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December 25 Events in History - December 25 Birthdays - December 25 Deaths
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December 25, 2003 Union des Transports Africains de Guinee flight 141 crashes on takeoff from Cotonou Airport December 25, 1997 For 1st time U.S. movie box office receipts pass $6 billion December 25, 1997 Jerry Seinfeld says this is the final season of his TV show December 25, 1994 "Comedy Tonight" closes at Lunt-Fontanne Theater New York City after 8 performances December 25, 1991 Last day of a washout Pakistan vs. Sri Lanka at Gujranwala December 25, 1991 Mikhail Gorbachev formally resigned as President of U.S.S.R. December 25, 1990 "Godfather III" premieres December 25, 1989 Japanese scientist achieve -271.8 degrees C, coldest temp ever recorded December 25, 1987 Lynette "Squeaky" Fromme, who escaped 2 days earlier, recaptured December 25, 1984 NBA's Bernard King scores 60 points December 25, 1983 1st live telecast of Christmas Parade December 25, 1982 Mudassar Nazar scores century, then Imran rips through Indians December 25, 1979 Opening day of 4th Test Cricket, India 8-112 vs. Pakistan at Kanpur December 25, 1979 U.S.S.R. airlifts invasionary army to Afghanistan December 25, 1977 Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin meets Egyptian President Sadat in Egypt December 25, 1976 Egyptian SS Patria sinks in Red Sea, about 100 killed December 25, 1976 Takeo Fukuda becomes Japanese premier December 25, 1974 Cyclone Tracy virtually destroys Darwin Australia December 25, 1973 Tommy Chambers (Scotland) finishes 51 yr cycle tour (799,405 miles) December 25, 1972 England beat India by six wickets in the 1st Test Cricket at Delhi December 25, 1971 Longest NFL game (82m40s) as Dolphins beat Chiefs 27-24 December 25, 1971 Operation PUSH (People United to Save Humanity) form Jesse Jackson December 25, 1971 Worst hotel fire in history kills 163 at Taeyokale Hotel in Seoul December 25, 1969 5 Israeli gunboats escape from Cherbourg harbor December 25, 1969 India all out for 163 at Madras vs. Aust, Ashley Mallett 5-91 December 25, 1968 Frank Borman's Christmas reading while orbiting Moon December 25, 1967 Paul McCartney and Jane Asher get engaged December 25, 1964 "Goldfinger" premieres in US December 25, 1964 George Harrison's girlfriend Patti Boyd attacked by female Beatle fans December 25, 1963 Walt Disney's "The Sword in the Stone" is released December 25, 1962 U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Novaya Zemlya U.S.S.R. December 25, 1959 A synagogue in Cologne Germany desecrated with swatstikas December 25, 1959 Richard Starkey receives his 1st drum set December 25, 1959 Sony brings transistor TV 8-301 to the market December 25, 1958 Alan Freed's Christmas Rock and Roll Spectacular opens December 25, 1957 Ed Gein found insane of murder December 25, 1955 Cleveland Browns win NFL championship December 25, 1955 Pope Pius XII encyclical on sacred music and popular music December 25, 1954 WSFA TV channel 12 in Montgomery, AL (NBC) begins broadcasting December 25, 1953 Avalanche of lava kills 150 (Ruapehu volcano, New Zealand) December 25, 1951 1st Christmas Day in Test Crickets, Aust vs. WI at Adelaide December 25, 1951 West Indies defeat Australia by 6 wkts on 3rd day of 3rd Test Cricket December 25, 1950 Cleveland Browns beat Los Angeles Rams 30-28 in NFL championship game December 25, 1950 Dick Tracy marries Tess Truehart December 25, 1950 Coronation Stone, taken from Scone in Scotland by Edward I in 1296, stolen from Westminster Abbey and smuggled back to Scotland December 25, 1947 Taiwan passes Human Rights laws (Day of Earth Law) December 25, 1946 Constitution accepted in Taiwan December 25, 1942 Admiral Dalans murderer of Bosinier de la Chapelle, sentenced to death December 25, 1942 British Col S W Bailey reaches Mihailovics