th of December 2024
24th of December 2024 is the 359th day of the year.
It is Christmas Eve...more.
This day in history:
1724: Benjamin Franklin Arrives in London - ...more
1914: First Bomb Dropped on English Soil - ...more
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British quote for the day:
There are a terrible lot of lies going about the world, and the worst of it is that half of them are true. - Winston Churchill.
Born today:
King John - 1167, George Crabbe - 1754, James Joule - 1818, Matthew Arnold - 1822, Colin Cowdrey - 1932, Carol Vorderman - 1960, Caroline Ahern - 1963, Ed Miliband - 1969.
Died today:
William M Thackeray - 1863, William Rankine - 1872, Elizabeth Haldane - 1937, Frank Richards - 1961, Richard van der Riet Woolley - 1986, John Osborne - 1994, Harold Pinter - 2008.
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