- 1914 24 Dec A Zeppelin drops a single bomb on St James's Rectory, Dover, in the first ever air raid on British soil.
- 1942 24 Dec German scientist Werner von Braun tests the world's first surface-to-surface missile at Peenemunde.
- 1979 24 Dec Soviet forces invade Afghanistan in support of the Marxist government, beginning a nine-year occupation.
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