Page 6: Historical Events In December - 24

1961  On this day in history guy de Lioncourt, composer, dies at 76   

1962  On this day in history uSSR performs nuclear test at Novaya Zemlya USSR   

1963  On December - 24 greek & Turks riot in Cyprus   

1964  On this day in history shooting begins on "The Cage" the pilot for Star Trek   

1966  Luna 13 lands on Moon on this day in history.   

1966  USAF C144 military charter crashes near Binh Thai Vietnam kills 129 on December - 24.   

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  On this day in history pirate Radio Pegasus starts broadcasting off New Zealand   

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

1968  On this day in history apollo 8 astronauts read passages from Book of Genesis   

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  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 December - 24 charles Atlas, bodybuilder, dies at 79   

1973  Ferryboat capsized off coast of Equador, drowning 200 on this day in history.   

1974  On December - 24 cardinals' Lou Brock is named Sportsman of the Year   

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

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

1976  On December - 24 victor Stanitsin, actor (War & Peace, Jubilee), dies at 79   

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  Americans remembered Iran hostages by shining lights for 417 seconds on December - 24.   

1980  On this day in history alec Lafayette Chew Wilder, composer, dies at 73   

1984  On this day in history ian Hendry, actor (Assassin, Get Carter, Repulsion), dies at 53   

1986  On this day in history french hostage Aurel Cornea, held in Lebanon for 9 months, released   

1986  On December - 24 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 this day in history 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 first female senators on this day in history.   

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 December - 24.   

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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  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 December - 24.   

1508  On December - 24 birth of pietro Carnesecchi, Italian humanist (d. 1567)   

1564  Abraham C Bloemaert, painter/cartoonist/engraver was born on December - 24.   

1588  On this day in history birth of constance of Austria, queen of Poland (d. 1631)   

0427  On December - 24 death of archbishop Sisinnius I of Constantinople   

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

1257  On December - 24 death of john I, Count of Hainaut (b. 1218)   

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

1453  John Dunstable, English composer, dies on December - 24.   

1524  Vasco da Gama, Portuguese explorer/viceroy of Cochin, dies at about 55 on December - 24.   

1541  Andreas R Bodenstein von Carlstadt, radical Lutheran, dies at about 61 on December - 24.   

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