Page 6: Historical Events In December - 24

1961  Guy de Lioncourt, composer, dies at 76 on December - 24.   

1962  USSR performs nuclear test at Novaya Zemlya USSR on this day in history.   

1963  On this day in history greek & Turks riot in Cyprus   

1964  Shooting begins on "The Cage" the pilot for Star Trek on December - 24.   

1966  On this day in history luna 13 lands on Moon   

1966  On this day in history uSAF C144 military charter crashes near Binh Thai Vietnam kills 129   

1966  On this day in history "Joyful Noise" closes at Mark Hellinger Theater NYC after 12 perfs   

1966  Gaspar Cassado Moreu, composer, dies at 69 on this day in history.   

1967  On December - 24 pirate Radio Pegasus starts broadcasting off New Zealand   

1967  China PR performs nuclear test at Lop Nor PRC on December - 24.   

1968  Apollo 8 astronauts read passages from Book of Genesis on December - 24.   

1970  On this day in history 9 Jews are convicted in Lenningrad of hijacking a plane   

1970  On December - 24 walt Disney's "The Aristocats" is released   

1970  On December - 24 9 Jews are convicted in Leningrad of hijacking a plane   

1971  Peruvian Airlines Electra crashes at headwaters of Amazon, killing all except Juliane Margaret Koepcke found 10 days later on December - 24.   

1972  On this day in history charles Atlas, bodybuilder, dies at 79   

1973  On December - 24 ferryboat capsized off coast of Equador, drowning 200   

1974  On this day in history cardinals' Lou Brock is named Sportsman of the Year   

1974  On this day in history tilly Losch, actress (Duel in the Sun, Good Earth), dies at 70   

1975  On this day in history bernard Herrmann, US movie composer, dies at 64   

1976  On this day in history victor Stanitsin, actor (War & Peace, Jubilee), dies at 79   

1979  1st Ariane-rocket launched on this day in history.   

1979  On December - 24 dirk Uipko Stikker, Dutch CEO (Heineken)/sect-gen NATO, dies at 82   

1980  On this day in history americans remembered Iran hostages by shining lights for 417 seconds   

1980  Alec Lafayette Chew Wilder, composer, dies at 73 on December - 24.   

1984  Ian Hendry, actor (Assassin, Get Carter, Repulsion), dies at 53 on December - 24.   

1986  On December - 24 french hostage Aurel Cornea, held in Lebanon for 9 months, released   

1986  Gardner F[rancis] Fox, author (Kothar-Barbarian Swordsman), dies at 75 on this day in history.   

1987  On this day in history john M "Joop" de Uyl, Dutch social-dem premier (1973-77), dies at 68   

1989  On December - 24 panama's dictator, Manual Noriega seeks asylum at the Vatican embassy   

1990  On this day in history saddam says Israel will be Iraq's main target   

1991  On December - 24 mary Kinnear dies at age 93; appointed to the Senate 1967; one of Canada's first female senators.   

1991  On December - 24 mikhail Gorbachev resigns as head of the Soviet Union   

1991  On December - 24 walter Hudson, 1,025 lb man, dies at 46   

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0003  Galba, Roman Emperor (d. 69) was born on December - 24.   

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

1389  John VI, Duke of Brittany (d. 1442) was born on December - 24.   

1475  Thomas Murner, German writer (d.c. 1537) was born on this day in history.   

1491  Ignatius of Loyola, Spanish founder of the Jesuit order (d. 1556) was born on December - 24.   

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

1564  Abraham C Bloemaert, painter/cartoonist/engraver was born on December - 24.   

1588  Constance of Austria, queen of Poland (d. 1631) was born on December - 24.   

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

1069  Godfried II, with the Beard, duke of Neder-Lutherans, dies on December - 24.   

1257  On December - 24 death of john I, Count of Hainaut (b. 1218)   

1380  On December - 24 john von Neumarkt, German bishop/Chancellor Karel IV, dies   

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

1524  On December - 24 vasco da Gama, Portuguese explorer/viceroy of Cochin, dies at about 55   

1541  Andreas R Bodenstein von Carlstadt, radical Lutheran, dies at about 61 on December - 24.   

1548  Maximilian of Egmond, Dutch count/stadholder of Frisia, dies on December - 24.