Topic: English King John

On Dec. 24, 1997, a French court convicted the international terrorist known as Carlos the Jackal of the 1975 killings of three men in Paris.

Singer Ricky Martin turns 51 and singer Louis Tomlinson turns 31, among the famous birthdays for Dec. 24.

Infectious disease expert Anthony Fauci turns 80 and singer Ricky Martin turns 49, among the famous birthdays for Dec. 24.

On Dec. 24, 1943, President Frankin D. Roosevelt named Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower as supreme commander of the Allied forces.

On Dec. 24, 1909, Miss Jean L. Clemens, younger daughter of Mark Twain, was found dead in a bath tub at the home of her father. Miss Clemens' cause of death is believed to have been the result of an epileptic convulsion.

UPI Almanac for Tuesday, Dec. 24, 2013.

UPI Almanac for Monday, Dec. 24, 2012.

One of the original copies of the Magna Carta, the charter signed by English King John that became a symbol of liberty, is traveling to New York.

UPI Almanac for Monday, Dec. 24, 2007.

UPI almanac for Dec. 24, 2006.