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,
DISNEYS, "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. |