Disyembre 24

Ang **Disyembre 24** ay ang ika-358 na araw sa kalendaryong Gregoryano (ika-359 kung bisyestong taon) na may natitira pang 7 na araw.

## Pangyayari 
* 1851 - Nasunog ang Silid-aklatan ng Kongreso.
* 1924 - Naging republika ang Albanya.

## Kapanganakan 
* 1991 - Louis Tomlinson, Ingles na mang-aawit, futbolista, at kasapi ng bandang Britaniko na One Direction

## Kamatayan 
* 427 &ndash; Archbishop Sisinnius I of Constantinople
*1257 &ndash; John I, Count of Hainaut (b. 1218)
*1281 &ndash; Henry V of Luxembourg, lord of Ligny, count of Arlon, Namur, Luxembourg and Laroche (b. 1216)
*1453 &ndash; John Dunstaple, English composer (b. 1390)
*1524 &ndash; Vasco da Gama, Portuguese explorer (b. 1469)
*1635 &ndash; Hester Jonas, German midwife (b. 1570)
*1660 &ndash; Mary, Princess Royal and Princess of Orange (b. 1631)
*1707 &ndash; Noël Coypel, French painter (b. 1628)
*1813 &ndash; Empress Go-Sakuramachi of Japan (b. 1740)
*1863 &ndash; William Makepeace Thackeray, English author and poet (b. 1811)
*1865 &ndash; Charles Lock Eastlake, English painter and historian (b. 1793)
*1868 &ndash; Adolphe d'Archiac, French paleontologist and geologist (b. 1802)
*1872 &ndash; William John Macquorn Rankine, Scottish physicist and engineer (b. 1820)
*1873 &ndash; Johns Hopkins, American businessman and philanthropist (b. 1795)
*1889 &ndash; Jan Jakob Lodewijk ten Kate, Dutch clergyman and poet (b. 1819)
*1898 &ndash; Charbel Makhluf, Lebanese priest and saint (b. 1828)
*1914 &ndash; John Muir, Scottish-American geologist, botanist, and author, founded Sierra Club (b. 1838)
*1920 &ndash; Stephen Mosher Wood, American politician (b. 1832)
*1926 &ndash; Wesley Coe, American shot putter, hammer thrower, and discus thrower (b. 1879)
*1935 &ndash; Alban Berg, Austrian composer (b. 1885)
*1938 &ndash; Bruno Taut, German architect and urban planner (b. 1880)
*1941 &ndash; Siegfried Alkan, German composer (b. 1858)
*1942 &ndash; François Darlan, French admiral and politician, 122nd Prime Minister of France (b. 1881)
*1947 &ndash; Charles Gondouin, French rugby player and tug of war competitor (b. 1875)
*1957 &ndash; Norma Talmadge, American actress and producer (b. 1894)
*1961 &ndash; Robert Hillyer, American poet and academic (b. 1895)
*1962 &ndash; Eveline Adelheid von Maydell, German illustrator (b. 1890)
*1965 &ndash; John Black, English businessman (b. 1895)
*  1965   &ndash; William M. Branham, American minister and theologian (b. 1906)
*1967 &ndash; Burt Baskin, American businessman, co-founded Baskin-Robbins (b. 1913)
*1969 &ndash; Stanisław Błeszyński, Polish entomologist (b. 1927)
*  1969   &ndash; Cortelia Clark, African American blues singer and guitarist (b. 1907)
*  1969   &ndash; Olivia FitzRoy, British author of children's books (b. 1921)
*  1969   &ndash; Alfred B. Skar, Norwegian journalist and politician (b. 1896)
*  1969   &ndash; Seabury Quinn, American author (b. 1889)
*1971 &ndash; Dora Altmann, German-American actress (b. 1881)
*  1971   &ndash; Maria Koepcke, German-Peruvian ornithologist (b. 1924)
*1972 &ndash; Daniel McVey, Australian public servant (b. 1892)
*  1972   &ndash; Gisela Richter, English-American archaeologist and historian (b. 1882)
*  1972   &ndash; Melville Ruick, American actor (b. 1898)
*1973 &ndash; Fritz Gause, German historian and author (b. 1893)
*1975 &ndash; Bernard Herrmann, American composer and conductor (b. 1911)
*1976 &ndash; Duarte Nuno, Duke of Braganza (b. 1907)
*1977 &ndash; Samael Aun Weor, Colombian author and educator (b. 1917)
*1980 &ndash; Karl Dönitz, German admiral and politician, President of Germany (b. 1891)
*  1980   &ndash; Siggie Nordstrom, American actress and singer (Nordstrom Sisters) (b. 1893)
*1982 &ndash; Louis Aragon, French author and poet (b. 1897)
*1984 &ndash; Peter Lawford, English-American actor, singer, and producer (b. 1923)
*1985 &ndash; Robert Todd Lincoln Beckwith, American lawyer (b. 1904)
*  1985   &ndash; Camille Tourville, Canadian-American wrestler and manager (b. 1927)
*1986 &ndash; Gardner Fox, American author (b. 1911)
*1987 &ndash; Joop den Uyl, Dutch journalist, economist, and politician, Prime Minister of the Netherlands (b. 1919)
*  1987   &ndash; Betty Noyes, American singer and actress (b. 1912)
