Page 7: Historical Events In December - 24

1992  Abdulkadir Widjojoatmodjo, Java diplomat, dies on December - 24.   

1993  Alexander Mackendrick, British/US director (Lady Killers), dies at 81 on December - 24.   

1994  Jimmy Buddy Lee Land Ace, singer, dies at 57 on December - 24.   

1995  Geoffrey Pinnington, journalist, dies at 76 on December - 24.   

1996  On this day in history edward Leadbitter, politician, dies at 77   

1997  On December - 24 alan Fluck, musical educationalist, dies at 69   

2005  On December - 24 pope Benedict XVI leads his first Christmas Midnight Mass as Pope, praying for peace in the Middle East.   

2006  Ethiopia admits its troops have intervened in Somalia on this day in history.   

2007  The Nepalese government announces that the country's 240-year-old monarchy will be abolished in 2008 and a new republic will be declared on December - 24.   

2012  11 kindergarten children are killed after a minivan plunges into a roadside pond on this day in history.   

2017  On December - 24 guatemala follows in the footsteps of the United States by announcing that they will also move their Israeli embassy to Jerusalem, followed by Honduras and Panama two days later.   

2018  Burundi moves its capital from Bujumbura to Gitega on December - 24.   

2020  The United Kingdom and the European Union agree to a comprehensive free trade agreement prior to the end of the transition period on this day in history.   

2024  The 2025 Jubilee in the Catholic Church begins on this day in history.   

2024  On December - 24 the Parker Solar Probe breaks the previous record set in 2018 for the closest artificial object to the Sun by 6.1 million kilometers (3.8 million miles), becoming the closest and first man-made object to approach and "touch" the Sun.   

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

1491  On this day in history 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  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 December - 24 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  On this day in history john Dunstable, English composer, dies   

1524  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

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