Historical Events In December - 24

1961  On this day in history guy de Lioncourt, composer, dies at 76   

1962  On December - 24 uSSR performs nuclear test at Novaya Zemlya USSR   

1963  Greek & Turks riot in Cyprus on December - 24.   

1964  Shooting begins on "The Cage" the pilot for Star Trek on this day in history.   

1966  On December - 24 luna 13 lands on Moon   

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

1966  On December - 24 "Joyful Noise" closes at Mark Hellinger Theater NYC after 12 perfs   

1966  On December - 24 gaspar Cassado Moreu, composer, dies at 69   

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

1967  On December - 24 china PR performs nuclear test at Lop Nor PRC   

1968  On December - 24 apollo 8 astronauts read passages from Book of Genesis   

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

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

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

1971  On this day in history peruvian Airlines Electra crashes at headwaters of Amazon, killing all except Juliane Margaret Koepcke found 10 days later   

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

1973  Ferryboat capsized off coast of Equador, drowning 200 on December - 24.   

1974  On December - 24 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 December - 24 bernard Herrmann, US movie composer, dies at 64   

1976  Victor Stanitsin, actor (War & Peace, Jubilee), dies at 79 on this day in history.   

1979  On this day in history 1st Ariane-rocket launched   

1979  Dirk Uipko Stikker, Dutch CEO (Heineken)/sect-gen NATO, dies at 82 on December - 24.   

1980  On December - 24 americans remembered Iran hostages by shining lights for 417 seconds   

1980  On December - 24 alec Lafayette Chew Wilder, composer, dies at 73   

1984  On December - 24 ian Hendry, actor (Assassin, Get Carter, Repulsion), dies at 53   

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  John M "Joop" de Uyl, Dutch social-dem premier (1973-77), dies at 68 on this day in history.   

1989  On this day in history 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  Mary Kinnear dies at age 93; appointed to the Senate 1967; one of Canada's first female senators on December - 24.   

1991  On this day in history 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  John "without a land", king of England (1199-1216) was born on this day in history.   

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

1475  On December - 24 birth of thomas Murner, German writer (d.c. 1537)   

1491  Ignatius of Loyola, Spanish founder of the Jesuit order (d. 1556) was born on this day in history.   

1508  Pietro Carnesecchi, Italian humanist (d. 1567) was born on December - 24.   

1564  On December - 24 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  On this day in history godfried II, with the Beard, duke of Neder-Lutherans, dies   

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

1380  On this day in history 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  On December - 24 andreas R Bodenstein von Carlstadt, radical Lutheran, dies at about 61   

1548  Maximilian of Egmond, Dutch count/stadholder of Frisia, dies on this day in history.