Page 7: Historical Events In December - 24

1992  On this day in history abdulkadir Widjojoatmodjo, Java diplomat, dies   

1993  Alexander Mackendrick, British/US director (Lady Killers), dies at 81 on December - 24.   

1994  On December - 24 jimmy Buddy Lee Land Ace, singer, dies at 57   

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

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

1997  On December - 24 alan Fluck, musical educationalist, dies at 69   

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  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  11 kindergarten children are killed after a minivan plunges into a roadside pond on December - 24.   

2017  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 on this day in history.   

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

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

2024  On this day in history 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  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  On this day in history birth of john VI, Duke of Brittany (d. 1442)   

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 December - 24.   

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 December - 24.   

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  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 this day in history.   

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