Page 5: Historical Events In December - 25

1887  Conrad Hilton, hotel mogul (Hilton Hotels) on this day in history.   

1888  1st indoor baseball game played at fairgrounds in Philadelphia on this day in history.   

1891  On December - 25 clarrie Grimmett, cricketer (in Dunedin Great Australian leg-spinner)   

1892  On December - 25 rebecca West, [Cicely Isabel Fairfield], English author   

1893  Bert Bertram, actor (How to Steal a Million) on December - 25.   

1894  On this day in history 1st midwestern football team to play on west coast, U of Chicago defeats Stanford 24-4 at Palo Alto, CA in football   

1895  Raul d'Avila Pompeia, Brazilian writer (Boarding-school), dies at 32 on this day in history.   

1896  On December - 25 "Stars & Stripes Forever" written by John Philip Sousa   

1898  Theo Swagemakers, Dutch portrait painter on December - 25.   

1899  On this day in history the birth of Humphrey Bogart, American actor   

1899  Farmers send/guide belegerd Ladysmith Kerstpudding/desire in grenade on this day in history.   

1899  Frank Fergusson, actor (My Friend Flicka, Peyton Place) on this day in history.   

1900  Arthur Schnitzlers "Leutnant Gustl" forbidden in Germany on this day in history.   

1900  Barton Maclane, Columbia SC, actor (Gen Peterson-I Dream of Jeannie) on December - 25.   

1901  Battle at Tweefontein Orange-Free state: Boers surprise attack Brits on December - 25.   

1901  Alice C, English duchess of Gloucester/aunt of Elizabeth II on this day in history.   

1902  On December - 25 clyde Fitch' "Girl with Green Eyes," premieres in NYC   

1902  On this day in history barton MacLane, SC, actor (Geisha Boy, Peterson-I Dream of Jeannie)   

1903  On this day in history antiochos Evanghelatos, composer   

1904  Gerhard Herzberg, Can, physicist (molecular structure-Nobel 1971) on December - 25.   

1904  On December - 25 per Jonas Fredrik Vilhelm Svedbom, composer, dies at 61   

1905  V Herbert/H Blossoms musical "Mlle Modiste," premieres in NYC on this day in history.   

1906  Clark M Clifford, US Secretary of Defense (1968-69) on this day in history.   

1907  Cab[ell] Calloway, Rochester, bandleader (Minnie the Moocha, Jazzball) on December - 25.   

1908  On this day in history frank Ferguson, Calif, actor (Wagons West, Dynamite, My Gal Sal)   

1911  Edward Knoblock's "Kismet," premieres in NYC on December - 25.   

1914  On this day in history just after midnight on Christmas morning, the German troops along the Eastern and Western fronts cease firing their guns and artillery, and start singing Christmas carols and playing brass musical instruments; at first light, many German soldiers emerge from their trenches and cross No Man's Land, calling out Merry Christmas in English and French; at first the Allied soldiers suspect a trick, but soon they are shaking hands with the Boche; swapping cigarettes and plum pudding, and even playing soccer; the Christmas Truce lasts a few days, then it is back to the bloody conflict of World War I; there are no more Christmas Truces.   

1914  SS Therese Heymann. This Ropner ship left the Tyne and was posted missing thereafter. No information about her fate is known but she may have been mined off Filey, Yorkshire as was the fate of many other vessels on December - 25.   

1914  Legendary/unofficial "Christmas Truce" takes place (Brits & Germans) on December - 25.   

1915  Irving Berlin & Harry B Smith's musical premieres in NYC on this day in history.   

1917  "Why Marry," 1st drama to win Pulitzer Prize, premieres in NYC on December - 25.   

1921  On this day in history hans Huber, composer, dies at 69   

1922  -Dec 26] Lenin dictates his "Political testament" on December - 25.   

1922  On December - 25 alphonse Goovaerts, composer, dies at 75   

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1250  On this day in history birth of john IV Laskaris, Byzantine Emperor (d. circa 1305)   

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

1583  Orlando Gibbons, English composer (O Clap Your Hands), baptized was born on this day in history.   

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

1601  Jose Ximenez, composer was born on this day in history.   

1624  Angelus Silesius, [Johann Scheffler], German mystic (St Seelenlust) was born on December - 25.   

1628  Noel Coypel, French painter was born on this day in history.   

1646  On December - 25 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  Peter Nolascus, Spanish monastery founder/St, dies on this day in history.   

1513  Johannes Amerbach, Swiss publisher/printer, dies at about 70 on December - 25.   

1530  On December - 25 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 this day in history.