2002 Rosemary Clooney, singer/actress, White Christmas, dies at 74
2001 Albert Hague, composer, How the Grinch Stole Christmas, dies at 81
1995 "Christmas Carol" closes at Richard Rodgers Theater New York City after 18 performances
1995 "Tuna Christmas" closes at Booth Theater New York City 20 performances
1994 "Christmas Carol" opens at Richard Rodgers Theater New York City for 18 performances
1994 "Tuna Christmas" opens at Booth Theater New York City for 20 performances
1994 Walter Kent, U.S. composer (I'll Be Home for Christmas), dies at 82
1993 "Christmas Carol" closes at Broadhurst Theater New York City after 22 performances
1992 "Christmas Carol" opens at Broadhurst Theater New York City for 22 performances
1991 "Christmas Carol" closes at Eugene O'Neill Theater New York City after 14 performances
1991 "Christmas Carol" opens at Eugene O'Neill Theater New York City for 14 performances
1991 Jason Christmas, dies of gunshot wound during robbery in New York at 49
1989 "I Love Lucy" Christmas episode, shown for 1st time in over 30 years
1983 1st live telecast of Christmas Parade
1979 Paul McCartney releases "Wonderful Christmas"
1977 Christmas Tinto sentenced to 7 years in Robbeneiland South Africa
1976 Alastair Sim, actor (Christmas Carol, Green for Danger), dies at 75
1971 CBS airs "Homecoming A Christmas Story," (introducing the Waltons)
1970 William Christmas, U.S. black activist, shot dead
1969 Beatle's 7th Christmas album is released
1969 "War is Over! If You Want It, Happy Christmas from John and Yoko" posters begin appearing
1968 Frank Borman's Christmas reading while orbiting Moon
1967 Beatles release "Christmas Time is Here Again"
1966 Dr. Seuss' "How the Grinch Stole Christmas" airs for 1st time on CBS
1966 Beatles release "Everywhere its Christmas" in UK
1965 "A Charlie Brown Christmas," premieres
1963 Beatles begin a tradition of releasing a Christmas record for fans
1963 Hindemith and Wilder's opera "Long Christmas Dinner," premieres in New York City
1962 U.S. performs atmospheric nuclear test at Christmas Island
1962 U.S. performs atmospheric nuclear test at Christmas Island
1962 U.S. performs nuclear test at Christmas Island (atmospheric)
1962 U.S. performs nuclear test at Christmas Island (atmospheric)
1962 U.S. performs atmospheric nuclear test at Christmas Island
1962 U.S. performs atmospheric nuclear test at Christmas Island
1962 U.S. performs atmospheric nuclear test at Christmas Island
1962 U.S. performs atmospheric nuclear test at Christmas Island
1962 U.S. performs atmospheric nuclear test at Christmas Island
1962 U.S. performs atmospheric nuclear test at Christmas Island
1962 U.S. performs atmospheric nuclear test at Christmas Island
1962 U.S. performs atmospheric nuclear test at Christmas Island
1962 U.S. resumes above ground nuclear testing, at Christmas Island
1961 Jennifer Runyon, actress, Cindy-A Very Brady Christmas
1958 Alan Freed's Christmas Rock and Roll Spectacular opens
1958 1st voice from space: recorded Christmas message by Eisenhower
1958 Britain transfers Christmas Island (south of Java) to Australia
1958 Great Britain performs atmospheric nuclear test at Christmas Island
1958 Great Britain performs atmospheric nuclear test at Christmas Island
1958 Great Britain performs atmospheric nuclear test at Christmas Island
1958 Great Britain performs atmospheric nuclear test at Christmas Island
1958 Great Britain performs atmospheric nuclear test at Christmas Island
1957 Great Britain performs atmospheric nuclear test at Christmas Island
1957 Great Britain performs nuclear test at Christmas Island (atmospheric)
1957 1st British H-bomb explosion (over Christmas Island)
1956 "I Love Lucy" Christmas show airs, never put in syndication
1951 1st Christmas Day in Test Crickets, Aust vs. WI at Adelaide
1950 U.N. troops begin an assault intending to end Korean War by Christmas
1950 Tom Wopat, Lodi WI, actor, Durning Rage, Christmas Comes to Willow
1948 Takeshi Kitano, Tokyo, Japan, actor, Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence
1947 Steve Khan, jazz musician, Christmas Waltz
1942 Bing Crosby records "White Christmas," greatest selling record to date
1934 1st flight from Netherland to Curacao (Christmas flight 1934)
1933 Another Christmas Day five-wicket haul by Clarrie Grimmett
1932 During King George V Christmas dinner speech, his chair collapes
1930 Chinua Achebe, Nigerian author, Christmas in Biafra
1928 Christmas Day attendance at cricket MCG (Vic vs. NSW) 14,887
1925 Christmas F Tinto, South African ANC'er/UDF-leader
1922 BBC sends 1st British radio play "Truth about Father Christmas"
1914 Legendary/unofficial "Christmas Truce" takes place (Brits and Germans)
1914 Dylan Thomas, Swansea Wales, poet, Child's Christmas in Wales
1914 John Murray, piloted HMS Challenger to Christmas Island, dies
1909 1st Christmas Club payment made, to Carlisle Trust Co, Pa
1907 1st Christmas Seals sold (Wilmington Del post office)
1903 Bing Crosby, born in Tacoma, Washington, singer, White Christmas, Going My Way
1901 Christmas Humphreys, England, lawyer/writer/Buddhist, Awakening of Zen
1900 Alastair Sims, Edinburgh Scot, actor, Christmas Carol, Stage Fright
1896 Jack Warner, born in London, England, actor, Christmas Carol
1891 Gene Lockhart, New York City, actor, Going My Way, Christmas Carol
1887 Raymond Walburn, Plymouth, Indiana, actor, Christmas in July
1882 1st string of Christmas tree lights created by Thomas Edison
1861 Emily Perkins Bissell, welfare worker, 1st christmas seal drive, 1907
1843 Charles Dickens publishes "A Christmas Carol," in England
1843 "A Christmas Carol" by Charles Dickens published, 6,000 copies sold
1835 Charles Darwins company celebrates Christmas in Pahia, New Zealand
1834 Charles Darwins celebrates Christmas on Beagle at Tres Montes, Chile
1833 Charles Darwins celebrates Christmas in Port Desire, Patagonia
1832 Charles Darwins celebrates Christmas in St. Martin at Cape Receiver
1831 Louisiana and Arkansas are 1st states to observe Christmas as holiday
1818 1st known Christmas carol ("Silent Night, Holy Night") sung (Austria)
1809 John "Christmas" Beckwith, composer, dies at 58
1750 John "Christmas" Beckwith, composer
1651 Massachusetts General Court ordered a fine (five shillings) for "observing any such day as Christmas"
1621 Gov William Bradford of Plymouth forbids game playing on Christmas
1621 Gov Bradford of U.S. colony Plymouth disallows sport on Christmas Day
352 1st definite date Christmas was celebrated on Dec 25th
337 Earliest possible date that Christmas was celebrated on Dec 25th
1 1st Christmas, according to calendar-maker Dionysus Exiguus
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