Page 6: Historical Events In December - 24

1961  Guy de Lioncourt, composer, dies at 76 on this day in history.   

1962  USSR performs nuclear test at Novaya Zemlya USSR on December - 24.   

1963  Greek & Turks riot in Cyprus on this day in history.   

1964  Shooting begins on "The Cage" the pilot for Star Trek on this day in history.   

1966  Luna 13 lands on Moon on December - 24.   

1966  On this day in history uSAF C144 military charter crashes near Binh Thai Vietnam kills 129   

1966  On December - 24 "Joyful Noise" closes at Mark Hellinger Theater NYC after 12 perfs   

1966  Gaspar Cassado Moreu, composer, dies at 69 on this day in history.   

1967  Pirate Radio Pegasus starts broadcasting off New Zealand on December - 24.   

1967  On December - 24 china PR performs nuclear test at Lop Nor PRC   

1968  On December - 24 apollo 8 astronauts read passages from Book of Genesis   

1970  9 Jews are convicted in Lenningrad of hijacking a plane on December - 24.   

1970  On this day in history walt Disney's "The Aristocats" is released   

1970  9 Jews are convicted in Leningrad of hijacking a plane on this day in history.   

1971  Peruvian Airlines Electra crashes at headwaters of Amazon, killing all except Juliane Margaret Koepcke found 10 days later on this day in history.   

1972  On this day in history charles Atlas, bodybuilder, dies at 79   

1973  Ferryboat capsized off coast of Equador, drowning 200 on December - 24.   

1974  On this day in history cardinals' Lou Brock is named Sportsman of the Year   

1974  On December - 24 tilly Losch, actress (Duel in the Sun, Good Earth), dies at 70   

1975  On this day in history bernard Herrmann, US movie composer, dies at 64   

1976  Victor Stanitsin, actor (War & Peace, Jubilee), dies at 79 on December - 24.   

1979  1st Ariane-rocket launched on this day in history.   

1979  On this day in history dirk Uipko Stikker, Dutch CEO (Heineken)/sect-gen NATO, dies at 82   

1980  On December - 24 americans remembered Iran hostages by shining lights for 417 seconds   

1980  Alec Lafayette Chew Wilder, composer, dies at 73 on this day in history.   

1984  Ian Hendry, actor (Assassin, Get Carter, Repulsion), dies at 53 on this day in history.   

1986  French hostage Aurel Cornea, held in Lebanon for 9 months, released on December - 24.   

1986  Gardner F[rancis] Fox, author (Kothar-Barbarian Swordsman), dies at 75 on December - 24.   

1987  John M "Joop" de Uyl, Dutch social-dem premier (1973-77), dies at 68 on December - 24.   

1989  Panama's dictator, Manual Noriega seeks asylum at the Vatican embassy on this day in history.   

1990  Saddam says Israel will be Iraq's main target on this day in history.   

1991  On this day in history mary Kinnear dies at age 93; appointed to the Senate 1967; one of Canada's first female senators.   

1991  Mikhail Gorbachev resigns as head of the Soviet Union on this day in history.   

1991  Walter Hudson, 1,025 lb man, dies at 46 on this day in history.   

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0003  Galba, Roman Emperor (d. 69) was born on this day in history.   

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  On December - 24 birth of thomas Murner, German writer (d.c. 1537)   

1491  Ignatius of Loyola, Spanish founder of the Jesuit order (d. 1556) was born on December - 24.   

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

1564  Abraham C Bloemaert, painter/cartoonist/engraver was born on this day in history.   

1588  Constance of Austria, queen of Poland (d. 1631) was born on this day in history.   

0427  Death of Archbishop Sisinnius I of Constantinople on December - 24.   

1069  On December - 24 godfried II, with the Beard, duke of Neder-Lutherans, dies   

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

1541  Andreas R Bodenstein von Carlstadt, radical Lutheran, dies at about 61 on this day in history.   

1548  Maximilian of Egmond, Dutch count/stadholder of Frisia, dies on this day in history.