Today: December 23, 2024

On this day: December 23

Events that happened on December 23.

• December 23, 1951: NFL: The Los Angeles Rams win the 1951 NFL Championship Game by defeating the Cleveland Browns 24-17.
• December 23, 1954: The film "20,000 Leagues Under the Sea" is released by Disney.
• December 23, 1968: North Korea releases 82 American sailors after 11 months of internment.
• December 23, 1970: The North Tower of the World Trade Center is topped, making it the tallest building in the world.
• December 23, 1971:
  • Jimmy Hoffa is released from prison after serving five years for jury tampering and wire fraud.
  • The action-thriller film "Dirty Harry" is released in movie theaters.
  
• December 23, 1972:
  • NFL: The Immaculate Reception play occurs in a game between the Oakland Raiders and the Pittsburgh Steelers.
  • The survivors of the Andes flight disaster are rescued.
  • Over 10,000 are killed when an earthquake hits the Nicaraguan capital of Managua.
  
• December 23, 1974: Mary Rachel Trlica (17), Lisa Renee Wilson (14), and Julie Ann Moseley (9) go missing while Christmas shopping at the Seminary South Shopping Center in Fort Worth, Texas.
• December 23, 1979: Soviet forces occupy Kabul in Afghanistan.
• December 23, 1984: 110 people are killed after Aeroflot Flight 3519 crashes while attempting to make an emergency landing at Krasnoyarsk International Airport in Russia.
• December 23, 1987: Good Morning, Vietnam (1987) is released.
• December 23, 1990: Slovenia votes to leave the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia.
• December 23, 1992: Scent of a Woman (1992) is released.
• December 23, 1994:
  • Gangster Whitey Bulger flees Boston.
  • The movie Street Fighter (1994), starring Jean-Claude Van Damme, is released in cinemas.
  
• December 23, 1996: French movie producer Sophie Toscan du Plantier is murdered in Ireland.
• December 23, 1997: Brazilian striker Ronaldo wins the 1997 Ballon d'Or.
• December 23, 1998: "The Cosby Show" actress Michelle Thomas dies from a rare cancer at the age of 30.
• December 23, 2005: The movie Munich (2005) is released.
• December 23, 2006: Mark Ramprakash and Karen Hardy are crowned as the winners of Strictly Come Dancing.
• December 23, 2011: Russian billionaire Dmitry Rybolovlev takes over AS Monaco.
• December 23, 2018: Miley Cyrus and Liam Hemsworth are married.
• December 23, 2022:
  • Faithless singer Maxi Jazz passes away at the age of 65.
  • The film "Women Talking" is released.
  
• December 23, 2023: Nick and Aaron Carter's sister, Bobbie Jean Carter, is found dead in her bathroom at the age of 41.

Is it that long ago already?

One week has already passed since December 16, 2024:

• Three people are killed in a school shooting at Abundant Life Christian School in Madison, Wisconsin.

Half a year has passed since June 23, 2024:

• It is reported that 1,300 people have died during Hajj in Saudi Arabia due to walking long distances in intense heat.
• Florida rapper Julio Foolio is shot dead at the age of 26.
• Twenty people are killed in three coordinated terrorist attacks in Dagestan, Russia.