December 25

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Events :

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  • 1000 - The foundation of the Kingdom of Hungary: Hungary is established as a Christian kingdom by Stephen I of Hungary.
  • 1066 - Coronation of William the Conqueror as king of England, at Westminster Abbey, London.
  • 1100 - Baldwin of Boulogne is crowned as the first King of Jerusalem in the Church of the Nativity
  • 1130 - Roger II of Sicily is crowned as the first King of Sicily
  • 1223 - St. Francis of Assisi assembles the first Nativity scene.
  • 1261 - John IV Lascaris of the restored Eastern Roman Empire is deposed and blinded by orders of his co-ruler Michael VIII Palaeologus.
  • 1599 - The city of Natal, Brazil is founded.
  • 1643 - Christmas Island founded and named by Captain William Mynors of the East India Ship Company vessel, the Royal Mary.
  • 1650 - Thomas Cooper, former Usher of Gresham's School, England, hanged as a Royalist rebel.
  • 1776 - George Washington and his army cross the Delaware River to attack the Kingdom of Great Britain's Hessian mercenaries in Trenton, New Jersey.
  • 1818 - The first performance of "Silent Night" takes place in the Church of St. Nikolaus in Oberndorf, Austria.
  • 1837 - Battle of Lake Okeechobee: United States forces defeat Seminole Native Americans.
  • 1868 - U.S. President Andrew Johnson grants unconditional pardon to all Civil War Confederate soldiers.
  • 1914 - World War I: Known as the Christmas truce, German and British troops on the Western Front temporarily cease fire.
  • 1917 - Why Marry?, first dramatic play to win a Pulitzer Prize, opens at the Astor Theatre in New York City.
  • 1926 - Emperor Taish of Japan dies. His son, Prince Hirohito succeeds him as Emperor Shwa.
  • 1932 - A magnitude 7.6 earthquake in Gansu, China kills ~70,000 people.
  • 1941 - Admiral Chester W Nimitz arrives at Pearl Harbor to assume command of the U.S. Pacific Fleet
  • 1941 - World War II: Battle of Hong Kong ends, beginning the Japanese Occupation of Hong Kong.
  • 1947 - The Constitution of the Republic of China goes into effect.
  • 1950 - The Stone of Scone, traditional coronation stone of British monarchs, is taken from Westminster Abbey by Scottish nationalist students. It later turns up in Scotland on April 11, 1951.
  • 1963 - Turkish Cypriot Bayrak Radio begins transmitting in Cyprus after Turkish Cypriots were forcibly excluded from Cyprus Broadcasting Corporation.
  • 1965 - The Yemeni Nasserite Unionist People's Organisation is founded in Taiz
  • 1968 - Apollo program: Apollo 8 performs the very first successful Trans Earth Injection (TEI) maneuver, sending the crew and spacecraft on a trajectory back to Earth from Lunar orbit.
  • 1968 - 42 Dalits are burned alive in Kilavenmani village, Tamil Nadu, India, a retaliation for a campaign for higher wages by Dalit labourers.
  • 1971 - In the in NFL history (82m40s of game time), the Miami Dolphins defeat the Kansas City Chiefs at Kansas City Municipal Stadium 27-24.
  • 1973 - The ARPANET crashes when a programming bug causes all ARPANET traffic to be routed through the server at Harvard University, causing the server to freeze.
  • 1974 - Cyclone Tracy devastates Darwin, Northern Territory Australia.
  • 1974 - Marshall Fields drives a vehicle through the gates of the White House, resulting in a four-hour standoff.
  • 1977 - Prime Minister of Israel Menachem Begin meets in Egypt with President of Egypt Anwar Sadat.
  • 1979 - The Soviet Union airlifts forces into Afghanistan to begin its costly occupation.
  • 1989 - Nicolae Ceauescu, former communist dictator of Romania, and his wife Elena are condemned to death and executed under a wide range of charges.
  • 1990 - The first successful trial run of the system which would become the World Wide Web.
