Top Historical Events That Happened on December 24

1964  Shooting begins on "The Cage" the pilot for Star Trek.   

1966  Luna 13 lands on Moon   

1966  USAF C144 military charter crashes near Binh Thai Vietnam results in the deaths of 129.   

1966  "Joyful Noise" closes at Mark Hellinger Theater NYC after 12 perfs   

1966  Gaspar Cassado Moreu, composer, dies at 69.   

1967  In this year, Pirate Radio Pegasus starts broadcasting off New Zealand.   

1967  China PR performs nuclear test at Lop Nor PRC   

1968  Apollo 8 astronauts read passages from Book of Genesis.   

1970  9 Jews are convicted in Lenningrad of hijacking a plane.   

1970  Walt Disney's "The Aristocats" is released.   

1970  9 Jews are convicted in Leningrad of hijacking a plane   

1971  Peruvian Airlines Electra crashes at headwaters of Amazon, killing all except Juliane Margaret Koepcke are discovered 10 days later   

1972  Charles Atlas, bodybuilder, dies at 79.   

1973  Ferryboat capsized off coast of Equador, drowning 200.   

1974  Cardinals' Lou Brock is named Sportsman of the Year.   

1974  Tilly Losch, actress (Duel in the Sun, Good Earth), dies at 70   

1975  Bernard Herrmann, US movie composer, dies at 64   

1976  Victor Stanitsin, actor (War and Peace, Jubilee), dies at 79   

1979  1st Ariane-rocket launched   

1979  Dirk Uipko Stikker, Dutch CEO (Heineken)/sect-gen NATO, dies at 82   

1980  Americans remembered Iran hostages by shining lights for 417 seconds.   

1980  Alec Lafayette Chew Wilder, composer, dies at 73   

1984  Ian Hendry, actor (Assassin, Get Carter, Repulsion), dies at 53.   

1986  French hostage Aurel Cornea, held in Lebanon for 9 months, released.   

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

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

1989  Panama's dictator, Manual Noriega seeks asylum at the Vatican embassy.   

1990  Saddam says Israel will be Iraq's main target   

1991  Mary Kinnear dies at age 93; appointed to the Senate 1967; one of Canada's inaugural female senators.   

1991  Mikhail Gorbachev steps down as head of the Soviet Union.   

1991  Walter Hudson, 1025 lb man, dies at 46   

1992  Abdulkadir Widjojoatmodjo, Java diplomat, dies   

1993  Alexander Mackendrick, British/US director (Lady Killers), dies at 81.   

1994  Jimmy Buddy Lee Land Ace, singer, dies at 57.   

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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  Death of Archbishop sisinnius i of constantinople: Archbishop sisinnius i of constantinople   

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

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

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

1453  Death of 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  Death of Maximilian of egmond: Dutch count/stadholder of frisia,