Historical Events In December - 25

1887  Conrad Hilton, hotel mogul (Hilton Hotels) on December - 25.  

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

1891  On this day in history clarrie Grimmett, cricketer (in Dunedin Great Australian leg-spinner)  

1892  Rebecca West, [Cicely Isabel Fairfield], English author on December - 25.  

1893  Bert Bertram, actor (How to Steal a Million) on this day in history.  

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  "Stars & Stripes Forever" written by John Philip Sousa on December - 25.  

1898  Theo Swagemakers, Dutch portrait painter on this day in history.  

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

1899  Farmers send/guide belegerd Ladysmith Kerstpudding/desire in grenade on December - 25.  

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 this day in history.  

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  Clyde Fitch' "Girl with Green Eyes," premieres in NYC on December - 25.  

1902  Barton MacLane, SC, actor (Geisha Boy, Peterson-I Dream of Jeannie) on this day in history.  

1903  On December - 25 antiochos Evanghelatos, composer  

1904  Gerhard Herzberg, Can, physicist (molecular structure-Nobel 1971) on this day in history.  

1904  On this day in history per Jonas Fredrik Vilhelm Svedbom, composer, dies at 61  

1905  On this day in history v Herbert/H Blossoms musical "Mlle Modiste," premieres in NYC  

1906  Clark M Clifford, US Secretary of Defense (1968-69) on December - 25.  

1907  On December - 25 cab[ell] Calloway, Rochester, bandleader (Minnie the Moocha, Jazzball)  

1908  Frank Ferguson, Calif, actor (Wagons West, Dynamite, My Gal Sal) on this day in history.  

1911  Edward Knoblock's "Kismet," premieres in NYC on this day in history.  

1914  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 on this day in history.  

1914  On December - 25 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.  

1914  On this day in history legendary/unofficial "Christmas Truce" takes place (Brits & Germans)  

1915  On this day in history irving Berlin & Harry B Smith's musical premieres in NYC  

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

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 this day in history 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 December - 25.  

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

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

1646  On December - 25 birth of harald Vallerius, composer  

0795  On this day in history adrian I, Italian Pope (772-95), dies  

0820  Death of Leo V, the Armenian, Byzantine gen/Emperor (813-20), murdered on December - 25.  

1156  Peter Venerabilis, Fr theologist/9th abbot of Cluny, dies at about 61 on December - 25.  

1249  On December - 25 peter Nolascus, Spanish monastery founder/St, dies  

1513  On this day in history johannes Amerbach, Swiss publisher/printer, dies at about 70  

1530  On December - 25 babur, emperor of Delhi, dies  

1635  On December - 25 death of samuel de Champlain, French explorer and founder of Quebec City (b. 1567)  

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