  • 1991 - Mikhail Gorbachev resigns as president of the Soviet Union (the union itself is dissolved the next day). Ukraine's referendum is finalized and Ukraine officially leaves the Soviet Union.
  • 2003 - The ill-fated Beagle 2 probe which was released from the Mars Express Spacecraft on December 19, disappears shortly before its scheduled landing.
  • 2004 - Cassini orbiter releases Huygens probe which successfully landed on Saturn's moon Titan on January 14, 2005.
  • 2007 - The Queen's Annual Christmas Address to the nation and the Commonwealth is made available on the internet-site YouTube.

    • Births :

    For the birth of Jesus Christ, who is not actually confirmed to be born on December 25, see the Christmas holiday.
    • 1250 - John IV Laskaris, Byzantine Emperor (d. circa 1305)
    • 1461 - Christina of Saxony, queen of Denmark and Norway (d. 1521)
    • 1583 - Orlando Gibbons, English composer (d. 1625)
    • 1587 - Margarita of Austria, queen of Philip III of Spain (d. 1611)
    • 1628 - Noël Coypel, French painter (d. 1707)
    • 1642 (O.S.) - Sir Isaac Newton, English physicist and mathematician (d. 1727)
    • 1652 - Archibald Pitcairne, Scottish physician (d. 1713)
    • 1665 - Lady Grizel Baillie, Scottish songwriter (d. 1746)
    • 1667 - Ehrengard von der Schulenburg, English royal mistress (d. 1743)
    • 1674 - Thomas Halyburton, Scottish theologian (d. 1712)
    • 1700 - Leopold II of Anhalt-Dessau, Prussian general (d. 1758)
    • 1711 - Jean Joseph de Mondonville, French composer (d. 1772)
    • 1716 - Johann Jakob Reiske, German scholar and physician (d. 1774)
    • 1742 - Charlotte von Stein, German friend of Goethe (d. 1827)
    • 1757 - Benjamin Pierce, U.S. politician (d 1839)
    • 1763 - Claude Chappe, French telecommunications pioneer (d. 1805)
    • 1771 - Dorothy Wordsworth, English diarist and sister of William Wordsworth (d. 1855)
    • 1810 - Alexandros Rhizos Rhankaves, Greek poet and statesman (d. 1892)
    • 1821 - Clara Barton, founder of the American Red Cross (d. 1912)
    • 1856 - Hans von Bartels, German painter (d. 1913)
    • 1856 - Pud Galvin, American professional baseball pitcher (d. 1902)
    • 1861 - Pandit Madan Mohan Malaviya, Indian founder of Banaras Hindu University (d. 1946)
    • 1863 - Charles Pathé, French pioneer of film and record industries (d. 1957)
    • 1865 - Evangeline Booth, the 4th General of The Salvation Army (d. 1950)
    • 1870 - Helena Rubinstein, Polish-born American cosmetics industrialist (d. 1965)
    • 1874 - Lina Cavalieri, Italian soprano (d. 1944)
    • 1875 - Theodor Cardinal Innitzer, Austrian archbishop (d. 1955)
    • 1876 - Muhammad Ali Jinnah, founder of Pakistan (d. 1948)
    • 1876 - Adolf Otto Reinhold Windaus, Nobel laureate (d. 1959)
    • 1878 - Louis Chevrolet, Swiss-born race car driver (d. 1941)
    • 1884 - Evelyn Nesbit, American actress (d. 1967)
    • 1886 - Kid Ory, American musician (d. 1973)
    • 1887 - Conrad Hilton, American hotelier (d. 1979)
    • 1889 - Lila Bell Wallace, American magazine publisher (Reader's Digest) (d. 1984)
    • 1890 - Robert Ripley, collector of odd facts (d. 1949)
    • 1891 - Clarrie Grimmett, Australian cricketer (d.1980)
    • 1899 - Humphrey Bogart, American actor (d. 1957)
    • 1901 - Princess Alice, Duchess of Gloucester (d. 2004)
