Page 5: Historical Events In December - 25

1887  On December - 25 conrad Hilton, hotel mogul (Hilton Hotels)   

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

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

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

1893  On December - 25 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 December - 25.   

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

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  On December - 25 farmers send/guide belegerd Ladysmith Kerstpudding/desire in grenade   

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

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

1900  On December - 25 barton Maclane, Columbia SC, actor (Gen Peterson-I Dream of Jeannie)   

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  Clyde Fitch' "Girl with Green Eyes," premieres in NYC on this day in history.   

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  On this day in history gerhard Herzberg, Can, physicist (molecular structure-Nobel 1971)   

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

1905  On this day in history 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  Cab[ell] Calloway, Rochester, bandleader (Minnie the Moocha, Jazzball) on this day in history.   

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

1911  On this day in history edward Knoblock's "Kismet," premieres in NYC   

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

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

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

1921  Hans Huber, composer, dies at 69 on December - 25.   

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

1922  Alphonse Goovaerts, composer, dies at 75 on December - 25.   

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

1461  On this day in history 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  Margarita of Austria, queen of Philip III of Spain (d. 1611) was born on this day in history.   

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

1624  Angelus Silesius, [Johann Scheffler], German mystic (St Seelenlust) was born on this day in history.   

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

1676  On December - 25 death of matthew Hale, Lord Chief Justice of England (b. 1609)