headquarter December 25, 1942 Russian artillery/tank battle on German armies at Stalingrad December 25, 1941 Japan announces surrender of British-Canadian garrison at Hong Kong December 25, 1941 Japanese aircraft carriers Akagi/Kagu back in Kure, Japan December 25, 1940 Bradman out 1st ball for SA vs. Victoria before 6213 December 25, 1940 Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Harts "Pal Joey," premieres in New York City December 25, 1939 Grimmett and Ward rip through Qld except Bill Brown (156) December 25, 1939 Montgomery Ward introduces Rudolph the 9th reindeer December 25, 1938 George Cukor announces Vivien Leigh will play Scarlett O'Hara December 25, 1937 Arturo Toscanini conducts 1st Symphony of the Air over NBC Radio December 25, 1937 Queensland all out for 93 vs. SA in front of 10,436 December 25, 1936 Belgian bishops condemn fascism and communism December 25, 1936 Ron Hamence scores 104 for SA vs. Queensland before 4,865 December 25, 1934 Four centuries for SA as they make 7-644 vs. Qld before 6,180 December 25, 1934 Samson Raphaelson's "Accent on Youth," premieres in New York City December 25, 1933 Another Christmas Day five-wicket haul by Clarrie Grimmett December 25, 1933 Belgian Working people's party accept Henry de Mans Plan of Labor December 25, 1933 Stan Smith takes 8-33 for Victoria vs. Tasmania at Hobart December 25, 1932 During King George V Christmas dinner speech, his chair collapes December 25, 1931 Albert Lonergan scores 137 SA vs. Qld at Adelaide before 5,697 December 25, 1931 Fleetwood-Smith takes 5-69 Victoria vs. Tas at Hobart December 25, 1931 NY's Metropolitan Opera broadcasts an entire opera over radio December 25, 1930 Mt Van Hoevenberg bobsled run at Lake Placid, New York opens December 25, 1930 Slinger Nitschke scores 142 SA vs. Qld at Adelaide before 5,422 December 25, 1930 Tasmania all out 280, WI 2-139 at Hobart Crowd 2,500 December 25, 1929 Grimmett takes 6-146 for SA, Queensland all out 380 Crowd 5,390 December 25, 1928 Christmas Day attendance at cricket MCG (Vic vs. NSW) 14,887 December 25, 1928 NSW (v Vic) go from 8-74 to 9-113 to be 9-367 at stumps December 25, 1926 Hirohito becomes emperor of Japan 1926-1989 December 25, 1923 Imperial Theater opens at 249 W 45th St. New York City December 25, 1922 Lenin dictates his "Political testament" December 25, 1917 "Why Marry," 1st drama to win Pulitzer Prize, premieres in New York City December 25, 1917 Hirsch/Harbach's musical "Going Up," premieres in New York City December 25, 1915 Irving Berlin and Harry B Smith's musical premieres in New York City December 25, 1914 Legendary/unofficial "Christmas Truce" takes place (Brits and Germans) December 25, 1911 Edward Knoblock's "Kismet," premieres in New York City December 25, 1908 Jack Johnson KO Tommy Burns and becomes 1st black heavyweight champ December 25, 1905 V Herbert/H Blossoms musical "Mlle Modiste," premieres in New York City December 25, 1902 Clyde Fitch' "Girl with Green Eyes," premieres in New York City December 25, 1901 Battle at Tweefontein Orange-Free state: Boers surprise attack Brits December 25, 1900 Arthur Schnitzlers "Leutnant Gustl" forbidden in Germany December 25, 1899 Farmers send/guide belegerd Ladysmith Kerstpudding/desire in grenade December 25, 1896 "Stars and Stripes Forever" written by John Philip Sousa December 25, 1894 1st midwestern football team to play on west coast, University of Chicago defeats Stanford 24-4 at Palo Alto, California in football December 25, 1888 1st indoor baseball game played at fairgrounds in Philadelphia December 25, 1875 Lambs Club in New York forms December 25, 1868 Despite bitter opposition, President A Johnson grants unconditional pardon to all persons involved in Southern rebellion (Civil War) December 25, 1862 40,000 watch Union army men play baseball at Hilton Head, SC December 25, 1848 New Haven Railroad opens