Page 7: Historical Events In December - 24

1992  Abdulkadir Widjojoatmodjo, Java diplomat, dies on December - 24.   

1993  On December - 24 alexander Mackendrick, British/US director (Lady Killers), dies at 81   

1994  Jimmy Buddy Lee Land Ace, singer, dies at 57 on December - 24.   

1995  Geoffrey Pinnington, journalist, dies at 76 on December - 24.   

1996  Edward Leadbitter, politician, dies at 77 on December - 24.   

1997  Alan Fluck, musical educationalist, dies at 69 on December - 24.   

2005  Pope Benedict XVI leads his first Christmas Midnight Mass as Pope, praying for peace in the Middle East on December - 24.   

2006  Ethiopia admits its troops have intervened in Somalia on December - 24.   

2007  On December - 24 the Nepalese government announces that the country's 240-year-old monarchy will be abolished in 2008 and a new republic will be declared.   

2012  11 kindergarten children are killed after a minivan plunges into a roadside pond on this day in history.   

2017  On this day in history guatemala follows in the footsteps of the United States by announcing that they will also move their Israeli embassy to Jerusalem, followed by Honduras and Panama two days later.   

2018  On December - 24 burundi moves its capital from Bujumbura to Gitega.   

2020  The United Kingdom and the European Union agree to a comprehensive free trade agreement prior to the end of the transition period on this day in history.   

2024  On December - 24 the 2025 Jubilee in the Catholic Church begins.   

2024  On this day in history the Parker Solar Probe breaks the previous record set in 2018 for the closest artificial object to the Sun by 6.1 million kilometers (3.8 million miles), becoming the closest and first man-made object to approach and "touch" the Sun.   

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0003  Galba, Roman Emperor (d. 69) was born on December - 24.   

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  On December - 24 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 this day in history birth of abraham C Bloemaert, painter/cartoonist/engraver   

1588  On December - 24 birth of constance of Austria, queen of Poland (d. 1631)   

0427  Death of Archbishop Sisinnius I of Constantinople on this day in history.   

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  John von Neumarkt, German bishop/Chancellor Karel IV, dies on this day in history.   

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

1524  On December - 24 vasco da Gama, Portuguese explorer/viceroy of Cochin, dies at about 55   

1541  On this day in history andreas R Bodenstein von Carlstadt, radical Lutheran, dies at about 61   

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