Historical Events In December - 25

1950  On December - 25 xavier Villaurrutia, Mexican poet (Nostalgia de la muerte), dies at 47  

1951  Harry T Moore, Florida NAACP official, killed by bomb on December - 25.  

1953  On this day in history avalanche of lava kills 150 (Ruapehu volcano, New Zealand)  

1954  On December - 25 johnny Ace, Memphis rocker, accidently shot self in head at 25  

1956  Robert Walser, writer, dies at 78 on December - 25.  

1957  On this day in history frederick Law Olmsted, US architect (Central Park), dies at 87  

1959  On December - 25 a synagogue in Cologne Germany desecrated with swastikas  

1961  On this day in history rheinhold Rudenberg, inventor of electron microscope, dies  

1963  On this day in history walt Disney's "The Sword In The Stone" is released  

1963  On this day in history tristan Tzara, writer, dies at 67  

1964  On December - 25 cheerio Meredith, actress (One Happy Family), dies at 74  

1967  On this day in history paul McCartney and Jane Asher get engaged  

1968  Frank Borman's Christmas reading while orbiting Moon on December - 25.  

1971  Worst hotel fire in history kills 163 at Taeyokale Hotel in Seoul on December - 25.  

1971  On December - 25 byron Arnold, composer, dies at 70  

1973  Tommy Chambers (Scotland) finishes 51 yr cycle tour (799,405 miles) on this day in history.  

1974  Cyclone Tracy virtually destroys Darwin Australia on this day in history.  

1975  On this day in history gaston Gallimard, French publisher (Library Gallimard), dies at 94  

1976  On this day in history arthur Mitchell, cricketer (batted in 6 Tests for Eng 1933-36), dies  

1977  On this day in history israeli PM Menachem Begin meets in Egypt with Egyptian President Sadat  

1977  Charlie Chaplin, actor (Modern Times), dies in Switzerland at 88 on December - 25.  

1979  On December - 25 joan Blondell, actress (Real McCoys), dies at 70  

1980  Fred Emney, actor (Adventures of a Private Eye), dies at 80 on December - 25.  

1983  Live telecast of Christmas Parade on this day in history.  

1983  Joan Miro, Spanish surrealist, dies at his home in Majorca at 90 on December - 25.  

1985  On December - 25 george Rhodes, orch leader (Sammy Davis Jr Show), dies at 66  

1989  Japanese scientist achieve -271.8øC, coldest temp ever recorded on December - 25.  

1989  On December - 25 barrel Regtien, student leader, dies  

1990  On December - 25 "Godfather III" premiers  

1990  On December - 25 marguerite N Wittenberg, entertainer, dies of cancer at 77  

1991  Curt Bois, actor (Great Waltz, Boat is Full), dies at 90 on this day in history.  

1992  Richard H Ichord, US leader of House Un-American Activities Committee, dies at 66 on December - 25.  

1993  On this day in history sS South of Ireland, a passenger steamer, built for the Great Western Railway, and completed in 1867, she was lost at Warbarrow near Lulworth on December 25th, inward bound to Weymouth.  

1994  On December - 25 pierre Dreyfus, French director of Renault (1955-75), dies at 87  

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1250  John IV Laskaris, Byzantine Emperor (d. circa 1305) was born on this day in history.  

1461  On December - 25 birth of christina of Saxony, queen of Denmark and Norway (d. 1521)  

1583  On December - 25 birth of orlando Gibbons, English composer (O Clap Your Hands), baptized  

1587  On December - 25 birth of margarita of Austria, queen of Philip III of Spain (d. 1611)  

1601  On this day in history birth of jose Ximenez, composer  

1624  On this day in history birth of angelus Silesius, [Johann Scheffler], German mystic (St Seelenlust)  

1628  Noel Coypel, French painter was born on December - 25.  

1646  On this day in history birth of harald Vallerius, composer  

0795  On December - 25 adrian I, Italian Pope (772-95), dies  

0820  Death of Leo V, the Armenian, Byzantine gen/Emperor (813-20), murdered on this day in history.  

1156  On December - 25 peter Venerabilis, Fr theologist/9th abbot of Cluny, dies at about 61  

1249  On this day in history peter Nolascus, Spanish monastery founder/St, dies  

1513  Johannes Amerbach, Swiss publisher/printer, dies at about 70 on this day in history.  

1530  On this day in history babur, emperor of Delhi, dies  

1635  Death of Samuel de Champlain, French explorer and founder of Quebec City (b. 1567) on December - 25.  

1676  Death of Matthew Hale, Lord Chief Justice of England (b. 1609) on December - 25.