Page 6: Historical Events In December - 24

1961  On December - 24 guy de Lioncourt, composer, dies at 76   

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 this day in history.   

1966  On December - 24 uSAF C144 military charter crashes near Binh Thai Vietnam kills 129   

1966  "Joyful Noise" closes at Mark Hellinger Theater NYC after 12 perfs on this day in history.   

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

1967  Pirate Radio Pegasus starts broadcasting off New Zealand on this day in history.   

1967  China PR performs nuclear test at Lop Nor PRC on this day in history.   

1968  Apollo 8 astronauts read passages from Book of Genesis on this day in history.   

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

1970  On December - 24 walt Disney's "The Aristocats" is released   

1970  On December - 24 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 found 10 days later on this day in history.   

1972  Charles Atlas, bodybuilder, dies at 79 on this day in history.   

1973  On this day in history ferryboat capsized off coast of Equador, drowning 200   

1974  Cardinals' Lou Brock is named Sportsman of the Year on December - 24.   

1974  Tilly Losch, actress (Duel in the Sun, Good Earth), dies at 70 on December - 24.   

1975  Bernard Herrmann, US movie composer, dies at 64 on this day in history.   

1976  Victor Stanitsin, actor (War & Peace, Jubilee), dies at 79 on this day in history.   

1979  On December - 24 1st Ariane-rocket launched   

1979  Dirk Uipko Stikker, Dutch CEO (Heineken)/sect-gen NATO, dies at 82 on December - 24.   

1980  On this day in history 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  On this day in history ian Hendry, actor (Assassin, Get Carter, Repulsion), dies at 53   

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

1986  On this day in history gardner F[rancis] Fox, author (Kothar-Barbarian Swordsman), dies at 75   

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

1989  On this day in history panama's dictator, Manual Noriega seeks asylum at the Vatican embassy   

1990  On December - 24 saddam says Israel will be Iraq's main target   

1991  On December - 24 mary Kinnear dies at age 93; appointed to the Senate 1967; one of Canada's first female senators.   

1991  On this day in history mikhail Gorbachev resigns as head of the Soviet Union   

1991  On this day in history walter Hudson, 1,025 lb man, dies at 46   

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0003  On this day in history birth of galba, Roman Emperor (d. 69)   

1167  John "without a land", king of England (1199-1216) was born on December - 24.   

1389  John VI, Duke of Brittany (d. 1442) was born on this day in history.   

1475  Thomas Murner, German writer (d.c. 1537) was born on this day in history.   

1491  On this day in history birth of ignatius of Loyola, Spanish founder of the Jesuit order (d. 1556)   

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  On this day in history birth of constance of Austria, queen of Poland (d. 1631)   

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

1069  Godfried II, with the Beard, duke of Neder-Lutherans, dies on December - 24.   

1257  Death of John I, Count of Hainaut (b. 1218) on December - 24.   

1380  John von Neumarkt, German bishop/Chancellor Karel IV, dies on December - 24.   

1453  On December - 24 john Dunstable, English composer, dies   

1524  On December - 24 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 December - 24.   

1548  On December - 24 maximilian of Egmond, Dutch count/stadholder of Frisia, dies