Page 6: Historical Events In December - 24

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

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  On December - 24 shooting begins on "The Cage" the pilot for Star Trek   

1966  On this day in history luna 13 lands on Moon   

1966  On December - 24 uSAF C144 military charter crashes near Binh Thai Vietnam kills 129   

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

1966  On this day in history gaspar Cassado Moreu, composer, dies at 69   

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

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

1970  Walt Disney's "The Aristocats" is released on this day in history.   

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

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

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

1973  Ferryboat capsized off coast of Equador, drowning 200 on this day in history.   

1974  On December - 24 cardinals' Lou Brock is named Sportsman of the Year   

1974  On December - 24 tilly Losch, actress (Duel in the Sun, Good Earth), dies at 70   

1975  Bernard Herrmann, US movie composer, dies at 64 on this day in history.   

1976  Victor Stanitsin, actor (War & Peace, Jubilee), dies at 79 on December - 24.   

1979  1st Ariane-rocket launched on December - 24.   

1979  On this day in history dirk Uipko Stikker, Dutch CEO (Heineken)/sect-gen NATO, dies at 82   

1980  Americans remembered Iran hostages by shining lights for 417 seconds on this day in history.   

1980  Alec Lafayette Chew Wilder, composer, dies at 73 on this day in history.   

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

1986  French hostage Aurel Cornea, held in Lebanon for 9 months, released on this day in history.   

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  Saddam says Israel will be Iraq's main target on December - 24.   

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

1991  Mikhail Gorbachev resigns as head of the Soviet Union on this day in history.   

1991  Walter Hudson, 1,025 lb man, dies at 46 on December - 24.   

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0003  Galba, Roman Emperor (d. 69) was born on this day in history.   

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  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 December - 24.   

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

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

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

0427  On this day in history death of archbishop Sisinnius I of Constantinople   

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

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 December - 24.   

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

1524  On this day in history 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 December - 24.