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  Greek & Turks riot in Cyprus on December - 24.   

1964  Shooting begins on "The Cage" the pilot for Star Trek on this day in history.   

1966  Luna 13 lands on Moon on December - 24.   

1966  USAF C144 military charter crashes near Binh Thai Vietnam kills 129 on December - 24.   

1966  On December - 24 "Joyful Noise" closes at Mark Hellinger Theater NYC after 12 perfs   

1966  Gaspar Cassado Moreu, composer, dies at 69 on this day in history.   

1967  Pirate Radio Pegasus starts broadcasting off New Zealand on December - 24.   

1967  China PR performs nuclear test at Lop Nor PRC on December - 24.   

1968  On this day in history apollo 8 astronauts read passages from Book of Genesis   

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

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  Peruvian Airlines Electra crashes at headwaters of Amazon, killing all except Juliane Margaret Koepcke found 10 days later on December - 24.   

1972  Charles Atlas, bodybuilder, dies at 79 on December - 24.   

1973  Ferryboat capsized off coast of Equador, drowning 200 on December - 24.   

1974  On this day in history cardinals' Lou Brock is named Sportsman of the Year   

1974  Tilly Losch, actress (Duel in the Sun, Good Earth), dies at 70 on December - 24.   

1975  Bernard Herrmann, US movie composer, dies at 64 on this day in history.   

1976  On December - 24 victor Stanitsin, actor (War & Peace, Jubilee), dies at 79   

1979  1st Ariane-rocket launched on December - 24.   

1979  On December - 24 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  Alec Lafayette Chew Wilder, composer, dies at 73 on December - 24.   

1984  On December - 24 ian Hendry, actor (Assassin, Get Carter, Repulsion), dies at 53   

1986  On December - 24 french hostage Aurel Cornea, held in Lebanon for 9 months, released   

1986  Gardner F[rancis] Fox, author (Kothar-Barbarian Swordsman), dies at 75 on December - 24.   

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

1989  On this day in history panama's dictator, Manual Noriega seeks asylum at the Vatican embassy   

1990  On December - 24 saddam says Israel will be Iraq's main target   

1991  Mary Kinnear dies at age 93; appointed to the Senate 1967; one of Canada's first female senators on this day in history.   

1991  On December - 24 mikhail Gorbachev resigns as head of the Soviet Union   

1991  Walter Hudson, 1,025 lb man, dies at 46 on this day in history.   

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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  John VI, Duke of Brittany (d. 1442) was born on this day in history.   

1475  Thomas Murner, German writer (d.c. 1537) was born on December - 24.   

1491  Ignatius of Loyola, Spanish founder of the Jesuit order (d. 1556) was born on December - 24.   

1508  On December - 24 birth of pietro Carnesecchi, Italian humanist (d. 1567)   

1564  On this day in history birth of abraham C Bloemaert, painter/cartoonist/engraver   

1588  Constance of Austria, queen of Poland (d. 1631) was born on this day in history.   

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

1453  John Dunstable, English composer, dies on December - 24.   

1524  On this day in history 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  On this day in history maximilian of Egmond, Dutch count/stadholder of Frisia, dies