Historical Events In December - 24

1935  On this day in history bradman scores 233 in 191 mins, SA v Queensland, 28 fours 1 six   

1935  Alban Maria Johannes Berg, composer, dies at 50 on this day in history.   

1936  1st radioactive isotope medicine administered, Berkeley, Ca on December - 24.   

1937  Dutch govt recognizes Italian king Emanuel III as emperor of Abyssinia on December - 24.   

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

1941  On December - 24 1st ships of admiral Nagumo's Pearl Harbor-fleet return to Japan   

1942  On this day in history first powered flight of V-1 buzz bomb, Peenemonde, Germany   

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

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

1942  On this day in history friedrich Klose, composer, dies at 80   

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

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

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

1945  On December - 24 francisco Pujol, composer, dies at 67   

1946  4th French republic established on December - 24.   

1946  First Live Church Service Telecast on December - 24.   

1948  Canada formally recognizes the state of Israel on December - 24.   

1948  First US house completely sunheated is occupied, Dover, Mass on December - 24.   

1948  1st US house completely sunheated is occupied (Dover Mass) on December - 24.   

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

1951  First televised opera (Amahl and the Night Visitor) on this day in history.   

1951  United Kingdom of Libya gains independence from Italy via the UN on December - 24.   

1951  On this day in history 1st televised opera (Amahl & Night Visitor)   

1952  On this day in history henry A "Hans" Kramers, Dutch theoretical physicist, dies at 58   

1953  On December - 24 2 fast express trains crash head-on killing 103 (Czechoslovakia)   

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

1954  On December - 24 laos gains its independence   

1954  On December - 24 council for the Children Protection forms in Neth   

1954  On December - 24 johnny Ace, ballad singer, dies at 25 of Russian Roulette   

1955  On December - 24 nana Bryant, actress (Mrs Nestor-Our Miss Brooks), dies at 67   

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

1957  Norma Talmadge, US actress (Within the Law, Sign on Bay), dies at 60 on this day in history.   

1960  On December - 24 dutch bishops question papacy values   

1961  Houston Oilers beat San Diego Chargers 10-3 in AFL championship game on this day in history.   

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

1167  On this day in history birth of john "without a land", king of England (1199-1216)   

1389  On December - 24 birth of john VI, Duke of Brittany (d. 1442)   

1475  On this day in history birth of thomas Murner, German writer (d.c. 1537)   

1491  On December - 24 birth of ignatius of Loyola, Spanish founder of the Jesuit order (d. 1556)   

1508  On this day in history birth of pietro Carnesecchi, Italian humanist (d. 1567)   

1564  On this day in history birth of abraham C Bloemaert, painter/cartoonist/engraver   

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

0427  Death of Archbishop Sisinnius I of Constantinople on December - 24.   

1069  Godfried II, with the Beard, duke of Neder-Lutherans, dies on this day in history.   

1257  Death of John I, Count of Hainaut (b. 1218) on this day in history.   

1380  John von Neumarkt, German bishop/Chancellor Karel IV, dies on this day in history.   

1453  John Dunstable, English composer, dies on December - 24.   

1524  Vasco da Gama, Portuguese explorer/viceroy of Cochin, dies at about 55 on December - 24.   

1541  On December - 24 andreas R Bodenstein von Carlstadt, radical Lutheran, dies at about 61   

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