Page 6: Historical Events In December - 24

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

1962  On December - 24 uSSR performs nuclear test at Novaya Zemlya USSR   

1963  On this day in history greek & Turks riot in Cyprus   

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

1966  On this day in history luna 13 lands on Moon   

1966  USAF C144 military charter crashes near Binh Thai Vietnam kills 129 on this day in history.   

1966  On December - 24 "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  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  Walt Disney's "The Aristocats" is released on this day in history.   

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

1971  On December - 24 peruvian Airlines Electra crashes at headwaters of Amazon, killing all except Juliane Margaret Koepcke found 10 days later   

1972  On December - 24 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 this day in history 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  On this day in history 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  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 December - 24.   

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

1986  On December - 24 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  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  On December - 24 mary Kinnear dies at age 93; appointed to the Senate 1967; one of Canada's first female senators.   

1991  On December - 24 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  Galba, Roman Emperor (d. 69) was born on this day in history.   

1167  On this day in history birth of john "without a land", king of England (1199-1216)   

1389  John VI, Duke of Brittany (d. 1442) was born on December - 24.   

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  On this day in history birth of abraham C Bloemaert, painter/cartoonist/engraver   

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

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

1069  On this day in history godfried II, with the Beard, duke of Neder-Lutherans, dies   

1257  Death of John I, Count of Hainaut (b. 1218) on this day in history.   

1380  On this day in history john von Neumarkt, German bishop/Chancellor Karel IV, dies   

1453  John Dunstable, English composer, dies on this day in history.   

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.