Today in History for 24th December 2016:
Historical Events
1814 – Treaty of Ghent signed, ending US Britain War of 1812
1865 – Several Confederate veterans form Ku Klux Klan in Pulaski, Tn
1884 – Austria-Hungary admits King Leopold II’s Congo Free State
1942 – Red army occupies German airports at Tasjinskaja and Morozowsk
1966 – “Joyful Noise” closes at Mark Hellinger Theater NYC after 12 performances
1984 – Palace coup in Mauritania
Famous Birthdays
1824 – Peter Cornelius, composer
1867 – Kantaro Suzuki, 42nd Prime Minister of Japan (d. 1948)
1870 – Rosario Scalero, composer
1881 – Bronislaw Zygmunt Szulc, composer
1906 – Franz Waxman, German film composer (d. 1967)
1947 – Kevin Sheedy, coach of Australian Football League club Essendon FC
Famous Deaths
1453 – John Dunstable, English composer, dies
1980 – Karl Dönitz, German naval admiral, and last leader of Nazi Germany (b. 1891)
1990 – Thorbjørn Egner, Norwegian author (b. 1922)
2000 – Nick Massi, American singer (The Four Seasons) (b. 1935)
2006 – “Braguinha”, Brazilian songwriter (b. 1907)
2008 – Harold Pinter, British playwright (The Birthday Party, The Homecoming), dies at 78