December 24th (2013) was a Tuesday. It's the 358th day of the year (359th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 7 days left to the end of the year.
December 24th Famous Deaths for 2013
» Rex Armistead, American police officer (b. 1930)
» Frédéric Back, German-Canadian director, animator, and screenwriter (b. 1924)
» Ian Barbour, Chinese-American author and scholar (b. 1923)
» André Dreiding, Swiss chemist and academic (b. 1919)
» Patrick Etolu, Ugandan high jumper (b. 1935)
» John M. Goldman, English haematologist and oncologist (b. 1938)
» Allan McKeown, English-American screenwriter and producer (b. 1946)
» Walter Oi, American economist and academic (b. 1929)
» Valter Santos, Brazilian actor (b. 1954)
» Serghei Stroenco, Moldovan footballer and manager (b. 1967)
December 24th Holidays in History
» Christian Calendar of saints e.g Feast Day:
» Adela and Irmina
» December 24 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
» Christmas Eve (Christianity) and its related observances:
» Yule Iceland e.g Aðfangadagskvöld, the day when the 13th and the last Yule Lads or Yule Lad arrives to towns. (Iceland)
» Feast of the Seven Fishes (Italy)
» Yule called Juleaften/Juleafton (Denmark, Norway and Sweden)
» Nochebuena (Spain and Spanish-speaking countries)