Wednesday, December 23, 2009

DECEMBER 24

1898 - Filipino Visayan revolutionaries led by Gen. Martin Delgado triumph as the Spanish Governor-General Diego de los Rios evacuates Iloilo.

1777 - Kiritimati (Christmas Island) is discovered by British explorer Capt. James Cook.

1865 - The notorious white supremacy group Ku Klux Klan is founded as a secret society in Pulaski, Tennessee, USA by Confederate veterans.

1962 - The last of over 1,000 prisoners who took part in the disastrous US-supported Bay of Pigs Cuban invasion lands on American soil following a ransom deal with Pres. Fidel Castro.

No comments: