Page 6: Historical Events In December - 24

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

1962  USSR performs nuclear test at Novaya Zemlya USSR on this day in history.   

1963  On December - 24 greek & Turks riot in Cyprus   

1964  Shooting begins on "The Cage" the pilot for Star Trek on December - 24.   

1966  Luna 13 lands on Moon on December - 24.   

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 December - 24.   

1966  Gaspar Cassado Moreu, composer, dies at 69 on December - 24.   

1967  On December - 24 pirate Radio Pegasus starts broadcasting off New Zealand   

1967  On this day in history china PR performs nuclear test at Lop Nor PRC   

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

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

1970  On this day in history walt Disney's "The Aristocats" is released   

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

1971  Peruvian Airlines Electra crashes at headwaters of Amazon, killing all except Juliane Margaret Koepcke found 10 days later on this day in history.   

1972  Charles Atlas, bodybuilder, dies at 79 on this day in history.   

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

1974  On December - 24 cardinals' Lou Brock is named Sportsman of the Year   

1974  On December - 24 tilly Losch, actress (Duel in the Sun, Good Earth), dies at 70   

1975  On December - 24 bernard Herrmann, US movie composer, dies at 64   

1976  Victor Stanitsin, actor (War & Peace, Jubilee), dies at 79 on December - 24.   

1979  On this day in history 1st Ariane-rocket launched   

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 this day in history.   

1984  On this day in history ian Hendry, actor (Assassin, Get Carter, Repulsion), dies at 53   

1986  French hostage Aurel Cornea, held in Lebanon for 9 months, released on December - 24.   

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

1987  On this day in history 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  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 December - 24.   

1991  Mikhail Gorbachev resigns as head of the Soviet Union on this day in history.   

1991  On this day in history walter Hudson, 1,025 lb man, dies at 46   

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0003  On this day in history birth of galba, Roman Emperor (d. 69)   

1167  On this day in history birth of john "without a land", king of England (1199-1216)   

1389  John VI, Duke of Brittany (d. 1442) was born on December - 24.   

1475  Thomas Murner, German writer (d.c. 1537) was born on this day in history.   

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

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

1564  On December - 24 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  Death of Archbishop Sisinnius I of Constantinople on December - 24.   

1069  On December - 24 godfried II, with the Beard, duke of Neder-Lutherans, dies   

1257  Death of John I, Count of Hainaut (b. 1218) on December - 24.   

1380  John von Neumarkt, German bishop/Chancellor Karel IV, dies on December - 24.   

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

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 December - 24.   

1548  On this day in history maximilian of Egmond, Dutch count/stadholder of Frisia, dies