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  Alban Maria Johannes Berg, composer, dies at 50 on December - 24.   

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

1937  On this day in history dutch govt recognizes Italian king Emanuel III as emperor of Abyssinia   

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

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

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

1942  Friedrich Klose, composer, dies at 80 on this day in history.   

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 December - 24.   

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

1946  On December - 24 4th French republic established   

1946  On December - 24 first Live Church Service Telecast   

1948  Canada formally recognizes the state of Israel on this day in history.   

1948  First US house completely sunheated is occupied, Dover, Mass on this day in history.   

1948  On this day in history 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 December - 24.   

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  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 this day in history.   

1953  On this day in history wellington-Auckland (NZ) express train swept away in flood kills 166   

1954  On December - 24 laos gains its independence   

1954  On this day in history council for the Children Protection forms in Neth   

1954  On December - 24 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  Norma Talmadge, US actress (Within the Law, Sign on Bay), dies at 60 on December - 24.   

1960  Dutch bishops question papacy values on this day in history.   

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

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

1167  On this day in history birth of john "without a land", king of England (1199-1216)   

1389  On December - 24 birth of john VI, Duke of Brittany (d. 1442)   

1475  On this day in history birth of thomas Murner, German writer (d.c. 1537)   

1491  Ignatius of Loyola, Spanish founder of the Jesuit order (d. 1556) was born on this day in history.   

1508  Pietro Carnesecchi, Italian humanist (d. 1567) was born on December - 24.   

1564  On December - 24 birth of abraham C Bloemaert, painter/cartoonist/engraver   

1588  Constance of Austria, queen of Poland (d. 1631) was born on December - 24.   

0427  On December - 24 death of archbishop Sisinnius I of Constantinople   

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

1257  On this day in history death of john I, Count of Hainaut (b. 1218)   

1380  John von Neumarkt, German bishop/Chancellor Karel IV, dies on this day in history.   

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

1524  On this day in history vasco da Gama, Portuguese explorer/viceroy of Cochin, dies at about 55   

1541  On this day in history andreas R Bodenstein von Carlstadt, radical Lutheran, dies at about 61   

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