24TH
DECEMBER
FEAST DAY OF
"ST GREGORY OF SPOLETO; SAINTS
THARSILLA & EMILIANA; ST ADELA; ST IRMINA; ST DELPHINUS; & ST SHARBEL
MAKHLOUF." |
24TH |
640 |
"JOHN IV" BEGINS HIS REIGN AS CATHOLIC POPE. |
24TH |
1814 |
THE WAR BETWEEN THE U.S.A.
& BRITAIN WAS BROUGHT TO AN END WITH THE SIGNING OF THE TREATY OF GHENT. |
24TH |
1818 |
"FRANZ GRUBER" 31, COMPOSED A MELODY FOR THE POEM
STILLE NACHT WRITTEN EARLIER BY PASTOR, "JOSEPH MOHR" 26.
IT WAS SUNG THE NEXT DAY, & IS KNOWN NOW AS "SILENT NIGHT." |
24TH |
1828 |
THE TRIAL OF "WILLIAM
BURKE" WHO WITH HIS PARTNER, "WILLIAM HARE" MURDERED, & DUG UP THE DEAD
TO SELL THE CORPSES FOR DISSECTION, WENT ON TRIAL IN EDINBURGH. |
24TH |
1864 |
AUSTRALIAS FIRST ART GALLERY OPENS IN MELBOURNE. |
24TH |
1875 |
A CYCLONE HIT THE PEARLING
FLEET IN EXMOUTH GULF, CLAIMING 52 LIVES. |
24TH |
1889 |
"DANIEL STOVER" & "WILLIAM HANCE"
PATENT A BICYCLE WITH A BACK PEDAL BRAKE. |
24TH |
1893 |
"HENRY FORD" PRODUCES
HIS FIRST GASOLINE DRIVEN SINGLE CYLINDER AUTOMOBILE. |
24TH |
1914 |
THE FIRST AIR RAID IN WORLD WAR I WAS MADE WHEN A
GERMAN AIRCRAFT DROPPED A BOMB ON THE GROUNDS OF A RECTORY IN DOVER. |
24TH |
1937 |
MELBOURNE BROADCASTER
"NORMAN BANKS" SAW AN OLD LADY IN BED SINGING AWAY IN A MANGER BY
CANDLELIGHT AS SHE LISTENED TO THE RADIO AS HE WALKED HOME AFTER A LATE NIGHT SHIFT.
IT GAVE HIM THE IDEA FOR "CAROLS BY CANDLE LIGHT." |
24TH |
1938 |
SEVERAL THOUSAND PEOPLE GATHERED IN MELBOURNES,
ALEXANDRA GARDENS FOR THE FIRST CAROLS BY CANDLE LIGHT ORGANISED BY
BROADCASTER, "NORMAN BANKS." |
24TH |
1942 |
FIRST POWERED FLIGHT OF V-1
BUZZ BOMB AT PEENMONDE, GERMANY. |
24TH |
1944 |
50,000 PEOPLE ATTENDED THE CAROL FESTIVAL HELD IN ELDER PARK,
ADELAIDE, IN AID OF "ADELAIDE CHILDRENS HOSPITAL" & "SOMERTON
SICK & CRIPPLED CHILDRENS HOME." |
24TH |
1953 |
A TRAIN CRASHED INTO A RIVER AT
TANGIWAI, NEW ZEALAND, KILLING 151 PEOPLE. |
24TH |
1954 |
WAS SINGER JOHNNY ACE MURDERED OR DID HE SHOOT
HIMSELF DEAD PLAYING RUSSIAN ROULETTE BACKSTAGE AT HOUSTONS AUDITORIUM. |
24TH |
1966 |
LUNA 13
LANDS ON THE MOON. |
24TH |
1971 |
"CYCLONE ALTHEA" DAMAGED HUNDREDS OF BUILDINGS AND
KILLED 3, IN TOWNSVILLE, QUEENSLAND. |
24TH |
1971 |
PERUVIAN AIRLINES ELECTRA,
CRASHES AT HEADWATERS OF AMAZON, KILLING ALL EXCEPT "JULIAN MARGARET KOEPCKE"
WHO WAS FOUND 10 DAYS LATER. |
24TH |
1973 |
FERRYBOAT CAPSIZED OFF THE COAST OF EQUADOR, DROWNING 200. |
24TH |
1974 |
CYCLONE TRACY GATHERS STRENGHTH
OFF DARWIN. |
24TH |
1974 |
BRITISH MP, "JOHN STONEHOUSE" WHO DISAPPEARED FROM
A MIAMI BEACH A FEW WEEKS AGO, IS FOUND IN AUSTRALIA USING A FALSE PASSPORT. |
24TH |
1975 |
25 YEAR OLD MELBOURNE DRESS
DESIGNER & SUSPECTED DRUG COURIER, "MARIA HISSHION" WAS MURDERED.
HER BODY WEIGHED DOWN WITH A 7kg ANCHOR WAS FOUND IN SYDNEY HARBOUR ON 6th JANUARY. |
24TH |
1978 |
ABBAS, "BJORN & AGNETHA" SEPARATE AFTER 7
YEARS OF MARRIAGE. |
24TH |
1990 |
ACTORS NICOLE
KIDMAN AND TOM CRUISE MARRY. |
24TH |
1999 |
ACTOR, "JERRY SEINFELD" MARRIES PUBLIC RELATIONS
PERSON "JESSICA SKLAR" JUST A MONTH AFTER SHE WAS HONEYMOONING WITH HER LAST
HUSBAND. |
24TH |
2000 |
FORMER SPECIAL AIR SERVICE
REGIMENT MEMBER, "KERRY DANES" 42, & HIS WIFE "KAY" 32, ARE
IMPRISONED BY LAOS POLICE ON SUSPICION OF STEALING SAPPHIRES.
MR. DANES WAS EMPLOYED BY A GEM MINE WHICH WAS ROBBED OF MORE THAN A MILLION DOLLARS IN
UNCUT SAPPHIRES. |