Historical Events In December - 24

1961  On December - 24 guy de Lioncourt, composer, dies at 76  

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

1963  Greek & Turks riot in Cyprus on this day in history.  

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  USAF C144 military charter crashes near Binh Thai Vietnam kills 129 on December - 24.  

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

1966  Gaspar Cassado Moreu, composer, dies at 69 on December - 24.  

1967  On this day in history pirate Radio Pegasus starts broadcasting off New Zealand  

1967  On this day in history china PR performs nuclear test at Lop Nor PRC  

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 this day in history 9 Jews are convicted in Leningrad of hijacking a plane  

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

1972  Charles Atlas, bodybuilder, dies at 79 on December - 24.  

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

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

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

1979  On December - 24 1st Ariane-rocket launched  

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

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 this day in history 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  On December - 24 gardner F[rancis] Fox, author (Kothar-Barbarian Swordsman), dies at 75  

1987  On December - 24 john M "Joop" de Uyl, Dutch social-dem premier (1973-77), dies at 68  

1989  Panama's dictator, Manual Noriega seeks asylum at the Vatican embassy on this day in history.  

1990  On December - 24 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  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 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 this day in history.  

1508  On this day in history birth of pietro Carnesecchi, Italian humanist (d. 1567)  

1564  On this day in history 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 this day in history.  

1069  Godfried II, with the Beard, duke of Neder-Lutherans, dies on this day in history.  

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 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 December - 24.