Page 5: Historical Events In December - 24

1935  On December - 24 bradman scores 233 in 191 mins, SA v Queensland, 28 fours 1 six   

1935  On December - 24 alban Maria Johannes Berg, composer, dies at 50   

1936  On this day in history 1st radioactive isotope medicine administered, Berkeley, Ca   

1937  On December - 24 dutch govt recognizes Italian king Emanuel III as emperor of Abyssinia   

1939  On this day in history world War II: Pope Pius XII makes a Christmas Eve appeal for peace.   

1941  1st ships of admiral Nagumo's Pearl Harbor-fleet return to Japan on this day in history.   

1942  First powered flight of V-1 buzz bomb, Peenemonde, Germany on this day in history.   

1942  On December - 24 the department of National Defence says there are now 681,615 volunteers and conscripts in the Canadian forces.   

1942  On December - 24 1st powered flight of V-1 buzz bomb, Peenemunde, Germany   

1942  Friedrich Klose, composer, dies at 80 on December - 24.   

1943  FDR appoints General Eisenhower supreme commander of Allied forces on this day in history.   

1943  On December - 24 fDR appoints Gen Eisenhower supreme commander of Allied forces   

1944  On December - 24 joseph Gustav Mraczek, composer, dies at 66   

1945  On this day in history francisco Pujol, composer, dies at 67   

1946  4th French republic established on December - 24.   

1946  On December - 24 first Live Church Service Telecast   

1948  On this day in history canada formally recognizes the state of Israel.   

1948  On this day in history first US house completely sunheated is occupied, Dover, Mass   

1948  1st US house completely sunheated is occupied (Dover Mass) on this day in history.   

1950  On December - 24 cleveland Browns win NFL championship, beat LA 30-28   

1951  On December - 24 first televised opera (Amahl and the Night Visitor)   

1951  On December - 24 united Kingdom of Libya gains independence from Italy via the UN   

1951  On December - 24 1st televised opera (Amahl & Night Visitor)   

1952  Henry A "Hans" Kramers, Dutch theoretical physicist, dies at 58 on this day in history.   

1953  2 fast express trains crash head-on killing 103 (Czechoslovakia) on this day in history.   

1953  Wellington-Auckland (NZ) express train swept away in flood kills 166 on December - 24.   

1954  On December - 24 laos gains its independence   

1954  Council for the Children Protection forms in Neth on this day in history.   

1954  Johnny Ace, ballad singer, dies at 25 of Russian Roulette on December - 24.   

1955  Nana Bryant, actress (Mrs Nestor-Our Miss Brooks), dies at 67 on December - 24.   

1956  "I Love Lucy" Christmas show airs, never put in syndication on this day in history.   

1957  On December - 24 norma Talmadge, US actress (Within the Law, Sign on Bay), dies at 60   

1960  Dutch bishops question papacy values on this day in history.   

1961  On December - 24 houston Oilers beat San Diego Chargers 10-3 in AFL championship game   

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0003  On December - 24 birth of galba, Roman Emperor (d. 69)   

1167  On December - 24 birth of john "without a land", king of England (1199-1216)   

1389  John VI, Duke of Brittany (d. 1442) was born on this day in history.   

1475  Thomas Murner, German writer (d.c. 1537) was born on December - 24.   

1491  On this day in history birth of ignatius of Loyola, Spanish founder of the Jesuit order (d. 1556)   

1508  On December - 24 birth of pietro Carnesecchi, Italian humanist (d. 1567)   

1564  Abraham C Bloemaert, painter/cartoonist/engraver was born on this day in history.   

1588  On this day in history birth of constance of Austria, queen of Poland (d. 1631)   

0427  On December - 24 death of archbishop Sisinnius I of Constantinople   

1069  On December - 24 godfried II, with the Beard, duke of Neder-Lutherans, dies   

1257  Death of John I, Count of Hainaut (b. 1218) on December - 24.   

1380  John von Neumarkt, German bishop/Chancellor Karel IV, dies on December - 24.   

1453  On this day in history john Dunstable, English composer, dies   

1524  Vasco da Gama, Portuguese explorer/viceroy of Cochin, dies at about 55 on this day in history.   

1541  Andreas R Bodenstein von Carlstadt, radical Lutheran, dies at about 61 on this day in history.   

1548  On this day in history maximilian of Egmond, Dutch count/stadholder of Frisia, dies