Page 5: Historical Events In December - 25
Monday, 30 June 2025
1887 On December - 25 conrad Hilton, hotel mogul (Hilton Hotels)
1888 On this day in history 1st indoor baseball game played at fairgrounds in Philadelphia
1891 Clarrie Grimmett, cricketer (in Dunedin Great Australian leg-spinner) on this day in history.
1892 Rebecca West, [Cicely Isabel Fairfield], English author on this day in history.
1893 On this day in history bert Bertram, actor (How to Steal a Million)
1894 On December - 25 1st midwestern football team to play on west coast, U of Chicago defeats Stanford 24-4 at Palo Alto, CA in football
1895 On this day in history raul d'Avila Pompeia, Brazilian writer (Boarding-school), dies at 32
1896 On this day in history "Stars & Stripes Forever" written by John Philip Sousa
1898 On this day in history theo Swagemakers, Dutch portrait painter
1899 On this day in history the birth of Humphrey Bogart, American actor
1899 On this day in history farmers send/guide belegerd Ladysmith Kerstpudding/desire in grenade
1899 On this day in history frank Fergusson, actor (My Friend Flicka, Peyton Place)
1900 Arthur Schnitzlers "Leutnant Gustl" forbidden in Germany on this day in history.
1900 On December - 25 barton Maclane, Columbia SC, actor (Gen Peterson-I Dream of Jeannie)
1901 On December - 25 battle at Tweefontein Orange-Free state: Boers surprise attack Brits
1901 On this day in history alice C, English duchess of Gloucester/aunt of Elizabeth II
1902 On this day in history clyde Fitch' "Girl with Green Eyes," premieres in NYC
1902 On December - 25 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 this day in history.
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 December - 25.
1906 Clark M Clifford, US Secretary of Defense (1968-69) on December - 25.
1907 On this day in history cab[ell] Calloway, Rochester, bandleader (Minnie the Moocha, Jazzball)
1908 On December - 25 frank Ferguson, Calif, actor (Wagons West, Dynamite, My Gal Sal)
1911 On December - 25 edward Knoblock's "Kismet," premieres in NYC
1914 On December - 25 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 this day in history.
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 On this day in history "Why Marry," 1st drama to win Pulitzer Prize, premieres in NYC
1921 On this day in history hans Huber, composer, dies at 69
1922 On this day in history -Dec 26] Lenin dictates his "Political testament"
1922 On this day in history alphonse Goovaerts, composer, dies at 75
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