Historical Events In December - 24
Saturday, 07 September 2024
1867 On December - 24 manuel de Oliveira Lima, Brazilian historian/diplomat
1868 Emanuel Lasker, Germany, world chess champion (1894-21) on December - 24.
1869 On this day in history henriette GA Roland Holst-van der Schalk, Dutch poet (Women in Forest)
1869 On December - 24 edwin M[cMasters] Stanton, US Secretary of War (1861-65), dies at 55
1870 Rosario Scalero, composer on this day in history.
1871 On December - 24 giusseppi Verdi's "Aida" premieres in Cairo, at Suez canal opening
1871 Verdi's 'Aida' performed for the first time, in Cairo on this day in history.
1871 On this day in history henri Stroethoff, Dutch actor (A Chique Little Boy)
1874 On this day in history pope Pius IX proclaims a jubilee for 1875
1879 Stanislav Pylypovych Lyudkevych, composer on December - 24.
1881 On December - 24 bronislaw Zygmunt Szulc, composer
1884 On this day in history austria-Hungary admits King Leopold II's Congo Free State
1885 Arthur Dolphin, cricketer (Yorkshire & England keeper, later Test ump) on this day in history.
1885 Louis-Prosper Gachard, Belgian historian, dies at 85 on December - 24.
1887 On December - 24 louis Jouvet, Crozon France, actor (Volpone, Topaze, La Marseillaise)
1888 The birth of Michael Curtiz, American director on this day in history.
1889 Bicycle with a back-pedal brake patented on December - 24.
1889 Daniel Stover and William Hance patent bicycle with back pedal brake on December - 24.
1889 On December - 24 daniel Stover & William Hance patent bicycle with back pedal brake
1889 Vladimir Sokoloff, Moscow Russia, actor (Road to Morocco) on December - 24.
1893 On this day in history henry Ford completes his 1st useful gas motor
1893 Carl Brisson, Copenhagen Denmark, actor (Murder at the Vanities) on December - 24.
1894 On December - 24 scheveningse fishing boats destroyed by storm
1894 On December - 24 georges Guynemer, French WW I pilot
1898 Herman Heijermans' "Ghetto," premieres in Amsterdam on December - 24.
1898 Eugeniusz Pankiewicz, composer, dies at 41 on December - 24.
1900 On this day in history herman Heijermans' "Hope of Blessing" premieres in Amsterdam
1904 German SW Africa abolishes slavery of young children on December - 24.
1904 On this day in history daniel K Womack, singer/guitarist
1904 Juliaan Dillens, Flemish sculptor, dies at 55 on this day in history.
1905 On this day in history howard Hughes born
1905 On December - 24 the birth of Howard Hughes, American tycoon
1905 Anna "Ans" van Dike ("the Young"), Jewish nazi collaborator on December - 24.
1906 Reginald A Fessenden became first to broadcast music over radio (Mass) on this day in history.
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