Page 5: 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  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 December - 25.   

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 this day in history 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 this day in history.   

1899  On this day in history frank Fergusson, actor (My Friend Flicka, Peyton Place)   

1900  On December - 25 arthur Schnitzlers "Leutnant Gustl" forbidden in Germany   

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  On December - 25 alice C, English duchess of Gloucester/aunt of Elizabeth II   

1902  Clyde Fitch' "Girl with Green Eyes," premieres in NYC on December - 25.   

1902  On December - 25 barton MacLane, SC, actor (Geisha Boy, Peterson-I Dream of Jeannie)   

1903  On December - 25 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 December - 25.   

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 this day in history.   

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

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 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 this day in history 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 this day in history.   

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

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

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

1922  Alphonse Goovaerts, composer, dies at 75 on this day in history.   

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1250  John IV Laskaris, Byzantine Emperor (d. circa 1305) was born on December - 25.   

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 this day in history.   

1587  On this day in history birth of margarita of Austria, queen of Philip III of Spain (d. 1611)   

1601  On December - 25 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 this day in history.   

1646  Harald Vallerius, composer was born on December - 25.   

0795  Adrian I, Italian Pope (772-95), dies on December - 25.   

0820  On this day in history death of leo V, the Armenian, Byzantine gen/Emperor (813-20), murdered   

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

1249  Peter Nolascus, Spanish monastery founder/St, dies on December - 25.   

1513  On December - 25 johannes Amerbach, Swiss publisher/printer, dies at about 70   

1530  Babur, emperor of Delhi, dies on this day in history.   

1635  On this day in history 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 this day in history.