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  On this day in history 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 December - 24.   

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

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

1966  On this day in history gaspar Cassado Moreu, composer, dies at 69   

1967  On December - 24 pirate Radio Pegasus starts broadcasting off New Zealand   

1967  On this day in history 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 this day in history 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 December - 24.   

1972  Charles Atlas, bodybuilder, dies at 79 on December - 24.   

1973  On December - 24 ferryboat capsized off coast of Equador, drowning 200   

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

1974  Tilly Losch, actress (Duel in the Sun, Good Earth), dies at 70 on this day in history.   

1975  Bernard Herrmann, US movie composer, dies at 64 on December - 24.   

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

1979  On this day in history 1st Ariane-rocket launched   

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

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 this day in history.   

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  Panama's dictator, Manual Noriega seeks asylum at the Vatican embassy on December - 24.   

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

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 December - 24.   

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 December - 24.   

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

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 December - 24.   

1588  Constance of Austria, queen of Poland (d. 1631) was born on December - 24.   

0427  On this day in history death of archbishop Sisinnius I of Constantinople   

1069  On this day in history 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 this day in history john von Neumarkt, German bishop/Chancellor Karel IV, dies   

1453  On this day in history john Dunstable, English composer, dies   

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 December - 24.