Page 6: Historical Events In December - 24

1961  On this day in history guy de Lioncourt, composer, dies at 76   

1962  On this day in history uSSR performs nuclear test at Novaya Zemlya USSR   

1963  On December - 24 greek & Turks riot in Cyprus   

1964  On this day in history shooting begins on "The Cage" the pilot for Star Trek   

1966  Luna 13 lands on Moon on this day in history.   

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

1966  "Joyful Noise" closes at Mark Hellinger Theater NYC after 12 perfs on this day in history.   

1966  On this day in history gaspar Cassado Moreu, composer, dies at 69   

1967  On this day in history pirate Radio Pegasus starts broadcasting off New Zealand   

1967  China PR performs nuclear test at Lop Nor PRC on this day in history.   

1968  On December - 24 apollo 8 astronauts read passages from Book of Genesis   

1970  9 Jews are convicted in Lenningrad of hijacking a plane on December - 24.   

1970  Walt Disney's "The Aristocats" is released on this day in history.   

1970  On this day in history 9 Jews are convicted in Leningrad of hijacking a plane   

1971  On this day in history 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  On this day in history ferryboat capsized off coast of Equador, drowning 200   

1974  On December - 24 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  Bernard Herrmann, US movie composer, dies at 64 on December - 24.   

1976  Victor Stanitsin, actor (War & Peace, Jubilee), dies at 79 on this day in history.   

1979  On December - 24 1st Ariane-rocket launched   

1979  On this day in history dirk Uipko Stikker, Dutch CEO (Heineken)/sect-gen NATO, dies at 82   

1980  Americans remembered Iran hostages by shining lights for 417 seconds on this day in history.   

1980  On December - 24 alec Lafayette Chew Wilder, composer, dies at 73   

1984  Ian Hendry, actor (Assassin, Get Carter, Repulsion), dies at 53 on this day in history.   

1986  On this day in history french hostage Aurel Cornea, held in Lebanon for 9 months, released   

1986  Gardner F[rancis] Fox, author (Kothar-Barbarian Swordsman), dies at 75 on this day in history.   

1987  On December - 24 john M "Joop" de Uyl, Dutch social-dem premier (1973-77), dies at 68   

1989  On December - 24 panama's dictator, Manual Noriega seeks asylum at the Vatican embassy   

1990  Saddam says Israel will be Iraq's main target on December - 24.   

1991  On December - 24 mary Kinnear dies at age 93; appointed to the Senate 1967; one of Canada's first female senators.   

1991  On this day in history mikhail Gorbachev resigns as head of the Soviet Union   

1991  Walter Hudson, 1,025 lb man, dies at 46 on December - 24.   

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0003  Galba, Roman Emperor (d. 69) was born on this day in history.   

1167  On December - 24 birth of john "without a land", king of England (1199-1216)   

1389  On December - 24 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  On this day in history birth of pietro Carnesecchi, Italian humanist (d. 1567)   

1564  On December - 24 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  Godfried II, with the Beard, duke of Neder-Lutherans, dies on December - 24.   

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  Vasco da Gama, Portuguese explorer/viceroy of Cochin, dies at about 55 on this day in history.   

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.