Page 7: Historical Events In December - 24

1992  On December - 24 abdulkadir Widjojoatmodjo, Java diplomat, dies   

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

1994  On this day in history jimmy Buddy Lee Land Ace, singer, dies at 57   

1995  Geoffrey Pinnington, journalist, dies at 76 on this day in history.   

1996  Edward Leadbitter, politician, dies at 77 on this day in history.   

1997  On this day in history alan Fluck, musical educationalist, dies at 69   

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

2006  On this day in history ethiopia admits its troops have intervened in Somalia.   

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

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

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 this day in history 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 December - 24.   

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

2024  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 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 this day in history.   

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  On this day in history birth of pietro Carnesecchi, Italian humanist (d. 1567)   

1564  On this day in history 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  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  On December - 24 death of john I, Count of Hainaut (b. 1218)   

1380  On December - 24 john von Neumarkt, German bishop/Chancellor Karel IV, dies   

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 December - 24 andreas R Bodenstein von Carlstadt, radical Lutheran, dies at about 61   

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