Page 5: Historical Events In December - 24

1935  Alban Maria Johannes Berg, composer, dies at 50   

1936  1st radioactive isotope medicine administered, Berkeley, Ca   

1937  Dutch govt recognizes Italian king Emanuel III as emperor of Abyssinia.   

1939  World War II: Pope Pius XII makes a Christmas Eve appeal for peace.   

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

1942  inaugural powered flight of V-1 buzz bomb, Peenemonde, Germany   

1942  The department of National Defence says there are now 681615 volunteers and conscripts in the Canadian forces.   

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

1942  Friedrich Klose, composer, dies at 80   

1943  FDR appoints General Eisenhower supreme commander of Allied forces.   

1943  FDR appoints Gen Eisenhower supreme commander of Allied forces   

1944  Joseph Gustav Mraczek, composer, dies at 66.   

1945  Francisco Pujol, composer, dies at 67   

1946  4th French republic established   

1946  inaugural Live Church Service Telecast   

1948  Canada formally recognizes the state of Israel   

1948  inaugural US house completely sunheated is occupied, Dover, Mass.   

1948  1st US house completely sunheated is occupied (Dover Mass).   

1950  Cleveland Browns win NFL championship, beat LA 30-28   

1951  inaugural televised opera (Amahl and the Night Visitor)   

1951  United Kingdom of Libya gains independence from Italy via the UN.   

1951  1st televised opera (Amahl and Night Visitor).   

1952  Henry A "Hans" Kramers, Dutch theoretical physicist, dies at 58   

1953  2 fast express trains crash head-on killing 103 (Czechoslovakia).   

1953  Wellington-Auckland (NZ) express train swept away in flood results in the deaths of 166   

1954  Laos gains its independence   

1954  Council for the Children Protection forms in Neth   

1954  Johnny Ace, ballad singer, dies at 25 of Russian Roulette.   

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

1956  "I Love Lucy" Christmas show airs, never put in syndication.   

1957  Norma Talmadge, US actress (Within the Law, Sign on Bay), dies at 60   

1960  Dutch bishops question papacy values.   

1961  Houston Oilers beat San Diego Chargers 10-3 in AFL championship game   

1961  Guy de Lioncourt, composer, dies at 76   

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0003  Galba: Roman emperor   

1167  John "without a land": King of england (1199-1216)   

1389  John vi: Duke of brittany   

1475  Thomas murner: German writer (d.c. 1537)   

1491  Ignatius of loyola: Spanish founder of the jesuit order   

1508  Pietro carnesecchi: Italian humanist   

1564  Abraham c bloemaert: Painter/cartoonist/engraver   

1588  Constance of austria: Queen of poland   

0427  Archbishop sisinnius i of constantinople: Archbishop sisinnius i of constantinople   

1069  Godfried ii: With the beard, duke of neder-lutherans,   

1257  John i: Count of hainaut (b. 1218)   

1380  John von neumarkt: German bishop/chancellor karel iv,   

1453  John dunstable: English composer,   

1524  Death of Vasco da gama: Portuguese explorer/viceroy of cochin,   

1541  Death of Andreas r bodenstein von carlstadt: Radical lutheran,   

1548  Maximilian of egmond: Dutch count/stadholder of frisia,