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75 years anniversary | ||||
24 Dec 1950 | Libbi Larsen: Composer | |||
24 Dec 1950 | Peter te Bos: Dutch singer (Claw Boys Claw) | |||
24 Dec 1950 | Cleveland Browns win NFL championship, beat LA 30-28 | |||
24 Dec 1950 | Dana Gioia, American poet and critic | |||
24 Dec 1950 | Libbi Larsen composer | |||
24 Dec 1950 | Peter te Bos Dutch singer (Claw Boys Claw) | |||
24 Dec 1950 | Cleveland Browns win NFL championship, beat Los Angeles 30-28 | |||
24 Dec 1950 |
death Lev Simonovich Berg Died 24 Dec 1950 at age 74 (born 14 Feb 1876). Russian geographer and zoologist who established the foundations of limnology in Russia with his systematic studies on the physical, chemical, and biological conditions of fresh waters, particularly of lakes. Important, too, was his work in ichthyology, which yielded much useful data on the paleontology, anatomy, and embryology of fishes in Russia. |
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50 years anniversary | ||||
24 Dec 1975 | Natalie Ward: Australian softball shortstop / 2nd baseman (1996 Olympics - Bronze Medalist) | |||
24 Dec 1975 | Bernard Herrmann: US movie composer, dies at 64 | |||
24 Dec 1975 | Bernard Herrmann, American composer and conductor (b. 1911) | |||
24 Dec 1975 | AC/DC appeared at The Hordern Pavillion, Sydney, Australia. | |||
24 Dec 1975 | birth Joe Washbourne, Toploader, (2000 UK No.7 single 'Dancing In The Moonlight'). | |||
24 Dec 1975 | Natalie Ward Australian softball shortstop/2nd baseman (Olympics-bronze-96) | |||
24 Dec 1975 | Bernard Herrmann US movie composer, dies at 64 | |||
24 Dec 1975 | Otto AP F | |||
25 years anniversary | ||||
24 Dec 2000 | Ethan Bortnick, American singer-songwriter and pianist | |||
24 Dec 2000 | John Cooper, English businessman, co-founded the Cooper Car Company (b. 1923) | |||
24 Dec 2000 | Nick Massi, American singer and bass player (The Four Seasons) (b. 1935) | |||
24 Dec 2000 | The Texas Seven hold up a sports store in Irving, Texas. Police officer Aubrey Hawkins is murdered during the robbery. | |||
24 Dec 2000 | Four Seasons bassist Nick Massi died of cancer. They scored the 1976 UK & US No.1 single 'December 1963, Oh What A Night', as well as hits with Sherry, and Rag Doll. | |||
20 years anniversary | ||||
24 Dec 2005 | Michael Vale, American actor (b. 1922) | |||
24 Dec 2005 | Chad–Sudan relations: Chad declares a state of war against Sudan following a December 18 attack on Adré, which left about 100 people dead. | |||
24 Dec 2005 | Rapper Foxy Brown was handcuffed and threatened with jail after she stuck her tongue out at a New York judge who asked her to stop chewing gum. Judge Melissa Jackson told the singer, she had showed disrespect to the court. Brown was in court on charges of assaulting two nail salon workers during a row over payment. | |||
24 Dec 2005 | Winner of the second series of the X-Factor TV show, Shayne Ward was at No.1 on the UK singles chart with Thats My Goal the second biggest selling single of 2005. | |||
15 years anniversary | ||||
24 Dec 2010 | Elisabeth Beresford, French-English journalist and author (b. 1926) | |||
24 Dec 2010 | Frans de Munck, Dutch footballer and manager (b. 1922) | |||
24 Dec 2010 | Orestes Quércia, Brazilian journalist, lawyer, and politician, 28th Governor of São Paulo State (b. 1938) | |||
24 Dec 2010 | Eino Tamberg, Estonian composer (b. 1930) |