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Historic Anniversaries this Week in 2024

Major historical anniversaries and events for this day in history and this week for 2024.
 

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Historical Anniversaries this Week

December 19

 Events (100 years ago today): 1924 – The last Rolls-Royce Silver Ghost is sold in London, England.

 Events (100 years ago today): 1924 – German serial killer Fritz Haarmann is sentenced to death for a series of murders.

 Events (50 years ago today): 1974Nelson Rockefeller is sworn in as Vice President of the United States under President Gerald Ford under the provisions of the Twenty-fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution.

 Births (100 years ago today): 1924Carlo Chiti, Italian engineer (d. 1994)

 Births (100 years ago today): 1924 – Doug Harvey, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (d. 1989)

 Births (100 years ago today): 1924 – Gary Morton, American comedian and producer (d. 1999)

 Births (100 years ago today): 1924 – Edmund Purdom, British-Italian actor (d. 2009)

 Births (100 years ago today): 1924 – Michel Tournier, French journalist and author (d. 2016)

 Births (100 years ago today): 1924 – Cicely Tyson, American actress (d. 2021) [22]

 Births (50 years ago today): 1974Eduard Ivakdalam, Indonesian footballer

 Births (50 years ago today): 1974 – Joe Jurevicius, American football player

 Births (50 years ago today): 1974 – Felipe Lopez, Dominican-American basketball player

 Births (50 years ago today): 1974 – Jake Plummer, American football player and sportscaster

 Births (50 years ago today): 1974 – Ricky Ponting, Australian cricketer and sportscaster

December 20

 Events (100 years ago today): 1924Adolf Hitler is released from Landsberg Prison.[8]

 Births (100 years ago today): 1924Charlie Callas, American actor and comedian (d. 2011)

 Births (100 years ago today): 1924 – Judy LaMarsh, Canadian soldier, lawyer, and politician, 42nd Secretary of State for Canada (d. 1980)[42]

 Births (50 years ago today): 1974Die, Japanese guitarist, songwriter, and producer

 Deaths (50 years ago today): 1974Rajani Palme Dutt, English journalist and politician (b. 1896)

 Deaths (50 years ago today): 1974 – André Jolivet, French composer and conductor (b. 1905)

Commemorations:
International Human Solidarity Day

December 21

 Events (900 years ago today): 1124Pope Honorius II is consecrated, having been elected after the controversial dethroning of Pope Celestine II.[2]

 Births (50 years ago today): 1974Karrie Webb, Australian golfer

 Deaths (200 years ago today): 1824James Parkinson, English physician and paleontologist (b. 1755)

 Deaths (50 years ago today): 1974Richard Long, American actor and director (b. 1927)

December 22

 Events (50 years ago today): 1974Grande Comore, Anjouan and Mohéli vote to become the independent nation of Comoros. Mayotte remains under French administration.

 Events (50 years ago today): 1974 – The house of former British Prime Minister Edward Heath is attacked by members of the Provisional IRA.

 Births (150 years ago today): 1874Franz Schmidt, Austrian cellist, pianist, and composer (d. 1939)

 Births (100 years ago today): 1924Frank Corsaro, American actor and director (d. 2017)

 Births (50 years ago today): 1974Rei Hance, American actress[51]

 Deaths (100 years ago today): 1924Karl Denke, German serial killer and cannibal (b. 1860)[76][77][78][79]

 Deaths (50 years ago today): 1974Sterling North, American author and critic (b. 1906)

December 23

 Births (100 years ago today): 1924Bob Kurland, American basketball player and politician (d. 2013)

 Births (50 years ago today): 1974Agustín Delgado, Ecuadorian footballer and politician

 Births (50 years ago today): 1974 – Mieszko Talarczyk, Polish-Swedish singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (d. 2004)

December 24

 Events (100 years ago today): 1924Albania becomes a republic.[18]

 Events (50 years ago today): 1974Cyclone Tracy devastates Darwin, Australia.[34]

 Births (550 years ago today): 1474Bartolomeo degli Organi, Italian musician (d. 1539)[48]

 Births (100 years ago today): 1924Lee Dorsey, American singer-songwriter (d. 1986)

 Births (100 years ago today): 1924 – Abdirizak Haji Hussein, Somalian soldier and politician, 4th Prime Minister of Somalia (d. 2014)

 Births (50 years ago today): 1974Thure Lindhardt, Danish actor

 Births (50 years ago today): 1974 – Paal Nilssen-Love, Norwegian drummer and composer

 Births (50 years ago today): 1974 – Marcelo Salas, Chilean footballer

 Births (50 years ago today): 1974 – Ryan Seacrest, American radio host and television personality, and producer[62]

 Births (50 years ago today): 1974 – J.D. Walsh, American actor, director, and producer

 Deaths (500 years ago today): 1524Vasco da Gama, Portuguese explorer and politician, Governor of Portuguese India (b. 1469)

December 25

 Events (1750 years ago today): 274 – A temple to Sol Invictus is dedicated in Rome by Emperor Aurelian.[2]

 Events (300 years ago today): 1724J. S. Bach leads the first performance of Gelobet seist du, Jesu Christ, BWV 91, in Leipzig, based on Luther's 1524 Christmas hymn.[19]

 Births (600 years ago today): 1424Margaret Stewart, Dauphine of France (d. 1445)

 Births (350 years ago today): 1674Thomas Halyburton, Scottish minister and theologian (d. 1712)

 Births (150 years ago today): 1874Lina Cavalieri, Italian soprano and actress (d. 1944)[70]

 Births (100 years ago today): 1924Rod Serling, American screenwriter and producer, created The Twilight Zone (d. 1975)

 Births (100 years ago today): 1924 – Atal Bihari Vajpayee, Indian poet and politician, 10th Prime Minister of India (d. 2018)

 Deaths (200 years ago today): 1824Barbara von Krüdener, German mystic and author (b. 1764)

 Deaths (200 years ago today): 1824 – William Lawless, Irish revolutionary, later French Army general (b. 1772)


 


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