December 23 Holidays

🕰️ On This Day in History

• 2007 — An agreement is made for the Kingdom of Nepal to be abolished and the country to become a federal republic with the Prime Minister... ↗
• 2003 — PetroChina Chuandongbei natural gas field explosion, Guoqiao, Kai County, Chongqing, China, killing at least 234. ↗
• 2002 — A U.S. MQ-1 Predator is shot down by an Iraqi MiG-25 in the first combat engagement between a drone and conventional aircraft. ↗
• 1990 — History of Slovenia: In a referendum, 88.5% of Slovenia's overall electorate vote for independence from Yugoslavia. ↗
• 1986 — Voyager, piloted by Dick Rutan and Jeana Yeager, lands at Edwards Air Force Base in California becoming the first aircraft to fly... ↗

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🎂 Notable Births

• 2002 — Finn Wolfhard, Canadian actor
• 1996 — Bartosz Kapustka, Polish footballer
• 1992 — Jeff Schlupp, German footballer
• 1989 — Liis Koger, Estonian painter and poet
• 1987 — Tommaso Bellazzini, Italian footballer