Page 5: Historical Events In December - 25

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

1888  On December - 25 1st indoor baseball game played at fairgrounds in Philadelphia   

1891  Clarrie Grimmett, cricketer (in Dunedin Great Australian leg-spinner) on December - 25.   

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

1893  On this day in history bert Bertram, actor (How to Steal a Million)   

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

1895  On December - 25 raul d'Avila Pompeia, Brazilian writer (Boarding-school), dies at 32   

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

1898  On December - 25 theo Swagemakers, Dutch portrait painter   

1899  The birth of Humphrey Bogart, American actor on this day in history.   

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

1899  On December - 25 frank Fergusson, actor (My Friend Flicka, Peyton Place)   

1900  Arthur Schnitzlers "Leutnant Gustl" forbidden in Germany on December - 25.   

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 this day in history.   

1901  Alice C, English duchess of Gloucester/aunt of Elizabeth II on December - 25.   

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

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

1903  Antiochos Evanghelatos, composer on this day in history.   

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

1904  Per Jonas Fredrik Vilhelm Svedbom, composer, dies at 61 on this day in history.   

1905  On December - 25 v Herbert/H Blossoms musical "Mlle Modiste," premieres in NYC   

1906  On this day in history clark M Clifford, US Secretary of Defense (1968-69)   

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 December - 25.   

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 December - 25.   

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  Irving Berlin & Harry B Smith's musical premieres in NYC on December - 25.   

1917  On this day in history "Why Marry," 1st drama to win Pulitzer Prize, premieres in NYC   

1921  On December - 25 hans Huber, composer, dies at 69   

1922  -Dec 26] Lenin dictates his "Political testament" on this day in history.   

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  Christina of Saxony, queen of Denmark and Norway (d. 1521) was born on this day in history.   

1583  Orlando Gibbons, English composer (O Clap Your Hands), baptized was born on December - 25.   

1587  Margarita of Austria, queen of Philip III of Spain (d. 1611) was born on December - 25.   

1601  Jose Ximenez, composer was born on December - 25.   

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

1628  On this day in history birth of noel Coypel, French painter   

1646  On this day in history 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  On this day in history 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  On this day in history johannes Amerbach, Swiss publisher/printer, dies at about 70   

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 this day in history.   

1676  On this day in history death of matthew Hale, Lord Chief Justice of England (b. 1609)