FAMOUS BIRTHDAYS

Bill Bowerman

Bill Bowerman, American runner, coach, and businessman, co-founded Nike, Inc. (born 1911)

François Darlan

François Darlan, French admiral and politician, 122nd Prime Minister of France (born 1881)

Alban Berg

Alban Berg, Austrian composer and educator (born 1885)

Allan McKeown

Allan McKeown, English-American screenwriter and producer (born 1946)

Claudia Jones

Claudia Jones, Trinidad-British journalist and activist (born 1915)

Kūčios

Christmas Eve (Christianity) and its related observances: Kūčios (Lithuania)

Public holidays in Libya

Independence Day (Libya)

Quviasukvik

Christmas Eve (Christianity) and its related observances: Quviasukvik, the Inuit new year (Alaska, Canada, Greenland and Russia)

Irmina of Oeren

Christian feast day: Adela and Irmina

Paola Elisabetta Cerioli

Christian feast day: Paola Elisabetta Cerioli

December 24 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

Christian feast day: December 24 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

Christmas in Iceland

Christmas Eve (Christianity) and its related observances: Aðfangadagskvöld, the day when the 13th and the last Yule Lad arrives to towns. (Iceland)

Feast of the Seven Fishes

Christmas Eve (Christianity) and its related observances: Feast of the Seven Fishes (Italian Americans)

Yule and Christmas in Denmark

Christmas Eve (Christianity) and its related observances: Juleaften (Denmark)/Julaften (Norway)/Julafton (Sweden)

Nittel Nacht

Christmas Eve (Christianity) and its related observances: Nittel Nacht (certain Orthodox Jewish denominations)

Christmas Peace

Christmas Eve (Christianity) and its related observances: The Declaration of Christmas Peace (Old Great Square of Turku, Finland's official Christmas City)

Bill Bowerman

Bill Bowerman, American runner, coach, and businessman, co-founded Nike, Inc. (born 1911)