What happened today, and who was born/died

BIRTHS
12/24/1809
  Kit Carson, Western scout.
12/24/1905
  Howard Hughes, reclusive billionaire, moviemaker, plane builder.
12/24/1930
  Robert Joffrey, Choreographer
EVENTS
12/24/
  Christmas Eve
12/24/1582
  Vasco daGama Day
12/24/1818
  'Silent Night' is composed by Franz Gruber and sung next day
12/24/1851
  Library of Congress burns, 35,000 volumes are destroyed.
12/24/1865
  Confederate veterans form the Ku Klux Klan in Pulaski, TN
12/24/1871
  Giuseppe Verdi's 'Aida' premieres in Cairo, at Suez canal opening
12/24/1906
  the first radio program is broadcast, in Brant Rock, Mass
12/24/1920
  Enrico Caruso gave his last public performance
12/24/1936
  first radioactive isotope medicine administered, Berkeley, CA
12/24/1951
  Libya gains independence from Italy
12/24/1966
  Soviet Luna 13 lands on moon
12/24/1968
  Apollo 8 astronauts broadcast seasons greetings from the moon.

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