    • 1902 - Barton MacLane, American actor (d. 1969)
    • 1904 - Gerhard Herzberg, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1999)
    • 1906 - Lew Grade, Ukrainian-born film producer (d. 1998)
    • 1906 - Ernst Ruska, Nobel laureate (d. 1988)
    • 1907 - Cab Calloway, American bandleader (d. 1994)
    • 1907 - Glenn McCarthy, American oil tycoon and businessman (d. 1988)
    • 1907 - Mike Mazurki, Ukrainian-born actor (d. 1990)
    • 1908 - Quentin Crisp, English author (d. 1999)
    • 1908 - Jo-Jo Moore, baseball player (d. 2001)
    • 1908 - Zora Arkus-Duntov, Belgian-American automotive engineer (d. 1996)
    • 1911 - Louise Bourgeois, sculptor
    • 1912 - Tony Martin, American singer and actor
    • 1912 - Natalino Otto, Italian singer (d. 1969)
    • 1913 - Henri Nannen, German journalist (d. 1966)
    • 1914 - James Muir Cameron Fletcher, New Zealand industrialist (d. 2007)
    • 1915 - Pete Rugolo, Italian-born composer
    • 1918 - Anwar Sadat, President of Egypt, Nobel laureate (d. 1981)
    • 1918 - Ahmed Ben Bella, politician, first President of Algeria
    • 1919 - Paul David, French Canadian cardiologist, founder of the Montreal Heart Institute (d. 1999)
    • 1919 - Naushad Ali, Indian music director (d. 2006)
    • 1921 - Zaib-un-Nissa Hamidullah, Pakistani journalist (d. 2000)
    • 1924 - Rod Serling, American television writer (d. 1975)
    • 1924 - Atal Bihari Vajpayee, former Prime Minister of India
    • 1925 - Carlos Castaneda, Peruvian-born author (d. 1998)
    • 1926 - Enrique Jorrín, Cuban composer and musician (d. 1987)
    • 1927 - Nellie Fox, baseball player (d. 1975)
    • 1928 - Dick Miller, American actor
    • 1929 - Stuart Hall, British radio and television presenter
    • 1929 - Chris Kenner, American singer and songwriter (d. 1976)
    • 1930 - Emmanuel Agassi, father of Andre Agassi
    • 1930 - Salah Jaheen, Egyptian poet and cartoonist (d.1986)
    • 1932 - Mabel King, American actress (d. 1999)
    • 1935 - Al Jackson, baseball player
    • 1936 - HRH Princess Alexandra of Kent
    • 1936 - Ismail Merchant, Indian-born film producer (d. 2005)
    • 1937 - O'Kelly Isley, Jr., American singer (The Isley Brothers) (d. 1986)
    • 1938 - Noel Picard, Quebec ice hockey player
    • 1940 - Pete Brown, English poet and lyricist
    • 1943 - Hanna Schygulla, German actress
    • 1943 - Wilson Fittipaldi Júnior, Brazilian racing driver
    • 1944 - Jairzinho, Brazilian footballer
    • 1944 - Kenny Everett, British entertainer (d. 1995)
    • 1944 - Henry Vestine, American musician (d. 1997)
    • 1945 - Noel Redding, English musician (d. 2003)
    • 1945 - Rick Berman, Star Trek producer
    • 1945 - Gary Sandy, American actor
    • 1945 - Mike Pringle, Scottish politician
    • 1946 - Jimmy Buffett, American singer and songwriter
    • 1946 - Larry Csonka, American football player
    • 1946 - Gene Lamont, American baseball player and manager
    • 1948 - Barbara Mandrell, American singer and actress
    • 1948 - Alia al Hussein, of Jordan (d. 1977)
    • 1948 - Joel Natalino Santana, Brazilian soccer coach
    • 1949 - Nawaz Sharif, Prime Minister of Pakistan
    • 1949 - Simone Bittencourt de Oliveira, Singer and icon of the Brazilian music
    • 1949 - Sissy Spacek, American actress
