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Birthday December 25, 0006 Christ is born? |
Birthday December 25, 1642 Isaac Newton, (sir) in Grantham, England |
Birthday December 25, 1752 Mithra |
Birthday December 25, 1821 Clara Barton, American Red Cross founder in Oxford, Mass |
Birthday December 25, 1865 Evangeline Cory Booth, Salvation Army general |
Birthday December 25, 1876 Mohammed Ali Jinnah, founder of Pakistan |
Birthday December 25, 1880 Layne Hall is born; will become oldest licensed driver in United States |
Birthday December 25, 1881 Joseph McCarthy, Yank manager |
Birthday December 25, 1883 Maurice Utrillo, French painter |
Birthday December 25, 1887 Conrad Hilton, hotelman |
Birthday December 25, 1892 Dame Rebecca West, author, critic, feminist (or 12-21-81) |
Birthday December 25, 1899 Humphrey Bogart, Actor, Here's looking at you, kid |
Birthday December 25, 1899 Raphael Soyer, painter |
Birthday December 25, 1904 Gerhard Herzberg, Can physicist (molecular structure) (Nobel 1971) |
Birthday December 25, 1906 Lord Grade |
Birthday December 25, 1907 Cab Calloway, bandleader |
Birthday December 25, 1909 Mike Mazurki, Actor, wrestler |
Birthday December 25, 1913 Tony Martin, singer |
Birthday December 25, 1918 Anwar Sadat, Egyptian pres (1970-81) (Nobel 1978) |
Birthday December 25, 1940 Phil Spector, rock producer |
Birthday December 25, 1945 Gary Sandy, Actor |
Birthday December 25, 1945 Kenny Stabler, NFL QB (Oakland Raiders) |
Birthday December 25, 1946 Larry Csonka, Former football player |
Birthday December 25, 1948 Barbara Mandrell, in Houston Tx |
Birthday December 25, 1949 Sissy Spacek, in Quitman Tx (Badlands, Coal Miner's Daughter) |
Birthday December 25, 1954 Annie Lennox, Singer (Eurithemics) |
Birthday December 25, 1958 Rickey Henderson, baseball player |
History December 25, 0336 1st recorded celebration of Christmas on Dec. 25 took place in Rome |
History December 25, 1066 William the Conqueror was crowned king of England |
History December 25, 1758 Halley's comet 1st sighted by Johann Georg Palitzsch during return |
History December 25, 1776 Washington leads troops on raid at Trenton, New Jersey |
History December 25, 1776 Washington crosses the Delaware |
History December 25, 1776 Washington crosses Delaware & surprises Hessians |
History December 25, 1818 Silent Night by Franz Joseph Gruber & Joseph Mohr sung for 1st time |
History December 25, 1862 Christmas for Union soldier Elisha Hunt Rhodes |
History December 25, 1868 Despite bitter opposition Pres Johnson grants unconditional pardon to all persons involved in the Southern rebellion (the Civil War) |
History December 25, 1869 John Wesley Hardin kills over a card game |
History December 25, 1914 Enemies exchange Christmas greetings |
History December 25, 1926 Hirohito became emperor of Japan |
History December 25, 1931 NY's Metropolitan Opera broadcasts an entire opera over radio |
History December 25, 1939 Montgomery Ward introduces Rudolph the 9th reindeer |
History December 25, 1941 Bing Crosby introduces White Christmas to the world |
History December 25, 1941 British surrender Hong Kong |
History December 25, 1941 Japan announces surrender of British-Canadian garrison at Hong Kong |
History December 25, 1962 To Kill a Mockingbird debuts |
History December 25, 1963 Walt Disney's "The Sword In The Stone" is released |
History December 25, 1966 Harrison Salisbury reports on damage caused by U.S. bombing |
History December 25, 1968 Frank Borman's Christmas reading while orbiting moon |
History December 25, 1972 Linebacker II resumes after Christmas pause |
History December 25, 1977 Israeli PM Menachem Begin met in Egypt with Egyptian Pres Sadat |
History December 25, 1977 Charlie Chaplin died in Switzerland at 88 |
History December 25, 1983 1st live telecast of Christmas Parade |
History December 25, 1991 Gorbachev resigns as president of the USSR |
History December 25, 1996 Jimmy Buffett departs on a cruise that inspires A Pirate Looks at Fifty |
History December 25, 1996 Young JonBenet Ramsey is murdered |
History December 25, 2000 Christmas party in China turns deadly |
History December 25, 2002 Katie Hnida is first woman to play in Division I football game |