UPI Almanac for Thursday, Dec. 24, 2020
On Dec. 24, 1943, President Frankin D. Roosevelt named Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower as supreme commander of the Allied forces.
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On December 24, 1943, President Frankin D. Roosevelt named Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower as supreme commander of the Allied forces. UPI File Photo | License Photo
On December 24, 1992, President George H.W. Bush pardoned former Defense Secretary Caspar Weinberger for his role in the Iran-Contra affair. UPI File Photo | License Photo
This is Thursday, Dec. 24, the 359th day of 2020 with seven to follow.
Tonight is Christmas Eve
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The moon is waxing. Morning stars are Mars, Uranus and Venus. Evening stars are Jupiter, Mars, Neptune, Saturn and Uranus.
On This Day: Eisenhower named supreme commander of Allied forces
On Dec. 24, 1943, President Frankin D. Roosevelt named Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower as supreme commander of the Allied forces.
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On December 24, 1943, President Frankin D. Roosevelt named Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower as supreme commander of the Allied forces. UPI File Photo | License Photo
On December 24, 1992, President George H.W. Bush pardoned former Defense Secretary Caspar Weinberger for his role in the Iran-Contra affair. UPI File Photo | License Photo
On December 24, 1997, a French court convicted the international terrorist known as Carlos the Jackal of the 1975 killings of three men in Paris and sentenced him to life in prison. File Photo by Handout/EPA