    • 1949 - Joe Louis Walker, American musician
    • 1950 - Manny Trillo, baseball player
    • 1950 - Yehuda Poliker, Israeli singer-songwriter
    • 1950 - Karl Rove, former American presidential advisor
    • 1952 - CCH Pounder, Guyana-born actress
    • 1952 - Desireless, French singer
    • 1954 - Annie Lennox, Scottish singer, from Aberdeen
    • 1954 - Steve Wariner, American country music singer
    • 1957 - Chris Kamara, English footballer and commentator
    • 1957 - Shane MacGowan, Irish musician
    • 1958 - Hanford Dixon, American football player
    • 1958 - Rickey Henderson, baseball player
    • 1958 - Alannah Myles, Canadian singer
    • 1959 - Michael P. Anderson, astronaut (d. 2003)
    • 1960 - Ron Bottitta, British actor
    • 1961 - Ingrid Betancourt, Colombian senator
    • 1962 - Dean Cameron, American actor
    • 1962 - Darren Wharton, British Keyboardist (Thin Lizzy and Dare)
    • 1964 - Gary McAllister, Scottish footballer
    • 1964 - Tim Royes - Music Video Director and Editor
    • 1964 - Bob Stanley, English musician (Saint Etienne), filmmaker and journalist
    • 1967 - Jason Thirsk, American bass player (d. 1996)
    • 1968 - Helena Christensen, Danish model
    • 1968 - Jim Down, American ice hockey player
    • 1971 - Dido, English singer
    • 1971 - Justin Trudeau, Canadian media personality
    • 1971 - Noel Hogan, Irish musician
    • 1972 - Josh Freese, American drummer
    • 1972 - Mac Powell, American musician, singer/songwriter (lead singer of Third Day)
    • 1973 - Robbie Elliott, English footballer
    • 1973 - Chris Harris, American professional wrestler
    • 1973 - Alexandre Trudeau, Canadian journalist
    • 1974 - Nagma, Indian actress
    • 1975 - Marcus Trescothick, English cricketer
    • 1975 - Hideki Okajima, Japanese baseball player
    • 1975 - Rob Mariano, American reality show contestant
    • 1976 - Tuomas Holopainen, Finnish keyboardist
    • 1976 - Armin van Buuren, Dutch DJ & Producer
    • 1977 - Jim Greco, American skateboarder
    • 1978 - Joel Porter, Australian footballer
    • 1978 - Simon Jones, English cricketer
    • 1980 - Marcus Trufant, American football player
    • 1980 - Reika Hashimoto, Japanese actress
    • 1980 - Locó, Angolan footballer
    • 1980 - Laura Sadler, British actress (d. 2003)
    • 1981 - Katie Wright, American actress
    • 1981 - Willy Taveras, baseball player
    • 1982 - Shawn Andrews, American football player
    • 1982 - Rob Edwards, Welsh footballer
    • 1982 - Shystie, British rapper-songwriter
    • 1984 - Jessica and Lisa Origliasso, Australian pop singers
    • 1984 - Alastair Cook, English cricketer
    • 1984 - Georgia Moffett, British actress
    • 1985 - Leon Pisani, Welsh singer
    • 1986 - Doug Loft, English footballer
    • 1988 - Eric Gordon, American Basketball Player

    Deaths :

    • 795 - Pope Adrian I
    • 1156 - Peter the Venerable, Benedictine abbot of Cluny (b. c. 1092)
    • 1635 - Samuel de Champlain, French explorer and founder of Quebec City (b. 1567)
    • 1676 - Matthew Hale, Lord Chief Justice of England (b. 1609)
    • 1676 - William Cavendish, 1st Duke of Newcastle, English soldier (b. 1592)
    • 1683 - Kara Mustafa, Ottoman general (b. 1634)
    • 1758 - James Hervey, English clergyman (b. 1714)
