Hisdates•ComPage 7: Historical Events In December - 24
Saturday, 22 February 2025
1992 Abdulkadir Widjojoatmodjo, Java diplomat, dies on this day in history. 
1993 Alexander Mackendrick, British/US director (Lady Killers), dies at 81 on this day in history.
1994 On December - 24 jimmy Buddy Lee Land Ace, singer, dies at 57
1995 On December - 24 geoffrey Pinnington, journalist, dies at 76
1996 Edward Leadbitter, politician, dies at 77 on this day in history.
1997 Alan Fluck, musical educationalist, dies at 69 on December - 24.
2005 Pope Benedict XVI leads his first Christmas Midnight Mass as Pope, praying for peace in the Middle East on December - 24.
2006 Ethiopia admits its troops have intervened in Somalia on December - 24.
2007 The Nepalese government announces that the country's 240-year-old monarchy will be abolished in 2008 and a new republic will be declared on this day in history.
2012 11 kindergarten children are killed after a minivan plunges into a roadside pond on this day in history.
2017 Guatemala follows in the footsteps of the United States by announcing that they will also move their Israeli embassy to Jerusalem, followed by Honduras and Panama two days later on this day in history.
2018 Burundi moves its capital from Bujumbura to Gitega on this day in history.
2020 On December - 24 the United Kingdom and the European Union agree to a comprehensive free trade agreement prior to the end of the transition period.
2024 The 2025 Jubilee in the Catholic Church begins on this day in history.
2024 The Parker Solar Probe breaks the previous record set in 2018 for the closest artificial object to the Sun by 6.1 million kilometers (3.8 million miles), becoming the closest and first man-made object to approach and "touch" the Sun on this day in history.