Page 5: Historical Events In December - 24

1935  Bradman scores 233 in 191 mins, SA v Queensland, 28 fours 1 six on December - 24.   

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

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

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

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

1942  Friedrich Klose, composer, dies at 80 on December - 24.   

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

1943  On this day in history fDR appoints Gen Eisenhower supreme commander of Allied forces   

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 December - 24.   

1946  On December - 24 first Live Church Service Telecast   

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

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

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

1952  Henry A "Hans" Kramers, Dutch theoretical physicist, dies at 58 on this day in history.   

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

1953  On December - 24 wellington-Auckland (NZ) express train swept away in flood kills 166   

1954  On December - 24 laos gains its independence   

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  On this day in history "I Love Lucy" Christmas show airs, never put in syndication   

1957  On December - 24 norma Talmadge, US actress (Within the Law, Sign on Bay), dies at 60   

1960  On December - 24 dutch bishops question papacy values   

1961  On December - 24 houston Oilers beat San Diego Chargers 10-3 in AFL championship game   

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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  On this day in history 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  Ignatius of Loyola, Spanish founder of the Jesuit order (d. 1556) was born on December - 24.   

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

1564  On December - 24 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  On December - 24 death of archbishop Sisinnius I of Constantinople   

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

1257  On this day in history 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 December - 24.   

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