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ELEVEN DAYS

Thankyou to Perter Ferter
If you are reading this, On This Day, you will be aware of the importance of the facts as they happen.
Many things are reported to have happened on this day, which did not happen.  ( This is Fact )

25TH DECEMBER
CHRISTMAS DAY
FEAST DAY OF

"THE MARTYRS OF NICOMEDIA; ST EUGENIA; ST ALBURGA;  & ST ANASTASIA OF SIRMIUM."

25TH 336 THE FIRST RECORDED CELEBRATION OF CHRISTMAS TOOK PLACE IN ROME.
25TH 597 ENGLAND ADOPTS THE JULIAN CALENDAR.
25TH 795 "ADRIAN I" ENDS HIS REIGN AS CATHOLIC POPE.
25TH 800 "POPE LEO III" CROWNS "CHARLEMAGNE" FIRST HOLY ROMAN EMPEROR.
25TH 1066 "WILLIAM THE CONQUEROR" IS CROWNED "KING OF ENGLAND."
25TH 1223 "ST. FRANCIS OF ASSISSI" ASSEMBLES FIRST NATIVITY SCENE AT GRECCIO, ITALY.
25TH 1818 THE CHRISTMAS CAROL, "SILENT NIGHT, HOLY NIGHT" IS SUNG FOR THE FIRST TIME IN AUSTRIAN VILLAGE, OBERNDORFF.
25TH 1858 24 RABBITS ARRIVE IN MELBOURNE; THE FIRST IN AUSTRALIA.
25TH 1932 "KING GEORGE V" MAKES FIRST ROYAL CHRISTMAS DAY RADIO BROADCAST TO THE BRITISH EMPIRE.
25TH 1939 "MONTGOMERY WARD" INTRODUCES "RUDOLPH" THE NINTH REINDEER.
25TH 1941 HONGKONG SURRENDERED TO JAPAN.
25TH 1950 FIRST TELEVISION PRESENTATION OF, DISNEY’S, "ONE HOUR IN WONDERLAND."
25TH 1953 AN AVALANCHE OF LAVA FROM RUAPEHA VOLCANO, NEW ZEALAND, KILLS 150.
25TH 1967 "PAUL McCARTNEY" & "JANE ASHER" ANNOUNCE THEIR ENGAGEMENT.
25TH 1971 A FIRE IN THE "TAEYOKALE HOTEL," SEOUL, KILLS 163.
25TH 1972 MORE THAN 10,000 PEOPLE DIE IN AN EARTHQUAKE IN THE NICARAGUAN CAPITAL, MANAGUA.
25TH 1974 AT 1.00am CYCLONE TRACY DEVASTATES DARWIN WITH WINDS OVER 250 kph.
25,000 PEOPLE ARE LEFT HOMELESS AND AT LEAST 66 PEOPLE ARE KILLED.
25TH 1975 FIRE DESTROYS "THE "SAVOY RESIDENTIAL HOTEL," KINGS CROSS, SYDNEY, CLAIMING 15 LIVES.
25TH 1987 WOULD BE U.S. PRESIDENT ASSASSIN, "LYNETTE ‘SQUEAKY’ FROMME" IS RECAPTURED 2 DAYS AFTER ESCAPING CUSTODY.
25TH 1989 RUMANIAN DICTATOR "NICOLAE CEAUSESCU" & HIS WIFE ARE EXUCUTED BY FIRING SQUAD FOR CRIMES INCLUDING MASS GENOCIDE.
25TH 1991 SOVIET UNION PRESIDENT "MIKHAIL GORBACHEV" ANNOUNCES HIS RESIGNATION.
25TH 2000 A WAVE OF BOMBINGS OUTSIDE CHURCHES IN THE PREDOMINATELY MUSLIM INDONESIA KILLED AT LEAST 14, & INJURED 47.
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