December 24 in history: • 1818 – The Christmas carol "Silent Night" (audio featured) by Joseph Mohr and Franz Gruber was first performed in a church in Oberndorf bei Salzburg, Austria. → go there • 1865 – Six Confederate veterans of the American Civil War founded a social club they named the Ku Klux Klan, which later became a white supremacist group. → go there • 1918 – Forces united in the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes defeated Hungarian forces to end the occupation of Međimurje. → go there • 1925 – Winnie-the-Pooh first appeared by name in a children's story in the London Evening News. → go there • 1955 – According to legend, the NORAD Tracks Santa program began after children began calling the Continental Air Defense Command Center to inquire about Santa Claus's whereabouts due to a misprinted phone number in an advertisement. → go there Died 950: Yang Bin Wiki link Born 1880: Johnny Gruelle Wiki link Born 1940: Anthony Fauci Wiki link Died 1957: Shūmei Ōkawa Wiki link Pictured: "Silent Night".