800
Politics
Her rule helps shape Charlemagne’s coronation
Irene’s rule was one factor behind Charlemagne’s imperial coronation on 24 December 800, reshaping western ideas of Roman legitimacy.
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24December
18 indexed achievements across recorded history.
1818
Literature
Birth of Eliza Cook
Eliza Cook was born on December 24, 1818, in Southwark, London.
View details1843
Science
Birth of Lydia Emilie Florentine Jannsen (Koidula)
Born in Vändra, Estonia, as daughter of Estonian journalist and publisher Johann Voldemar Jannsen.
View details1853
Literature
Birth of Octavia Victoria Rogers Albert
Octavia Victoria Rogers Albert was born in Oglethorpe, Georgia, on December 24, 1853.
View details1884
Law
Initial Court Victory in Railroad Segregation Case
Ida B. Wells won a local court case against railroad segregation on December 24, 1884.
View details1894
1903
Science
Birth of Ava Helen Miller (Pauling)
Ava Helen Miller was born in Beaver Creek, Oregon, later becoming a renowned peace and human rights activist as Ava Helen Pauling.
View details1905
Arts
Born in Aberdeen, South Dakota
Anne Hummert (née Ashenhurst) was born on December 24, 1905, in Aberdeen, South Dakota.
View details1951
Activism
Birth of Marsha Anne Gómez
Marsha Anne Gómez was born on December 24, 1951, in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
View details1961
Politics
Birth of Mary Teresa Makela (Mary Barra)
Born in Waterford, Michigan, United States.
View details1964
Science
Death in London
Claudia Jones died in London on Christmas Eve, 24 December 1964, from a heart condition complicated by tuberculosis.
View details1972
1982
Science
Pre-Christmas strategy meeting on ganglion culture for AIDS research
Just before Christmas 1982, Barré-Sinoussi joins Willy Rosenbaum and Françoise Brun-Vézinet to plan culturing lymph node tissue from an AIDS-risk patient.
View details1983
Sports
Birth of Irina Krush
Irina Krush was born in Odessa, later becoming a U.S.-based chess grandmaster.
View details1999
Science
U.S. release of feature film debut Titus
Julie Taymor's directorial film debut, Titus, an adaptation of Shakespeare's Titus Andronicus, was released in U.S. theaters.
View details2010
Literature
Death of Elisabeth Beresford
Elisabeth Beresford passed away on December 24, 2010.
View details2015
Arts
NPR feature on Fiorina’s business beginnings
NPR airs a feature on Carly Fiorina’s beginnings, tracing her rise from secretary to CEO and presidential candidate.
View details2021
Politics
Special pardon and release from prison
Granted a special presidential pardon, ending her prison sentence early.
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