Page 5: Historical Events In December - 24

1935  Bradman scores 233 in 191 mins, SA v Queensland, 28 fours 1 six on December - 24.   

1935  On this day in history alban Maria Johannes Berg, composer, dies at 50   

1936  1st radioactive isotope medicine administered, Berkeley, Ca on December - 24.   

1937  Dutch govt recognizes Italian king Emanuel III as emperor of Abyssinia on December - 24.   

1939  On December - 24 world War II: Pope Pius XII makes a Christmas Eve appeal for peace.   

1941  1st ships of admiral Nagumo's Pearl Harbor-fleet return to Japan on December - 24.   

1942  First powered flight of V-1 buzz bomb, Peenemonde, Germany on this day in history.   

1942  The department of National Defence says there are now 681,615 volunteers and conscripts in the Canadian forces on December - 24.   

1942  On December - 24 1st powered flight of V-1 buzz bomb, Peenemunde, Germany   

1942  Friedrich Klose, composer, dies at 80 on December - 24.   

1943  On this day in history fDR appoints General Eisenhower supreme commander of Allied forces   

1943  On December - 24 fDR appoints Gen Eisenhower supreme commander of Allied forces   

1944  On December - 24 joseph Gustav Mraczek, composer, dies at 66   

1945  Francisco Pujol, composer, dies at 67 on December - 24.   

1946  4th French republic established on December - 24.   

1946  First Live Church Service Telecast on this day in history.   

1948  Canada formally recognizes the state of Israel on December - 24.   

1948  First US house completely sunheated is occupied, Dover, Mass on this day in history.   

1948  1st US house completely sunheated is occupied (Dover Mass) on this day in history.   

1950  On December - 24 cleveland Browns win NFL championship, beat LA 30-28   

1951  First televised opera (Amahl and the Night Visitor) on this day in history.   

1951  On December - 24 united Kingdom of Libya gains independence from Italy via the UN   

1951  1st televised opera (Amahl & Night Visitor) on this day in history.   

1952  On December - 24 henry A "Hans" Kramers, Dutch theoretical physicist, dies at 58   

1953  2 fast express trains crash head-on killing 103 (Czechoslovakia) on December - 24.   

1953  Wellington-Auckland (NZ) express train swept away in flood kills 166 on December - 24.   

1954  Laos gains its independence on December - 24.   

1954  On this day in history council for the Children Protection forms in Neth   

1954  On December - 24 johnny Ace, ballad singer, dies at 25 of Russian Roulette   

1955  On December - 24 nana Bryant, actress (Mrs Nestor-Our Miss Brooks), dies at 67   

1956  On December - 24 "I Love Lucy" Christmas show airs, never put in syndication   

1957  On this day in history norma Talmadge, US actress (Within the Law, Sign on Bay), dies at 60   

1960  Dutch bishops question papacy values on this day in history.   

1961  On December - 24 houston Oilers beat San Diego Chargers 10-3 in AFL championship game   

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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  Thomas Murner, German writer (d.c. 1537) was born on December - 24.   

1491  On this day in history birth of ignatius of Loyola, Spanish founder of the Jesuit order (d. 1556)   

1508  On this day in history birth of pietro Carnesecchi, Italian humanist (d. 1567)   

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  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  On December - 24 death of john I, Count of Hainaut (b. 1218)   

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  Andreas R Bodenstein von Carlstadt, radical Lutheran, dies at about 61 on this day in history.   

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