December 25 

December 25 is the 359th day of the year (360th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 6 days remaining. It is the 300th day counting from March 1, every year.

Events:

• 800 - Coronation of Charlemagne.
• 1223 - Saint Francis of Assisi assembles the first Nativity scene
• 1776 - George Washington crosses the Delaware River
• 1818 - The first performance of "Silent Night" (Church of St. Nikolaus in Oberndorf[?], Austria)
• 1837 - Battle of Okeechobee[?] - United States forces defeat Seminole Indians
• 1868 - US President Andrew Johnson grants unconditional pardon to all Civil War rebels.
• 1914 - Just after midnight on Christmas morning, German troops cease firing their guns and artillery and start singing Christmas carols. Crossing the No man's land, they trade gifts with the enemy forces that face them. The truce lasts for three days.
• 1917 - Why Marry?[?], first dramatic play to win a Pulitzer Prize, opens at the Astor Theatre[?] in New York City
• 1926 - Hirohito becomes Emperor of Japan, replacing the Meiji Emperor.
• 1939 - Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol was read on radio for the first time (CBS radio)
• 1939 - Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer is introduced by Montgomery Ward[?] stores
• 1941 - Hong Kong surrenders to the Japanese
• 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 - A cyclone devastates Darwin, Australia
• 1977 - Prime Minister of Israel Menachem Begin meets in Egypt with President of Egypt[?] Anwar Sadat
• 1991 - Mikhail Gorbachev resigns as president of the Soviet Union (the union itself is dissolved the next day).

Births:

• 1 BC (traditionally): birth of Jesus Christ, held to be the Son of God in Christian belief, considered a prophet and wise man in Islamic belief. The actual date of Christ's birth is a subject of dispute and is celebrated on several different days worldwide.
• 1642 - Sir Isaac Newton, physicist and mathematician (+ 1727)
• 1742 - Charlotte von Stein[?], girlfriend of Goethe (+ 1827)
• 1763 - Claude Chappe, telecommunications pioneer semaphore lines.
• 1771 - Dorothy Wordsworth[?], diarist and sister of William Wordsworth (+ 1855)
• 1821 - Clara Barton, founder of the American Red Cross
• 1856 - Hans von Bartels, German painter
• 1863 - Charles Pathé[?], movie producer
• 1876 - Muhammed Ali Jinnah, first Governor-General of Pakistan (disputed)
• 1883 - Maurice Utrillo, a "Montmartre" artist (+ 1955)
• 1886 - Kid Ory, jazz musician (+ 1973)
• 1887 - Conrad Nicholson Hilton[?], hotelier (+ 1979)
• 1899 - Humphrey Bogart, actor (+ 1957)
• 1906 - Sir Lew Grade[?], film producer (+ 1998)
• 1907 - Cab Calloway, bandleader (+ 1994)
• 1908 - Quentin Crisp, author, gay activist (+ 1999)
• 1908 - Helen Twelvetrees[?], actress (+ 1958)
• 1912 - Tony Martin[?], singer
• 1913 - Henri Nannen[?], journalist and publisher (+ 1966)
• 1915 - Pete Rugolo[?], bandleader
• 1918 - Anwar Sadat, Egyptian president (+ 1981)
• 1924 - Rod Serling, scriptwriter, host of The Twilight Zone) (+ 1975)
• 1936 - Ismail Merchant[?], movie producer
• 1943 - Hanna Schygulla[?], actress
• 1945 - Noel Redding, bassist: The Jimi Hendrix Experience
• 1945 - Gary Sandy[?], actor
• 1945 - Kenny Stabler[?], American football player
• 1946 - Jimmy Buffett, singer, songwriter
• 1946 - Larry Csonka[?], American football player
• 1948 - Barbara Mandrell[?], singer, actress
• 1949 - Sissy Spacek, actress
• 1954 - Robin Campbell[?], guitarist and singer of UB40
• 1954 - Annie Lennox, singer of Eurythmics
• 1958 - Rickey Henderson, baseball player
• 1971 - Dido, singer

Deaths:

• 795 - Pope Adrian I
• 1635 - Samuel de Champlain - French explorer, founder of Quebec City.
• 1683 - Kara Mustafa, Ottoman pasha and general who lost the Battle of Vienna.
• 1933 - Francesc Macià, President of Generalitat, Autonomous government of Catalonia
• 1938 - Karel Capek, Czech author, inventor of the word robot
• 1946 - W. C. Fields, actor, comedian
• 1951 - Harry T. Moore[?], civil rights activist: assassinated
• 1957 - Charles Pathé[?], movie producer
• 1973 - Ismet Inonu, statesman
• 1977 - Charlie Chaplin, actor
• 1983 - Joan Miró, painter
• 1989 - Nicolae Ceauşescu, Romanian dictator
• 1989 - Billy Martin[?], baseball player, manager
• 1995 - Dean Martin, singer, actor
• 1996 - JonBenet Ramsey, murder victim

Holidays and Observances:

• The Christmas holiday is celebrated on this day in Western Christianity.

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