    • 1765 - Václav Prokop Divi, Czech theologian and natural scientist (b. 1698)
    • 1784 - Yosa Buson, Japanese painter (b. 1716)
    • 1824 - Barbara Juliana, Baroness von Krüdener, Russian writer (b. 1764)
    • 1868 - Linus Yale, Jr., American mechanical engineer and inventor (b. 1821)
    • 1880 - Fridolin Anderwert, Swiss Federal Councillor (b. 1828)
    • 1916 - St. Albert Chmielowski, Polish Catholic saint (b. 1845)
    • 1921 - Vladimir Korolenko, Russian writer (b. 1853)
    • 1925 - Karl Abraham, German psychoanalyst (b. 1877)
    • 1926 - Emperor Taish of Japan (b. 1879)
    • 1933 - Francesc Macià, Catalonian statesman (b. 1859)
    • 1935 - Paul Bourget, French novelist and critic (b. 1852)
    • 1938 - Karel apek, Czech author (b. 1890)
    • 1940 - Agnes Ayres, American actress (b. 1898)
    • 1944 - George Steer, British Journalist (b. 1909)
    • 1946 - W. C. Fields, American comedian (b. 1880)
    • 1947 - Gaspar G. Bacon, was Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts (b. 1886)
    • 1950 - Neil Francis Hawkins, British fascist (b. 1903)
    • 1953 - Patsy Donovan, Irish-born American baseball player (b. 1865)
    • 1954 - Johnny Ace, American singer (b. 1929)
    • 1961 - Otto Loewi, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (b. 1873)
    • 1961 - Owen Brewster, U.S. Senator from Maine (b. 1888)
    • 1963 - Tristan Tzara, Romanian-born writer (b. 1896)
    • 1973 - smet nönü, Turkish statesman (b. 1884)
    • 1973 - Gabriel Voisin, French aviation pioneer (b. 1880)
    • 1975 - Gaston Gallimard, French publisher (b. 1881)
    • 1977 - Charlie Chaplin, English actor (b. 1889)
    • 1979 - Joan Blondell, American actress (b. 1906)
    • 1979 - Jordi Bonet, Quebec muralist and sculptor (b. 1932)
    • 1983 - Joan Miró, Catalan painter (b. 1893)
    • 1988 - Ooka Shohei, Japanese novelist (b. 1909)
    • 1988 - Edward Pelham-Clinton, 10th Duke of Newcastle-under-Lyne (b. 1920)
    • 1989 - Nicolae Ceauescu, Romanian dictator (executed) (b. 1918)
    • 1989 - Elena Ceauescu, Romanian politician (executed) (b. 1916)
    • 1989 - Billy Martin, American baseball manager (b. 1928)
    • 1992 - Monica Dickens, British writer (b. 1915)
    • 1993 - Pierre Victor Auger, French physicist (b. 1899)
    • 1994 - Zail Singh, President of India (b. 1916)
    • 1995 - Dean Martin, American singer (b. 1917)
    • 1995 - Emmanuel Levinas, French Philosopher (b. 1906)
    • 1996 - JonBenet Ramsey, noted murder victim (b. 1990)
    • 1997 - Denver Pyle, American actor (b. 1920)
    • 1998 - Bryan MacLean, American singer, musician and songwriter (Love) (b. 1946)
    • 1998 - John Pulman, English snooker player (b. 1926)
    • 1999 - Peter Jeffrey, English actor (b. 1929)
    • 2000 - Willard Van Orman Quine, American philosopher (b. 1908)
    • 2002 - William T. Orr, American television producer (b. 1917)
    • 2003 - Nicholas Mavroules, American politician (b. 1929)
    • 2004 - Gennady Strekalov, Russian cosmonaut (b. 1940)
    • 2005 - Derek Bailey, English guitar virtuoso (b. 1930)
    • 2005 - Birgit Nilsson, Swedish singer (b. 1918)
    • 2005 - Robert Barbers, Philippine senator (b. 1944)
    • 2006 - James Brown, American singer (b. 1933)
    • 2007 - Mighty King Kong, Kenyan reggae musician. (b. 1973)

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