*  1987   &ndash; M. G. Ramachandran, Sri Lankan-Indian actor, producer, and politician, 5th Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu (b. 1917)
*1988 &ndash; Jainendra Kumar, Indian author (b. 1905)
*1990 &ndash; Thorbjørn Egner, Norwegian author, playwright, and songwriter (b. 1922)
*1991 &ndash; Virginia Sorensen, American author (b. 1912)
*1992 &ndash; Peyo, Belgian cartoonist, created The Smurfs (b. 1928)
*  1992   &ndash; Bobby LaKind, American singer-songwriter and conga player (b. 1945)
*1993 &ndash; Norman Vincent Peale, American minister and author (b. 1898)
*1994 &ndash; John Boswell, American historian, author, and academic (b. 1947)
*  1994   &ndash; Rossano Brazzi, Italian actor, singer, director, and screenwriter (b. 1916)
*1997 &ndash; James Komack, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1930)
*  1997   &ndash; Toshiro Mifune, Chinese-Japanese actor and producer (b. 1920)
*  1997   &ndash; Pierre Péladeau, Canadian businessman, founded Quebecor (b. 1925)
*1998 &ndash; Syl Apps, Canadian ice hockey player and pole vaulter (b. 1915)
*1999 &ndash; Bill Bowerman, American businessman, co-founded Nike, Inc. (b. 1911)
*  1999   &ndash; Maurice Couve de Murville, French soldier and politician, 152nd Prime Minister of France (b. 1907)
*  1999   &ndash; João Figueiredo, Brazilian general and politician, 30th President of Brazil (b. 1918)
*2000 &ndash; John Cooper, English businessman, co-founded the Cooper Car Company (b. 1923)
*  2000   &ndash; Nick Massi, American singer and bass player (The Four Seasons) (b. 1935)
*2002 &ndash; Kjell Aukrust, Norwegian author and poet (b. 1920)
*  2002   &ndash; Jake Thackray, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1938)
*2004 &ndash; Johnny Oates, American baseball player, coach, and manager (b. 1946)
*2005 &ndash; Michael Vale, American actor (b. 1922)
*2006 &ndash; Braguinha, Brazilian singer-songwriter and producer (b. 1907)
*  2006   &ndash; Kenneth Sivertsen, Norwegian guitarist and composer (b. 1961)
*  2006   &ndash; Frank Stanton, American businessman (b. 1908)
*2007 &ndash; Nicholas Pumfrey, English lawyer and judge (b. 1951)
*  2007   &ndash; George Warrington, American businessman (d. 1952)
*2008 &ndash; Harold Pinter, English actor, director, and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1930)
*2009 &ndash; Marcus Bakker, Dutch journalist and politician (b. 1923)
*  2009   &ndash; Rafael Caldera,  Venezuelan lawyer and politician, 65th President of Venezuela (b. 1916)
*  2009   &ndash; George Michael, American sportscaster (b. 1939)
*  2009   &ndash; Gero von Wilpert, German author and academic (b. 1933)
*2010 &ndash; Elisabeth Beresford, French-English journalist and author (b. 1926)
*  2010   &ndash; Frans de Munck, Dutch footballer and manager (b. 1922)
*  2010   &ndash; Orestes Quércia, Brazilian journalist, lawyer, and politician, 28th Governor of São Paulo State (b. 1938)
*  2010   &ndash; Eino Tamberg, Estonian composer (b. 1930)
*2011 &ndash; Ben Breedlove, American blogger (b. 1993)
*  2011   &ndash; Johannes Heesters, Dutch-German actor and singer (b. 1903)
*2012 &ndash; Richard Rodney Bennett, English-American composer and academic (b. 1936)
*  2012   &ndash; Ray Collins, American singer (The Mothers of Invention) (b. 1936)
*  2012   &ndash; Charles Durning, American actor and singer (b. 1923)
*  2012   &ndash; Jack Klugman, American actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1922)
*  2012   &ndash; Dennis O'Driscoll, Irish poet and critic (b. 1954)
*  2012   &ndash; Capital Steez, American rapper (Pro Era) (b. 1993)
*2013 &ndash; Rex Armistead, American police officer (b. 1930)
*  2013   &ndash; Frédéric Back, German-Canadian director, animator, and screenwriter (b. 1924)
*  2013   &ndash; Ian Barbour, Chinese-American author and scholar (b. 1923)
*  2013   &ndash; John M. Goldman, English haematologist and oncologist (b. 1938)
*  2013   &ndash; Allan McKeown, English-American screenwriter and producer (b. 1946)
*2014 &ndash; Buddy DeFranco, American clarinet player (b. 1923)
*  2014   &ndash; Edward Greenspan, Canadian lawyer and author (b. 1944)
*  2014   &ndash; Herbert Harris, American lawyer and politician (b. 1926)
*  2014   &ndash; Krzysztof Krauze, Polish director and screenwriter (b. 1953)
*  2014   &ndash; Barry Williams, English spree killer (b. 1944)

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