Historical Events In December - 24

1935  On December - 24 bradman scores 233 in 191 mins, SA v Queensland, 28 fours 1 six  

1935  Alban Maria Johannes Berg, composer, dies at 50 on December - 24.  

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

1937  On December - 24 dutch govt recognizes Italian king Emanuel III as emperor of Abyssinia  

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

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

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

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

1942  On December - 24 1st powered flight of V-1 buzz bomb, Peenemunde, Germany  

1942  Friedrich Klose, composer, dies at 80 on this day in history.  

1943  FDR appoints General Eisenhower supreme commander of Allied forces on December - 24.  

1943  FDR appoints Gen Eisenhower supreme commander of Allied forces on December - 24.  

1944  Joseph Gustav Mraczek, composer, dies at 66 on this day in history.  

1945  Francisco Pujol, composer, dies at 67 on December - 24.  

1946  On December - 24 4th French republic established  

1946  On December - 24 first Live Church Service Telecast  

1948  On this day in history canada formally recognizes the state of Israel.  

1948  First US house completely sunheated is occupied, Dover, Mass on this day in history.  

1948  1st US house completely sunheated is occupied (Dover Mass) on this day in history.  

1950  Cleveland Browns win NFL championship, beat LA 30-28 on this day in history.  

1951  On this day in history first televised opera (Amahl and the Night Visitor)  

1951  United Kingdom of Libya gains independence from Italy via the UN on this day in history.  

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

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

1954  On this day in history laos gains its independence  

1954  Council for the Children Protection forms in Neth on December - 24.  

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

1955  Nana Bryant, actress (Mrs Nestor-Our Miss Brooks), dies at 67 on this day in history.  

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  Dutch bishops question papacy values on December - 24.  

1961  Houston Oilers beat San Diego Chargers 10-3 in AFL championship game on December - 24.  

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

1167  John "without a land", king of England (1199-1216) was born on this day in history.  

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

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

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

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

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

1588  On December - 24 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 December - 24.  

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

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

1453  John Dunstable, English composer, dies on this day in history.  

1524  Vasco da Gama, Portuguese explorer/viceroy of Cochin, dies at about 55 on this day in history.  

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