Historical Events In December - 24

1935  Bradman scores 233 in 191 mins, SA v Queensland, 28 fours 1 six on this day in history.   

1935  Alban Maria Johannes Berg, composer, dies at 50 on this day in history.   

1936  On December - 24 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 December - 24.   

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

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

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

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  On December - 24 fDR appoints General Eisenhower supreme commander of Allied forces   

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 this day in history.   

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

1946  On this day in history first Live Church Service Telecast   

1948  On December - 24 canada formally recognizes the state of Israel.   

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

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 December - 24 first televised opera (Amahl and the Night Visitor)   

1951  United Kingdom of Libya gains independence from Italy via the UN on December - 24.   

1951  On December - 24 1st televised opera (Amahl & Night Visitor)   

1952  On December - 24 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 this day in history.   

1954  On December - 24 laos gains its independence   

1954  Council for the Children Protection forms in Neth on this day in history.   

1954  Johnny Ace, ballad singer, dies at 25 of Russian Roulette on December - 24.   

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 December - 24.   

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

1960  On this day in history dutch bishops question papacy values   

1961  On this day in history houston Oilers beat San Diego Chargers 10-3 in AFL championship game   

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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  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  Abraham C Bloemaert, painter/cartoonist/engraver was born on December - 24.   

1588  On December - 24 birth of constance of Austria, queen of Poland (d. 1631)   

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

1069  Godfried II, with the Beard, duke of Neder-Lutherans, dies on December - 24.   

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  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 this day in history andreas R Bodenstein von Carlstadt, radical Lutheran, dies at about 61   

1548  On December - 24 maximilian of Egmond, Dutch count/stadholder of Frisia, dies