December 24
edit1968: Allegheny Airlines Flight 736 crashed on approach to Bradford Regional Airport in Bradford, Pennsylvania during a driving snowstorm, killing 20 of the 47 people on board.
1971: LANSA Flight 508 crashed in the Peruvian jungle en route to Lima after being struck by lightning. Incredibly, a 17-year-old girl survived a 2-mile (3.2 km) fall strapped to her seat, and walked 10 days to safety.
1984: Hurricane Lili, one of just four Atlantic hurricanes on record in December, dissipated just north of Hispaniola.