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  Dutch govt recognizes Italian king Emanuel III as emperor of Abyssinia on December - 24.  

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

1941  On December - 24 1st ships of admiral Nagumo's Pearl Harbor-fleet return to Japan  

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

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

1943  On December - 24 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 December - 24.  

1946  On this day in history 4th French republic established  

1946  On this day in history first Live Church Service Telecast  

1948  Canada formally recognizes the state of Israel on December - 24.  

1948  First US house completely sunheated is occupied, Dover, Mass on December - 24.  

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 this day in history.  

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

1951  On this day in history 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 December - 24 wellington-Auckland (NZ) express train swept away in flood kills 166  

1954  On this day in history laos gains its independence  

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

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

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 this day in history.  

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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 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 this day in history.  

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 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  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 December - 24 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  Maximilian of Egmond, Dutch count/stadholder of Frisia, dies on December - 24.