December 25, 1843 1st theatre matinee (Olympic Theatre, New York City) December 25, 1837 Battle of Okeechobee-U.S. forces defeat Seminole Indians December 25, 1835 Charles Darwins company celebrates Christmas in Pahia, New Zealand December 25, 1834 Charles Darwins celebrates Christmas on Beagle at Tres Montes, Chile December 25, 1833 Charles Darwins celebrates Christmas in Port Desire, Patagonia December 25, 1832 Charles Darwins celebrates Christmas in St. Martin at Cape Receiver December 25, 1831 Louisiana and Arkansas are 1st states to observe Christmas as holiday December 25, 1830 Hector Berlioz's "Symphony Fantastic," premieres December 25, 1818 1st known Christmas carol ("Silent Night, Holy Night") sung (Austria) December 25, 1818 Handel's Messiah, U.S. premieres in Boston December 25, 1776 Washington crosses Delaware and surprises and defeats 1,400 Hessians December 25, 1775 Pope Pius VI encyclical on the problems of the pontificate December 25, 1760 Juptier Hammon, New York slave, publishes poetry in "An Evening Throught" December 25, 1758 Halley's comet 1st sighted by Johann Georg Palitzsch during return December 25, 1745 Prussia/Austria signs Treaty of Dresden December 25, 1745 Treaty of Dresden gives much of Silesia to the Prussians December 25, 1741 Astronomer Anders Celcius introduces Centigrade temperature scale December 25, 1717 Floods ravage Dutch coast provinces, 1000s killed December 25, 1688 English king James II lands in Ambleteuse, France December 25, 1688 Lord Delamere sides with King James II December 25, 1683 English Whig-leader duke of Monmouth flees to Holland December 25, 1651 Massachusetts General Court ordered a fine (five shillings) for "observing any such day as Christmas" December 25, 1641 Emperor Ferdinand III makes appointments with Sweden and France December 25, 1640 Pierre de Fermat writes to Marin Mersenne about Fermat's church thesis December 25, 1621 Gov William Bradford of Plymouth forbids game playing on Christmas December 25, 1613 Johan Sigismund of Brandenburg becomes protestant December 25, 1582 Zealand/Brabant adopts Gregorian calendar, yesterday was Dec 14th December 25, 1522 Turkish troops occupy Rhodos December 25, 1492 Columbus' ship Santa Maria docks at Dominican Republic December 25, 1223 St. Francis of Assisi assembles 1st Nativity scene (Greccio, Italy) December 25, 1130 Anti-pope Anacletus II crowns Roger II the Norman, king of Sicily December 25, 1121 Norbertus van Xanten finds order of the Norbertijnen December 25, 1101 Henry I of Limburg becomes duke of Neth-Lutherans December 25, 1100 Boudouin I of Boulogne crowned king of Jerusalem December 25, 1066 William the Conqueror, crowned king of England December 25, 1048 Parliament of Worms: Emperor Henry III names his cousin count Bruno van Egisheim/Dagsburg as Pope Leo IX December 25, 1046 Pope Clemens VI crowns Henry III RC-German emperor December 25, 1000 Monarch Istvan crowned king of Hungary December 25, 999 Heribertus becomes bishop of Cologne December 25, 979 Rotardus appointed as bishop of the kingdom December 25, 969 Johannes I Tzimisces, crowned emperor of Byzantium December 25, 967 John XIII crowned Otto II the Red German compassionate emperor December 25, 875 Charles, the Bare, crowned emperor of Rome December 25, 800 Pope Leo III crowns Charles the Great (Charlemagne), Roman emperor December 25, 795 Adrian I ends his reign as Catholic Pope December 25, 604 Battle at Etampes (Stampae): Burgundy beat Neustriers December 25, 597 England adopts Julian calendar December 25, 498 French king Clovis baptises himself December 25, 390 Roman emperor Theodosius admits debt on mass murder in Thessalonica December 25, 352 1st definite date Christmas was celebrated on Dec 25th December 25, 337 Earliest possible date that Christmas was celebrated on Dec 25th December 25, 1 1st Christmas, according to calendar-maker Dionysus Exiguus |