Christmas Eve
NATIONAL Eggnog Day
NATIONAL Chocolate Day
Today in legal and military [and occasional oddities] history
1814 The War of 1812 between America and Britain ended with the signing of the Treaty of Ghent
1818 "Silent Night" was composed by Franz Joseph Gruber
1851 A devastating fire at the Library of Congress in Washington, DC, destroys about two-thirds of its 55,000 volumes
1865 The Ku Klux Klan was formed in Pulaski, Tennessee
1955 NORAD Tracks Santa for the first time in what will become an annual Christmas Eve tradition
1963 New York’s Idlewild Airport was renamed JFK Airport in honor of the murdered President Kennedy
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