THE DAY IN HISTORY · DECEMBER 24
December 24 in history
What happened on December 24: 2 moments from the Maps of History atlases, in 1144 and 1951, each linked to the map that shows it.
— Siege of Edessa
24 Dec 1144 — Zengi, atabeg of Mosul and Aleppo, storms Edessa, the first and most exposed crusader state. Its fall shocks Europe into launching the Second Crusade. For the Muslim counter-crusade, it supplies a first martyr-city and a first hero.
READ THIS MOMENT → · SEE IT ON THE CRUSADES MAP → · THE FULL STORY →
— Independence of Libya
24 Dec 1951 — The young United Nations has been asked to decide the fate of the former Italian colony. Libya now becomes independent, the first African state to do so through an international vote rather than revolt.
READ THIS MOMENT → · SEE IT ON THE DECOLONIZATION OF AFRICA MAP → · THE FULL STORY →
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