Page 3: Historical Events In December - 24

1867  On December - 24 manuel de Oliveira Lima, Brazilian historian/diplomat   

1868  On this day in history emanuel Lasker, Germany, world chess champion (1894-21)   

1869  On December - 24 henriette GA Roland Holst-van der Schalk, Dutch poet (Women in Forest)   

1869  On December - 24 edwin M[cMasters] Stanton, US Secretary of War (1861-65), dies at 55   

1870  Rosario Scalero, composer on this day in history.   

1871  On this day in history giusseppi Verdi's "Aida" premieres in Cairo, at Suez canal opening   

1871  On December - 24 verdi's 'Aida' performed for the first time, in Cairo   

1871  Henri Stroethoff, Dutch actor (A Chique Little Boy) on this day in history.   

1874  Pope Pius IX proclaims a jubilee for 1875 on December - 24.   

1879  Stanislav Pylypovych Lyudkevych, composer on this day in history.   

1881  On this day in history bronislaw Zygmunt Szulc, composer   

1884  On December - 24 austria-Hungary admits King Leopold II's Congo Free State   

1885  Arthur Dolphin, cricketer (Yorkshire & England keeper, later Test ump) on this day in history.   

1885  On December - 24 louis-Prosper Gachard, Belgian historian, dies at 85   

1887  On this day in history louis Jouvet, Crozon France, actor (Volpone, Topaze, La Marseillaise)   

1888  On December - 24 the birth of Michael Curtiz, American director   

1889  On this day in history bicycle with a back-pedal brake patented   

1889  Daniel Stover and William Hance patent bicycle with back pedal brake on this day in history.   

1889  On December - 24 daniel Stover & William Hance patent bicycle with back pedal brake   

1889  Vladimir Sokoloff, Moscow Russia, actor (Road to Morocco) on this day in history.   

1893  Henry Ford completes his 1st useful gas motor on this day in history.   

1893  On December - 24 carl Brisson, Copenhagen Denmark, actor (Murder at the Vanities)   

1894  On December - 24 scheveningse fishing boats destroyed by storm   

1894  Georges Guynemer, French WW I pilot on December - 24.   

1898  Herman Heijermans' "Ghetto," premieres in Amsterdam on December - 24.   

1898  Eugeniusz Pankiewicz, composer, dies at 41 on this day in history.   

1900  On December - 24 herman Heijermans' "Hope of Blessing" premieres in Amsterdam   

1904  On this day in history german SW Africa abolishes slavery of young children   

1904  On this day in history daniel K Womack, singer/guitarist   

1904  On this day in history juliaan Dillens, Flemish sculptor, dies at 55   

1905  On this day in history howard Hughes born   

1905  The birth of Howard Hughes, American tycoon on December - 24.   

1905  Anna "Ans" van Dike ("the Young"), Jewish nazi collaborator on this day in history.   

1906  On this day in history reginald A Fessenden became first to broadcast music over radio (Mass)   

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

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 December - 24.   

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

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  Constance of Austria, queen of Poland (d. 1631) was born on this day in history.   

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

1069  On December - 24 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 December - 24 john von Neumarkt, German bishop/Chancellor Karel IV, dies   

1453  On this day in history john Dunstable, English composer, dies   

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

1541  Andreas R Bodenstein von Carlstadt, radical Lutheran, dies at about 61 on December - 24.   

1548  On this day in history maximilian of Egmond, Dutch count/stadholder of Frisia, dies