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December 24:

• 1851 – A fire at the Library of Congress destroys two-thirds of its 55,000 volumes, including most of Thomas Jefferson’s library.
• 1912 – Lottie Moon dies at age 72 in Kobe Harbor, Japan, after decades of missionary work in China.
• 1922 – Charlottesville carolers performed over eight routes, collecting for the Children’s Ward of the University Hospital.