Historical Events for 24th December 2022

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1798 - Russia and Britain sign Second anti-French Coalition
1898 - Herman Heijermans' "Ghetto" premieres in Amsterdam
1910 - Luisa Tetrazzini sings to 250,000 people at Lotta's Fountain, San Francisco
1930 - Sukarno sentenced to four years in prison by Indonesian authorities in Bandung, Dutch East Indies
1935 - National Council of Negro Women forms
1948 - First US completely solar heated house is occupied (Dover, Mass)
1953 - KOA (now KCNC) TV channel 4 in Denver, CO (NBC) begins broadcasting
1968 - Ballon d'Or: Manchester United's winger George Best wins award for best European football player ahead of teammate Bobby Charlton and Red Star Belgrade winger Dragan Džajić; first Northern Irish national to win the award
1990 - Expos trade Tim Raines to White Sox for Ivan Calderon and Barry Jones
2000 - The Texas 7 hold up a sports store in Irving, Texas. Police officer Aubrey Hawkins is shot during the robbery

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