Page 5: Historical Events In December - 24

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

1935  On December - 24 alban Maria Johannes Berg, composer, dies at 50   

1936  On this day in history 1st radioactive isotope medicine administered, Berkeley, Ca   

1937  Dutch govt recognizes Italian king Emanuel III as emperor of Abyssinia on this day in history.   

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

1941  On this day in history 1st ships of admiral Nagumo's Pearl Harbor-fleet return to Japan   

1942  On this day in history first powered flight of V-1 buzz bomb, Peenemonde, Germany   

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

1942  On this day in history 1st powered flight of V-1 buzz bomb, Peenemunde, Germany   

1942  On December - 24 friedrich Klose, composer, dies at 80   

1943  FDR appoints General Eisenhower supreme commander of Allied forces on this day in history.   

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

1944  On December - 24 joseph Gustav Mraczek, composer, dies at 66   

1945  Francisco Pujol, composer, dies at 67 on this day in history.   

1946  4th French republic established on this day in history.   

1946  First Live Church Service Telecast on December - 24.   

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

1948  On December - 24 first US house completely sunheated is occupied, Dover, Mass   

1948  On December - 24 1st US house completely sunheated is occupied (Dover Mass)   

1950  On this day in history cleveland Browns win NFL championship, beat LA 30-28   

1951  First televised opera (Amahl and the Night Visitor) on this day in history.   

1951  On this day in history united Kingdom of Libya gains independence from Italy via the UN   

1951  1st televised opera (Amahl & Night Visitor) on this day in history.   

1952  On this day in history henry A "Hans" Kramers, Dutch theoretical physicist, dies at 58   

1953  On this day in history 2 fast express trains crash head-on killing 103 (Czechoslovakia)   

1953  Wellington-Auckland (NZ) express train swept away in flood kills 166 on this day in history.   

1954  Laos gains its independence on December - 24.   

1954  On December - 24 council for the Children Protection forms in Neth   

1954  On this day in history johnny Ace, ballad singer, dies at 25 of Russian Roulette   

1955  Nana Bryant, actress (Mrs Nestor-Our Miss Brooks), dies at 67 on December - 24.   

1956  "I Love Lucy" Christmas show airs, never put in syndication on this day in history.   

1957  On this day in history norma Talmadge, US actress (Within the Law, Sign on Bay), dies at 60   

1960  On December - 24 dutch bishops question papacy values   

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

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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 December - 24.   

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  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 December - 24.   

0427  Death of Archbishop Sisinnius I of Constantinople on December - 24.   

1069  On this day in history godfried II, with the Beard, duke of Neder-Lutherans, dies   

1257  On December - 24 death of john I, Count of Hainaut (b. 1218)   

1380  John von Neumarkt, German bishop/Chancellor Karel IV, dies on December - 24.   

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

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 this day in history.